Plot Device Cards are used to support your own Characters or hinder the actions of your opponent’s Character Cards. Some Plot Devices can give an OFF power boost, others can prevent a card from acting, and some others still can destroy another card altogether. The placement and use of your Plot Device Cards can potentially turn around the most hopeless of situations, and can turn a guaranteed defeat into an upset victory.
Just like the Character cards, Plot Devices may have a Bandwidth Cost, indicated at the top of the card next to the PD symbol. In order to play a card you must have the Bandwidth on hand to spend, which you must discard before placing your Character onto the field. At the time of this writing no Plot Device cards have a Bandwidth Cost, but as cards become more powerful that will certainly change.
This week Yahtzee lets us know exactly how to make a gaming webcomic. While there are many truths to be had here, is he just pointing out the obvious setup that works or calling the need for change?
All I know is that drama can bring traffic to your site, as pointed out more then once on, CTRL+ALT+DELETE. Hell its exactly what Yahtzee’s whole gig is based on. Drama. So should I go around posting in all the forums “FF8>FF7″ and stir up some crazy ass drama? Choicecomics.net could use some traffic.
This official press release states that Platinum Studios is entering negotiations to purchase Wowio. This coming soon after Wowio site has come down for a “re-tooling.” If terms are met what does this mean for the future of Wowio? Is ‘free books + free minds’ still in the future?
This announcement comes one week after Volt6, DrunkDuck Founder; Dylan Squire, leaves DrunkDuck which is now owned by Platinum Studios. I wonder what this all means?
Character Cards can be considered the most essential cards in the game in that they’re the only cards you absolutely can’t play the game without. Characters are used to attack your opponent, defend yourself, and ultimately will decide if you lose or win a battle. While possessing wide range of different power levels and abilities, most character cards have similar features.
Many cards have a Bandwidth Cost, indicated at the top of the card next to the Character symbol. In order to play a card you must have the Bandwidth on hand to spend, which you must discard before placing your Character onto the field. There are many Characters that have no cost to play, but usually the more powerful a Character the more they cost.
Characters are catagorized by Genre, which can dictate how the Character interacts with other cards. The main Character Genres include: Fighters, Mystics, Shooters, and Geeks. Some cards can only effect or be effected by certain Genres, while others can react differently in play against one type or another.
First and formost, let us consult the internet. My first search brings up the Tag (metadata) definition from Wiki. It states simply:
A tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information (such as an internet bookmark, digital image, or computer file). This kind of metadata helps describes an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching. Tags are chosen informally and personally by the item’s creator or by its viewer, depending on the system. On a website where many users tag many items, this collection of tags becomes a folksonomy.
Taking this definition and applying it to the webcomic world isn’t too hard. A tag is simply the genre, if you will, with the customizability to link together many similiar comments. Instead of webcomics falling into certain predefined genres, readers define what the webcomic is to them. Most likely this means the same to other readers.
Writers/Artists will sometimes be surprised as to what their webcomic means to their readers. Tags help them better understand their audience and develop or grow their webcomic or site design to enhance the reader’s experience.
Proper tagging will also help improve your SEO efforts.
I hope you enjoy the new system exclusive to Choicecomics.net. Let me know if you have any questions.
WAGON Webcomic Battle is a brand new collectible card game that is, you guessed it, entirely based off of webcomics and their contents. This covers all elements of webcomics, from their characters, to their story plots, and everything else that makes a webcomic uniquely what it is.
The game itself is played with three kinds of cards: Characters, Plot Devices, and Bandwidth. Characters are, obviously, based off the stars of their webcomics. Character cards are able to attack other cards, defend you from harm, and use various abilities to effect gameplay. Plot Devices are either objects or story points that can effect gameplay. This can mean anything from boosting a Character’s strength, preventing an attack, or destroying other cards outright. Essentially Plot Devices are used to support your Characters while hindering your opponents Characters. Bandwidth is the money system of the game, working like Mana or Energy that can be spent in order to use certain abilities or play more powerful cards.
For all you people that are starting their webcomics, or thinking of redesigning your webcomics layout, please give this a listen. There are many, many, valid points to be had here. SEO is very important in bringing your webcomic to the top of the search engines pages.
As you all know, I hold the design of your front page pretty heavily (as you should) in my reviews. This is the one thing that makes someone stay or leave in one split second. As much as you want it to believe it is your current webcomic on the front page that draws them in… its not. You could have the golden nugget of the internet, but people won’t see it through the turd it is sitting in. I cannot stress this enough.
Is there any tips you guys have come across that you would like to add to these fine ass general rules presented here? Any design tips specifically for the webcomic world?
Just like the Character cards, Plot Devices may have a Bandwidth Cost, indicated at the top of the card next to the PD symbol. In order to play a card you must have the Bandwidth on hand to spend, which you must discard before placing your Character onto the field. At the time of this writing no Plot Device cards have a Bandwidth Cost, but as cards become more powerful that will certainly change.
