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Lv 37. Disgaea guy, FFXIV casual, Spare-time Card Game Designer. Not very good at this social thing. Will respond but awful at initiating. A bit too boring to be a streamer.

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Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · Dec 18

Still getting used to this, so... moots? Interests?

• Disgaea
• Any other NIS game
• Touhou
• Siralim
• Guilty Gear
• FFXIV
• Nikke
• Disgaea
• Gnosia
• Project Sekai
• Balatro
• Card Game Design
• Tsukihime
• Shin Megami Tensei / Persona
• Stepmania / Rhythm Games
• Isekai
• DISGAEA

#promosky

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Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 2d

Non foil, TTS safe version. Unity scares me D:

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 2d

#Disgaeatober2025 #Disgaea

If I didnt know any better, I'd think Day 7 was meant to kick me in the ass and prod me to get to work. And I do need to.

And no, I had zero involvement in setting this event up, sincerely and honestly. I'd be posting the cards anyway...

Disgaea Netherwar Leader it is.

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Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 8d

My first Uma 9* yaaaaaaaaaay

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 10d

Was checking for local cons. As usual, slim pickings so I check to see which LLC is covering my area.

Okay, Ecchi Con in Denver. Somewhat amusing to think about, so *click*

...they have a card game, "Duel of Desires".

Speaks of my priorities that I'm ignoring the lewd and just want to fix the UX.

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 17d

Got recommended to just use the Harada art for the Disgaea Makai-ism card and make them a duo.

...I think my renderer mangled it. Badly!

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 19d

And for his references... he has a *bunch* of Rurouni Kenshin coded things even just in the site screenshots.

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 19d

Probably gains a real one during the climax, too. Not that tropes are bad.

...may have to internally name him N.A. since that slash messes up saving the card.

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 19d

Kyouran Makai-ism is basically just Disgaea Musou and I'm okay with that. You can see how the engine has progressed even from the trailer.

Just wish I had better art available for him. And yes, his name really is "N/A".

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Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 23d

The old way did allow me to make sure text fit properly, but everything else is just better to do in Cocktail Card Designer.

Did have a few people back in the day for mlpdcg streams. Was fun.

Not to mention that I no longer have access to photoshop as it moved to become a complete pain in the ass.

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 23d

I think another reason why I'm struggling with the card game projects is just that I dont get the same "satisfaction" from just plugging in data into a spreadsheet and seeing the result, over messing with layers in photoshop.

Yes, its dumb. Yes, the new way is *far* better and more consistent. Bleh

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 26d

The other major change is the existence of the card "Race: Junior Make Debut".

It exists at the start of the game for both players, stops other Race Events from being played early, and directs both players to actively engage in the game by forcing an early stat check to Earn a Carat.

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 26d

This solves the one issue I had with the mechanic on mlpdcg (people saving up coin to play late game cards ultra early) while adding a space to interact with the mood the player is at.

Opponents cards may catch you in a bad mood, or you get extra effects in a great mood.

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Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 26d

So, one of the problems in mlpdcg was that the early game was slow if you bricked your hand. The "work/coin" mechanic mostly solved it, but it had limited design space.

For UmaDCG, Work is Mood. Starts at Normal, and can go -2 to Awful and +2 to Great. So you go into mood debt to play cards early.

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 27d

At its peak, I had over 1k players, broke OCTGN for a minute, and was invited to conventions but couldn't attend.

This game base had around 89 revisions done to the base and was purely made in photoshop, using madVR to upscale things to make it a printable 600dpi.

I still have the codex and data.

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 27d

For my last yap of the night... I keep on mentioning mlpdcg.

My Little Pony (Unofficial) Digital Card Game was my 3rd tcg design after AMV and Bliss Stage, and the first to see some success. I exited the fandom around season four when the actual TCG got created and thongs started getting weird(er).

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 27d

Work on Disgaea Netherwar is daunting for one big reason: the game is going to sail well past normal word counts. Its a very text complex game. Dunno if its even fun.

And my brain just sees the amount of work ahead and just... doesn't. I know that each card done is one card closer to being done...

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · 27d

Umamusume Unofficial Digital Card Game now has a codex, so the rules are somewhat settled.

Its 80% mlpdcg's core, with the new stuff basically being more stuff to track but itxs digital numerical counters so should be fine (the five stats) with more design space on exchange.

Disgaea still going.

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · Sep 8

Looks like global players of umamusume are starting to crash out a bit.

There's the typical post-launch slump, but this appears to be more aggressive.

Not helping matters is that the New Player Experience is in tatters, due to low rates offbanner and players being told to sandbag pulls until Nov.

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · Sep 6

I cant get the Umamusume DCG to leave my head. It'll work with only minor adjustments to what mlpdcg was doing. *I have the data*. I know its fun.

Apples becomes Goals.
Coin/Work becomes Mood.
Your team of three racers gain Inspiration at 0/4/7 goals.

No attacks, no HP, just act and react.

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · Aug 31

...I think I mentally wandered into how to make Umamusume a card game, using MLP:DCG as a core that I *know* works and have years of playtest data...

But I need to get Disgaea Netherwar playable.

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · Aug 26

...hunh. forced out of group A in umamusume, but I'll take Taurus Gold from group B just fine.

And this is why you bring debuffers.

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · Aug 22

I suspect I'll get humbled fast, but I did secure the Grade A path in umamusume pvp today with Gold Ship winning me a 4/5, so I got that going for me.

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · Aug 20

The Nikke curse continues: anyone that beats me in the arena gets stuffed in the very next round.

Treasure Bay is underperforming though, but it might be more due to an incomplete team. TFrima needs replaced.

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · Aug 13

And sadly... not really qualified to create a meet up. Again, not great at the social thing.

The last actual group here disbanded long before covid due to drama, and I think the sentiment lingers still.

...and for the record, there is a closer anime con, but its just a dealer's room for two days.

Age @blitzerage.bsky.social · Aug 13

Looking at my city in wplace... we clearly have some geek and anime fans around here, but zero meet ups. Negative, even. The nearest convention is even three hours away!

...considering that our sole video game shop is a tiny gamestop (with awesome employees)... ugh.

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