DOTP2013 Card generator
Posted: 02 Jul 2012, 06:17
David Chambers created an awesome tool to access Gatherer with a consistent API. With this tool we probably be able to create a basic card generator which given a card name build most of the XML boilerplate.
I will give it a shot in a week or two. Now my work keep me too busy to have side projects. In the meantime i would like to know what do you think about the idea.
My idea for it right now is to put a web app which given a card name it will give you all the XML we can posibly generate automatically.
At this moment i can think of:
General Notes:
I will give it a shot in a week or two. Now my work keep me too busy to have side projects. In the meantime i would like to know what do you think about the idea.
My idea for it right now is to put a web app which given a card name it will give you all the XML we can posibly generate automatically.
At this moment i can think of:
- Title
- Flavour text
- Casting cost
- Rarity
- Type
- Subtype
- Power
- Toughness
- Common static abilities (dethtouch, flying, etc)
General Notes:
- Everything should be fully translated (Should we google translate missing text?)
- Common static abilities shoulde include proper help tags
- Allow batch processing