Re: clarification you also have hours of documentation on how your game relates to Mattel's IPs so it would be a very easy court case if they did have any reason to sue
And they actualy look unique Thats a rare sight in card games (Take this with a bagilion grain of salts becouse i dont think i ever played a game other than uno)
The fact that ambidextrous cards can't exist even if the info could fit because it would conflict with uno left hand is hilarious and exactly why I love this absurd project
As a left handed person I see this as an absolute win! I hated how uno cards aren’t ambidextrous at the very least especially with all the versions I own (and I’m not gonna get uno left handed cuz it’s just basic uno) so both sides suffering equally is funny
@@MassacresMansion And don't forget: When a wild card exists, you *SLAP* It. Bonus points if you say "Wild card slap!" Every time you play a Wild Card in ChemiCards.
I started out so mad that the slime was pointed, but then you explained that all the colors have their own shape and i was immediately happy with it. Game looks great!
I figured that hue shifting would probably be the technique to make double color cards. Only that you shift from color 1 to color 2 instead of yellow to purple. Make it like they encroach on each other, invading the opposite space.
Mattel is a very funny company to me. Mattel: We won't let you use "Uno" and "Draw 4" in your games! Also Mattel: We forgot to copyright Acceleracers, whoops...
The fact that half this video is mostly him going "okay so everyone got mad and I have to justify the choices I made in my own card game" is WILD. COME ON PEOPLE LET THE MAN COOK
Then do it on every single card that says it. And while they do that long process maybe they'll realize how dumb it is to get upset over a word being replaced.
Knowing you're a game designer, my first thought on realising that you'd changed out "draw" was "Well, that sounds like a suboptimal design decision, so there must be some other, overriding reason for the change." And there is! I really tried to think of another game where "Draw 4" applies, and I couldn't think of any that aren't absolutely dwarfed by Uno. So avoiding that phrase entirely is a good idea. Chemicards looks great!
As someone who loves your videos, reading and tabletops games with dyslexia Your font is great. The spacing is good. Important words are different (underlined or all cap). The new design is so much easier to read.
i love how the cards look now, the information seems clear to understand and im very excited to see where it goes, cant wait to see and get my hands on the full version
Mad respect for meticulously addressing so many questions and integrating so many critiques (including some of my own)! Great to get another update. Good luck as you continue with the amalgam, and I hope the new job is going well!
Dyslexia friendly fonts have different shapes for what would otherwise be symmetrical letters. From what I understand, this is done because dyslexic people sometimes see things flipped, and can’t really tell. For the example you used in the video, the “b” has no bottom nub, the “d” has a straight edge, the “p” has a curved edge, and the “q” has a triangular tail. The differences might not look nociceable on the card, but I think it is good to know.
I feel like the new format as shown in the sample card makes the entire thing pop more, both in clarity and in style. The original format certainly gave the game it's own identity. With the changes (along with the additional style guides) the cards now each have their own identity while maintaining a unified game identity.
hell yeah, what an update. Love the new art and other changes. People being salty about the changes separating this from Uno clearly haven't been paying enough attention. This was always the goal my guys.
As someone who has only recently (and by recently I mean like 1 month ago) heard of Chemicards and has watched the entire series so far this is gonna be HYPE
the explanations for the art decisions are so inspiring to me, I work on a completely unrelated field but the way you keep track of everything and still manage to look at the whole thing and make everything coherent is crazy I love it
I feel like the word absorb would be pretty difficult to understand for a lot of players. I would personally replace it with take(Take 4 cards.) But that is your game and if you chose absorb then its absorb
I think the idea is the cards are chemicals with different effects so when you take cards, you absorb them, and when you play cards, you trigger the effects of those chemicals
After seeing Nintendo suing Pocket Pair over Palworld, it should be obvious that companies will take legal action against anything remotely derivative of their work if it becomes popular enough and they think it will threaten the sales of their products. It's better to play it safe and not give them any reasons to think that they can take you to court and waste your time and money over something frivolous. (especially as a indie game publisher with nowhere near as much money as a corp like Mattel.) That aside, I do like the new and improved card designs. Much appreciation to you and the people in your community that are far better at art than I am lol.
Wow, i love how the rest of the slimes turned out, they're soooooo good. Although none will beat yellow for me cause it features THE SPARKS™. Also, I'm curious what you'll do for the wild or colourless cards. Also, a suggestion for the rainbow wild cards, maybe it could look like an oil spill. Either way, can't wait to see where this project is heading
Great update! I was worried about the color symbols in the last video, but I saw you were already talking with folks about it in the comments, so I trusted something would work out. And these are MUCH better! Excellent work! I also love the hued background for the text. Sometimes reading text on pure white backgrounds can just feel bad, but the hued backgrounds are great. Just overall fantastic progress. And you are perfectly valid changing as much as you can to make as sure as possible that Mattel can't send their lawyers after you. Especially since, as you said, you do need to actually sell this. Lawyers are always more interested when you're charging for something. So, yes, great work, keep it up, don't let people get you down, and good luck moving forward!
