MGC Entry: Cardiator Remake 1.5

For Minigame Competition #51, I picked the Mario Party 8 minigame, Cardiators.

For those unfamiliar with the minigame: http://www.mariowiki.com/Cardiators

Pretty much, it was a "battle card game" that was pretty limited.

For this remake, I tried to make it play more like an actual trading card game. At the current moment, I only have this battle engine made:

Download Link: Battle Engine Test
Download Link: Battle and Draw System (1.5)

Controls:
Left/Right: Pick Card/Unit
X: Confirm Selection

Features:
- Basic Enemy AI, attacks units based on a certain criteria.
- Three unit types: Goomba, Koopa, and Shyguy
- Turn based battle system, units act in order of speed value (same values = random order)
- HP for Mario and Luigi (Players). It's attackable by monsters.
- Draw system (Pick one card from face downs)
- Info Screens, that give you and the target's info.

Expected Features:
- At least 20 other units
- Support/Item cards (give stat boosts, restore HP, etc.)


So yeah, not much, but it gives you a basic idea on what to expect when I'm finished.

Comment, Review, Suggest changes etc.

This post has been edited by Soiyeruda on Oct 11 2009, 09:31 PM

You should make it more of a card came like actual cards. But it looks good so far!

You mean like poker/gold fish card games or like trading card games?

If it's the former, then no, as the original wasn't really a normal card game.

If it's the latter, then that's what I'm going for. I just need to implement random cards, drawing, etc.

humm looks cool.

Uhh.......

1:Whats with the weird cards at the bottom? There animation is going WAYY to fast.
2:Same with the bros. Whats up with those weird animations?
3:Why cant you choose which guy you want to attack with?

1&2: At the moment, they don't have any coding, so all they do is cycle through their images. Since the game runs at 60 FPS, they also cycle through images at a fast rate. In further updates, they'll have actual use, so ignore them for now.

3: It's a speed-based turn system. Speed is mainly so there to make powerful units typically act slower. This gives you more opportunities to kill them before they attack you.

Updated. New file has a draw system for the cards, HP system for the players, and an info screen to display statistics.