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Worth mentioning here for any interested parties is OCTGN [1], or "Online Card and Tabletop Gaming Network". Interesting history - it started out from a VB6 ap
by konpikwastaken 9y ago
Worth mentioning here for any interested parties is OCTGN [1], or "Online Card and Tabletop Gaming Network".
Interesting history - it started out from a VB6 application (specifically for playing Magic the Gathering) maintained by a single guy, he then handed dev off and the entire application was rewritten as a C# WPF application and was in hot competition with Magic Workstation directly for some time [2], which ultimately IMO made it a much better product. I believe I actually still have the original VB6 source on an old HDD somewhere... If I find it, wondering how to best archive it, or would anyone even care?
Anyway, OCTGN is currently a generic "tabletop game" program that allows for new games to be defined via the documented game format [3] and even supports python scripting.
[1]: https://github.com/octgn/OCTGN https://github.com/octgn/OCTGN
[2]: http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/other-magic-products/third-party-products/337938-octgn-2-0-is-finally-out-it-blows-magic http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/magic-fundamentals/other-...
[3]: https://github.com/octgn/OCTGN/wiki#create-games-on-octgn https://github.com/octgn/OCTGN/wiki#create-games-on-octgn
- aidenn0 9y agoThis seems to have a strong "Card Game" bias, with a slightly less strong "LCG/CCG" bias. Are there any game models for it for games that aren't primarily card based?
- konpikwastaken 9y agoThere appear to be some but you are correct that it has a strong "card game" bias as it was originally meant to play Magic. I'm not aware of any, no.