Some experiments for a Hearthstone-like collectible card game engine.

Currently I have a web client + nodejs server architecture.

• nodejs (tested with v5.6.0 and v9.5.0; uses ES5 syntax)
• npm
• for running tools scripts: Python3, imagemagick
• client-side: a modern Desktop browser with resolution >= 1024x768 (an iPad is good too)

Instructions:

• download this GitHub project: git clone prj-url
• from project dir, install node dependencies: npm install .
• install python scripts dependencies: pip3 install -r requirements.txt
• edit tools/filter_cards.py to set your subset of cards, and run it
• download card images by scraping hearthstone.gamepedia.com: tools/scrape_images.py
• run image format conversion script: tools/convert_images.sh

Finally, to run the thing:

• Launch server app: node app.js
• point your browser to http:https://<your ip addr>:8081/index.html
• Enjoy!

See CHANGELOG for history of releases.

Look down here for plan of future releases.

• v0.4

  • incremental development of game mechanics
  • bugfixing

• v0.5

  • introduction of WebSockets for multiplayer

• v1.0

  • finalization of real-time multiplayer
    • WebSockets architecture
    • simple authentication/authorization/encryption
  • card types other than minions
  • hero and hero powers

• v2.0

  • full (reasonable subset of) card mechanics
  • some try at AI?

• v3.0

  • deck editing
  • tournments, rating, etc.
  • integration with 3rd parties, ex. support for Kettle protocol

Hearthstone card data courtesy of https://hearthstonejson.com.