Game Paper

Tool to prototype board and card games. The idea behind this tool is to provide an interface that is as easy and intuitive to use as paper prototyping, with the added power and benefits of being a digital tool.

WIP

• This tool is in active development, and any feedback, suggestions, or feature requests are most welcome.
• Session Save/Load is available, but could break anytime as the tool is still in early development.

Features

• Several commonly used modules available out of the box: Counter, Dice, Card, Deck
• Drag and move objects anywhere.
• Click and drag the canvas to scroll.
• Objects snap to grid when dropped.
• Works on touch devices (Tablet/Phone) with some caveats (text entry is a bit glitchy).
• Session can be saved to browser (Edit -> Save). The session loads automatically next time.

Modules

• Label: Short text
• Counter: Increment, decrement, set value
• Die
  • Single die with numeric faces
  • Click on value to roll.
  • Configure min and max value from context menu.
• Dice
  • Set of standard dice (1-6).
  • Roll all dice.
  • Add/remove die.
  • Click any die to hold/release (held dice do not roll).
• Selector
  • Select from a set of values.
  • Click value to select new value.
    
  • Edit values. Delete/add new value. Reorder.
  • Sequential: Next value from the set is picked.
  • Random: Value is randomly picked from the set.
  • Uses: Track turn, game phase (sequential), Editable die (random)
• Card: Edit title and description.
• Deck
  • Set of cards
  • Draw the top card.
  • Shuffle deck.
  • Clear: Empties the deck.
  • Drag and drop a card onto a deck to place it on top of the deck.
• Area (Thanks to Shon-Shon for the suggestion!)
  • Rectangular object area with title.
  • Resize.

Instructions

• Click on the title bar of any object to show the context menu. From there you can Edit Title, Duplicate, or Delete.
• Click and drag the title bar to move an object.
• Edit
  • Clear: Empty the board and start over.
  • Save: Save session to browser. Session is loaded automatically upon startup.
• Try out the inbuilt Blackjack-like setup demo.