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What is in a Card?

Anatomy of a Card

Each Card is composed of a number of layers of Bitmaps which are drawn to screen in the following sequence:

Card Base	Serves as the bottom-most layer which is used to determine the Card's shape and background. You can provide images of any dimensions to make up the Card Base, however, keep in mind how much screen space the Hand has in your game.
Card Art	Layer drawn on top of Card Base. This can be used for the image illustrating the Card. You can provide images of any dimensions to make up the Card Art, however, it will try to center itself on the Card Base by default so you may need to use plugin parameters to offset its position.
Card Text	Layer drawn on top of Card Art. This is where the text for the Skill Name, Skill Cost and Description Text is written. They will be in the default font of your RPG Maker Project. Each Text Item has their own plugin parameters which let you offset its position.
Card Highlight	Layer used by Playable, Discard and Remove Highlight borders that overlay a Card. Images for each can be specified in plugin parameters. Make sure the Highlights at least match the dimensions of the Card Base, otherwise Cards may look odd in Hand.

Card Customization

The following parameters give you control over the appearance of your cards:

Parameter	Description
Card Name Coordinates	These parameters set the coordinates for the card/skill name. The top-left of the card is position 0,0.
Skill Cost Coordinates	These parameters set the coordinates for the card/skill description. The top-left of the card is position 0,0.
Cost Width	The Cost is right-aligned by default, so the Width determines how much horizontal space is dedicated to the cost text.
Card Description Coordinates	These parameters set the coordinates for the card/skill description. The top-left of the card is position 0,0.
Highlight Sheet	This is the name of an image sheet for sprites that appear when cards can be selected. They appear on top of the card itself. The sheet should consist of 3 images placed horizontally: - The Enabled Highlight: used when a card can be selected for play. - The Discard Highlight: used when a card can be selected for discard or moving between zones. - The Remove Highlight: used when a card can be selected for removal. The sheet should be in img/CGC/highlights.
Removal Animation	The preprogrammed animation used for cards that are being removed from play. There are currently 2 animations: Fade - This will cause the card to rise in the air and fade out before disappearing. Burn - This will cause the card to slowly disappear from the bottom up.
Smooth Scaling	Determines whether smoothing is applied when scaling cards up or down. If this is set to false, scaled cards will appear pixelated, which may be desired if your game has a pixel art style.

If you are using TextFormatPlus, you have additional options for Card Customization. Each individual text component - Name, Description, Cost, and Type - has the following parameters:

Parameter	Description
Display Component	A boolean determining if the given text component is drawn on the card.
Font Size	The font size of the given text component.
Font Face	The font of the given text component. Fonts must either all be in .ttf format or all be in .woff format.

Card Game Combat - Documentation

Table of Contents

What is in a Card?

Anatomy of a Card

Card Customization