Ars Technica wrote a great piece you should really read about game developers leaving the AAA industry to make it on their own. Inside, they mentioned a game called Card Hunter, which is being funded by the co-founder of Irrational Games - the guys who made System Shock 2 and Bioshock. I looked it up, and found out it’s being worked on by other people you might have heard of. Farbs makes some pretty cool games, and I actually bought into the Captain Forever series when the first game was in beta. On a slightly more famous note, does the name Richard Garfield ring any bells?

        There’s no definite release date yet, but it seems pretty fascinating. They’ve got a couple of developer diaries talking about deck building in the game: one here, and another here. I pretty much like everything about this game, but the deck building is particularly interesting. Rather than adding specific cards, you equip items, which give you a specific “suite” of cards. Should make for some good strategy.

        I guess I probably shouldn’t post about a game that isn’t out yet. But I’m eagerly awaiting its release, and I think some of you might be interested too. After all, you probably played Magic years ago. Remember the good times? Yeah, me too. Card Hunter will probably have more good times! Play it with me when it comes out!