Da Kardz R Naf

[mageboltrat]

Me and my brainboy have been looking at those smelly man.. man.... er flying card thingz. I think my pet squigeon could do a better job, I'll get my mechboy to tape a crayon on itz headziez.

Now why I dont likez them.

1. Dey r really boring. Where are the bright colours and dags and checks. They are just blue... how rubbish is that. a colourblind boar leave pile of poo that are more interesting... They needz more cool glyphs and stuff. Hey and they could evenz be different colourz depending on how good your plane needs to be to use dem. that would be using your noggin wouldn't it.

2. Da numbers are too small. How am I supposed to find a card when they are over the table. It would take a grot with a telescope. BIGGA numberz DATS the way.

3. Why are they like card shape? Dey don't have to be. My brainboys say dey can be any shape. So why not a shape where the little bases on da ships fit into the card making dem easier to move like correctly?...

4. Why use long words like alt...altimatude when like a glyph with an up and down arrow would do.... hey if you like use the colours for the different card typez above you could colour the arrows to match. so if you could drop like 2 levels when you are high man... man.. you know what I mean, you could colour it to match the high ma... damnit...cards.

Anyone got any ideas... If da brainboyz have forgot something I'll give dem a good hiding.

[Col.Gravis]

I'd say they were functional, concise and too the point, thats like saying the 2 of clubs in a pack of cards is too plain - the card face tells you what you need to know, objhective achieved. :-s

[mageboltrat]

I've found they have problems. They could definitely do with a few changes. The main one being making it easier to find the one you are looking for when it comes to move your plane. also the angle of the plane when you do a turn could be included in the shape of the card. rather than the slightly over the card, slightly off the card trying to line up the arrows problem. I'm also going to put a glyph on the cards so I can remember which of 7 & 8 goes up and which goes down. I always find that a bit hard to remember. And while I'm doing that I might as well colour the cards into sets and alter how the altitude & speed change is represented.

these are some samples of what I'm working on.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...mplecards5.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...plecards10.jpg

[skatingtortoise]

what are the chances of you getting a whole set done? im sold!

[mageboltrat]

They are done... http://s10.photobucket.com/albums/a116/mageboltrat/AI/

[mageboltrat]

Originally Posted by Col.Gravis

I'd say they were functional, concise and too the point, thats like saying the 2 of clubs in a pack of cards is too plain - the card face tells you what you need to know, objhective achieved. :-s

The basic playing card is a real work of design. You have the corner Icon which is designed so you can see what you have when you fan your cards, and it is on the side you naturally fan your cards when you are right handed. They also have the big image in the center so you can see what they are when they are the other side of the table. They also have the rounded corner which stops the corner getting bent.

[Ramon]

OK... those cards are great!!! thanks a Lot!!!

[Malarick]

fantastic cards!!

Any chance of getting them on sheet for printing?

Also, how many pixels are these meant to be printed at to be the right size?

Cheers!

[Ramon]

Yes... that is a good question... i?ve been fidling with the images in Powerpoint... but cant get them the right size... got them printed at 80% to fit into an A4 piece of paper...

[mageboltrat]

80 pixels/cm rez for the cards. I had them on a large sheet but broke them down so I could host them on my website. I wouldn't take much to put them back together again. They don't all quite fit on a A4 sheet anymore as they take up more room than the standard cards. I would put them on a landscape sheet, 4 cards across / 2 down.

[Malarick]

Originally Posted by mageboltrat

I would put them on a landscape sheet, 4 cards across / 2 down.

That would be great!!

Love ya work, I use the Chaos Markings on my stuff too!

[rev]

Dude, do an extra set and i'll come in tomorrow!! oh and I will also bring that 5 notes I owe you (damn stupid water effects gambling)

rev

[mageboltrat]

Rev. I don't have a printer at the moment. So I'm going to see if the printing palace 2 doors down will print them out. They will do a better job and I can get them on a decent card stock. Don't know what the price will be like, but I don't mind getting more done if the price is OK. Alex wanted a set too. so I need to get 4 sets printed.

[Slekith]

Way to go man! Congratulations for the work. When you're completely done you could release a whole set on PDF. I'll stay tuned to it.

[rev]

I've got a colour printer here (at home) so if you want I can print them off and bring them in to you tomor so you can see what they're like?

rev

[mageboltrat]

I have no way to make PDFs unfortunately. However I have found that I can upload larger files than I thought I could to photobucket.

1st page of cards

2nd page of cards

they should both fit OK on A4. Print at 80 pixels/cm

[mageboltrat]

Sweet Rev

[rev]

just printed a test copy (before I waste loads of ink!) and the half loop card measures 8cm x 5cm (ignoring the indentation) is that the right size of the standard cards?

rev

[mageboltrat]

8 x 5 ? sounds a touch small, it should be 5.5 cm width ways and 8 cm from arrow side to arrow side. If you put a box around it, it's 9 x 5.5

[rev]

hmm - can't work out how to get them to the right size.

The first page comes out a tad small, the second page come out massive as there's only 4 on the page.

How do I rescale them to print?