Meet Mayor Vaelis.
Atlantean Conservative. Light Current energy.
Vaelis doesn't deal damage โ he controls the board, shields allies, and manages charge with institutional authority.
#CataclysmTCG#characterspotlight
Meet High Mystic Nysha.
Lemurian Fanatic. Dark Resonance energy.
Her abilities manipulate charge through ritual rather than technology.
Two fanatics. Two very different philosophies.
#CataclysmTCG#characterspotlight
After playtesting we added one universal rule:
Activating any use ability taps that card โ including Heroes.
One rule. Zero exceptions.
It changed everything about how decisions feel at the table.
#gamedesign#TCG#CataclysmTCG
First playtest complete.
Game worked. Balance needed work.
That's exactly what a first playtest is supposed to feel like.
Back to the JSON.
#gamedev#playtesting#TCG#CataclysmTCG
Gold border. First printing. 3,500 packs worldwide.
Alpha edition Cataclysm TCG is the beginning of something.
Every card has a story.
#alphaedition#TCG#collectibles#CataclysmTCG
Commons have come-out abilities.
Uncommons add a use ability.
Rares have come-out, use, and passive โ plus unique charge manipulation.
Each rarity tier tells you what kind of player you're building toward.
#TCG#cardgame#CataclysmTCG
Hand-coding a Python script to generate 1,400 print-ready card images from a JSON library.
Every faction symbol, energy cost, and ability text automatically placed at 300 DPI.
#indiedev#gamedev#python#CataclysmTCG
Every card in Cataclysm TCG has flavor text.
"Destiny is a system. I built mine." โ Dr. Veylan
"Every choice I make divides the past from the future." โ Lethan
The lore lives on the cards.
#worldbuilding#TCG#CataclysmTCG
Dark Current. Light Current. Dark Resonance. Light Resonance. Colorless.
Five energy types across two civilizations.
Atlanteans equip Artifacts. Lemurians attune Enchantments.
Even the vocabulary tells the story.
#cardgame#gamedesign#CataclysmTCG
300 cards. 6 factions. Every single one designed by hand.
Abilities, flavor text, HP, summon costs.
Started with a JSON file and a vision.
#gamedev#indiedev#TCG#CataclysmTCG
Meet the six heroes of Cataclysm TCG:
Dr. Veylan. High Mystic Nysha. Mayor Vaelis. Elder Maru. Lethan. Talah.
Each one sees the end coming. Each one has a different plan.
#CataclysmTCG#characterdesign#TCG
At the center of every game sits the Solinai Pyramid.
Four edges. Each one charges toward 20.
When all four lock simultaneously โ that's the Cataclysm.
The Pyramid doesn't care who wins.
#CataclysmTCG#gamedesign
Six heroes. Six factions. Three ideologies.
Fanatics want to accelerate the end.
Conservatives want to survive it.
The On-The-Fence? They haven't decided yet.
#CataclysmTCG#cardgame
Every game ends the same way.
The Cataclysm comes. 80 points of energy floods the board. You can't stop it.
You can only decide how prepared you are when it arrives.
No one escapes. Some leave more behind.
#gamedesign#TCG#CataclysmTCG
Atlantis isn't underwater in our story.
It's built into the Richat Structure in northwestern Africa โ a real geological formation some believe was the actual site of Atlantis.
Lush jungle. Coastal cliffs. Advanced civilization.
#Atlantis#Lemuria#worldbuilding
The TCG lives inside the larger @muvsatl universe โ 9 films, blockchain, MMORPG. Cataclysm TCG is where the story lives in your hands. #MUvsATL#CataclysmTCG