I love the new chemical color textures, each one manages to look distinct and flavorful, i love it! Especially orange, the thing-like gore really gives off that fleshy vibe, but all of them look great! The completely solid ones especially you did a great job on, reminds me of those sci-fi chemicals that immediately transform into some kinda solid upon contact, really vibes with the theme. And here's an idea; maybe for the character portraits, you can use hue shifting thats specifically between two of the chemicards chemicolors(tm)? Like, Man-tis hueshifts with Orange and Grey, TurboNerd hueshifts with Blue and Yellow, Goop hueshifts between Green and Pink, Arma Geddon hueshifts between Red and Grey, EekGleep (or whatever the alien's name was) hueshifts between White and Brown, The Forklift-Certified Driver hurshifts between Brown and Yellow, etc. Thats 56 different possible hueshift combos, for 32 characters. Not only does that give everyone the opportunity to have a uniqie hueshift, but that also means you have 24 extra to throw around for other purposes, or perserve for expansion characters. (Or use them for enemy card portraits, but i think you can get away with double dipping there.) This could give the characters a unique style that stands out, and you could even take a note from Magic's playbook and have the colors say something about the characters, ether physically or character-wise. (Note; I'm not sure if this would look good or not so take this with a grain of moon dust.) Anyways i can't wait for the lore episode where we reveal this all of this takes place in Poland. Not a fictionalized Poland, no, real life current day Poland, right now.
I really love the text changes! I was having trouble verbalizing why I didn't love the original text, but you nailed it with minor changes that make big differences.
Its so crazy for me to thing that you started this proyect over a year ago.... huge props dude keep the good work! I really love the pixel art-style in the cards and all the "On-lore" stuff, it gives it a really unique feeling. Keep cooking my man!
I've been gone for quite awhile. The cards look WONDEROUS (the small details, everything working together in both looks and function, this art-style could easily be transferred to either a wallpaper, or a play-mat (I know I've been gone for, very long, but returning to this is perfection. This game, is perfection. A massive amalgamation of UNO games, with lore, unique art, MUSIC. It is wonderous)). AND a long Clarification Time? A Clarification Time that lasts (nearly) the ENTIRE VIDEO?
Love the new card art! so much better! its way easier to read and the text looks less blury which i thought looked kindof weird, you had a 3d efect with the text which looked really weird considering its on a computer monitor. but what you have now looks so good! keep up the good work. and dont worry about the lack of uploads, life happens. i also think its a good idea to play it as safe as you can with game terminology. i mean no one wants to spend years on a passion project just for it to be burned at the stake because of a legal dispute. as always eat your veggies, dont burn yourself out and keep being awesome!
Here's a lil idea for the suite cards since they don't really fit the sience theme What if they were the 4 Stem fields? Spades - sience with a atom symbol Diamons - technology with a computer mouse symbol Clubs - Engineering with a gear symbol Hearts - Maths with an infinity symbol Then the suites themselves could be: Jack - Student Queen - Professor King - Doctor And Joker could be an artist since artist, since stem has been changed to steam, with A standing for Art
Fun fact: In locofficial, the draw 5-1 card actually gives you 5 cards and then removes a random card from your deck, not remove one of the new cards you just drew, it can remove any of them.
I like that so many elements are being changed so that Chemicards feels almost like a card-based ttrpg and not just overcomplicated uno. Things like changing 'draw' to 'absorb' really help serve immersion even if it was a necessary choice. Sorry if this has already been brought up, but have you considered making the rulebook resemble a binder of MSDS sheets? I think that'd be a pretty neat way to incorporate it thematically.
I don't have any commentary on this one, but I'll be waiting with baited breath until the next Uno Amalgam video, and I hope you continue to get it out there! Good luck with your new job man! Happy to hear from you again!
I love the color specific card art! And your reasoning for the term "absorb" makes complete sense, but don't act like your hand was forced, you looked at the past actions of the mattel legal department and you made a decision, so stand by that choice, it was as good one! Chemicards is a wacky card game, sacrificing a bit of clarity for theming and legal concerns is the appropriate course of action in this specific game design context.
Delightful as ever! Glad to see the different goop shapes worked out so well! Your creativity with them is fantastic, like I never would've thought of the metal plate goop for grey, and they all look incredible! I hope I'll be able to make it to future art streams!
@@xislomega242 but given a reverse has an effect, would there be lore? I guess it's not much space it takes up if that's the only effect 🤔 yeah, let's get that poison inverted!
I was starting to wonder where you were. Nice to see the progress, and confused why people are so adamant about keeping the word “draw”, even with your neck on the line. Before I forget, thank you for getting this far, we’re right behind you, cheering you on!
