MTG Player
Posted: 05 Oct 2009, 03:09
I'd like to announce the availability of the MTG Manager and MTG Player. These have only been in development for just over a month, so are still in the early phases. However, they are feature complete enough for people to start using them.
MTG Player
Tutorial Video
MTG Player provides a way to play online with any number of people. It uses decks created in MTG Manager. Like MTG Manager, it retrieves all card images and details from Wizard's Oracle website or the local database if it's a card you've previously viewed.
MTG Player doesn't attempt to interpret the rules at all. Due to the complexity of the rules and cards, I decided it wasn't feasible for one developer to do in any kind of reasonable time frame. Instead I focused on giving you all the tools necessary to play a full game with all the major game mechanics.
MTG Player has the following features:
You can download it from my website
http://www.andrewfaust.com/mtg/
Update
10/16/2009 - There have been tons of improvements since this was originally posted. Including: Addition of Planechase, Better drag-drop functionality, dockable windows, ability to reorganize your board, save and reload of window layout, improved graphics & tons more usability enhancements.
MTG Player
Tutorial Video
MTG Player provides a way to play online with any number of people. It uses decks created in MTG Manager. Like MTG Manager, it retrieves all card images and details from Wizard's Oracle website or the local database if it's a card you've previously viewed.
MTG Player doesn't attempt to interpret the rules at all. Due to the complexity of the rules and cards, I decided it wasn't feasible for one developer to do in any kind of reasonable time frame. Instead I focused on giving you all the tools necessary to play a full game with all the major game mechanics.
MTG Player has the following features:
- It's Free
No need to download and update card packs. It queries Wizard's Oracle site and saves the card pictures and details locally.
- The Zendikar expansion was available in MTG Manager before it was released without any modifications or imports required.
It shows the cards spoiler style.
Ability to use all 17,000+ cards in Wizard's Oracle.
Ability to zoom in/out as much as you want.
No hard limit on number of players. It's been tested with up to 5 players in a real game, but it's theoretically possible to go much larger.
Under very active development.
Supports creature tokens, morph, search deck, search graveyard, add counters to cards, add counters to players, notification window of player actions, transfer control of card, show cards, private workspace, rolling die, shuffling deck, etc.
Easy to set up and host a game.
Supports Planechase Format
You can download it from my website
http://www.andrewfaust.com/mtg/
Update
10/16/2009 - There have been tons of improvements since this was originally posted. Including: Addition of Planechase, Better drag-drop functionality, dockable windows, ability to reorganize your board, save and reload of window layout, improved graphics & tons more usability enhancements.