Amazing work! You've made of progress, and the card face indeed looks much better! I feel like the number now looks a bit thin though... Adding white outline is a great idea, but I feel like now the number is not bold enough and gets lost a bit. I'd make the black portion just a tad bit wider, even if it means making the number itself a bit smaller.
13:57 this is just spitballing and not even a real suggestion but i feel like "double draw" "quadruple draw" would still work as both being intuitive and avoiding legal trouble (And heck, if Draw 5-1 was legally acceptable I'd bet that someting like 4x Draw or 2x Draw could probably work)
I’m happy with the new changes! They look great. Can’t wait to see the character portraits, they sound pretty fun from that brief description multiple episodes ago.
I know I was there for most of these changes, But it's always nice to hear you recap things in a video Rather than in a long and slightly chaotic live stream.
i was surprised you talked about UNOficial! to be honest, why is drawing 4 cards not allowed to be spoken, like i mean, it's one of the famous cards, but still, it's just drawing X cards, and UNO is kinda stupid since... IT'S JUST ONE LIKE YOU JUST SAID
I love the art update on the cards! The different color slime / symbols look so nice & will be extremely helpful for telling the colors apart. I look forward to seeing a few example cards in the future (such as the one-off wilds, minimal effect cards, etc.). I also appreciate the explanation for your avoidance of 'draw' (I agree it's best to avoid using it to lower the chances of Mattel doing anything).
Its been awhile and thats not bad, i had much fun as always and hope you had fun making the stuff so far, keep going and i the other stuff you mentioned at the end of the video sounds exciting, see you later, Eliasstenbak ❤😺
I love the redesigns on the card art! The colour symbols are much better to read now :D I'm still hyping up this project and can't wait to see the end product!
Also, I don't worry at all about the naming issues. You made it clear from the start that your card game would be named "Chemicards". In private, I can still introduce it as "Uno (Amalgam)", and Mattel would be none the wiser 😂
love your new cards, and I don't mind absorb, I'm pretty nubish to Tabletop games, but I feel like if I saw "absorb 4" I would be able to figure it out pretty quickly
I love the touch that the colors all have a different slime shape! It allows them to stand out from each other if you have color blindness. And it will probably let people recognize the color faster when in a hand, which is probably super helpful when there are so many colors to keep track of. For the dual color ones, maybe you could do a left and right half, but down the center, where they "mix" could have a unique shape too. Like a blue and yellow card could have the lightning and yellow slime on the left, the icicles and blue on the right, and along the dividing line is thin yellow arcs, like the yellow is charging up the ice in the blue. I'm thinking a strip like 5 pixels wide in the center to get the idea across without disrupting the other information on the card
I like the change from gather to absorb. It feels more natural and intuitive. Although draw would indeed be more understandable but the threat of a lawsuit or a S&D makes the change understandable
I understand and agree with you on the draw thing, but i still think that "take" would be better than absorb or gather as a replacement,as that is way more clear and easy to parse.
Yess!! Welcome back, been looking forward to this for a while. The card art looks amazing with all the new changes; both in it's function/readability, and in the art itself. During the livestream I actually had mixed thoughts about the black/white symbols, but looking at them again it's remarkable how well they read. And fit the card, with the white border of the number balancing out the white in the symbols. Can't wait to see how these designs influence the rulebook later on! Will there be a whole video(s) on the rulebook design? (in both art and function)
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Re: clarification you also have hours of documentation on how your game relates to Mattel's IPs so it would be a very easy court case if they did have any reason to sue
THIS ^^^
"And your evidence Mr. John A. Mattel?"
"Hold on your honor, let me pull up TH-cam"
@@TSSmith and then they sat there watching youtube for several hours
@@PokeRen Judge proceeds to sit through hours of spongebob memes
@thedarkabyssmusicxd "The jury requests subway surfers on the side to pay attention sir"
I love the art changes. Everything feels far more readable and less chaotic.
And the different slime types are super cool!
Thank you so much! ♥️
And they actualy look unique
Thats a rare sight in card games
(Take this with a bagilion grain of salts becouse i dont think i ever played a game other than uno)
The fact that ambidextrous cards can't exist even if the info could fit because it would conflict with uno left hand is hilarious and exactly why I love this absurd project
It's so silly sometimes XD
it's absolutely incredible
As a left handed person I see this as an absolute win! I hated how uno cards aren’t ambidextrous at the very least especially with all the versions I own (and I’m not gonna get uno left handed cuz it’s just basic uno) so both sides suffering equally is funny
the cards are already ambidextrous because they're equally inconvenient for both right- and left-handed players, my favorite kind of equality
CORRECT
They're ambisinister 😅
@@MassacresMansion And don't forget: When a wild card exists, you *SLAP* It.
Bonus points if you say "Wild card slap!" Every time you play a Wild Card in ChemiCards.
@@MassacresMansionit’s omega flowery
They do say a good compromise leaves nobody happy.
I started out so mad that the slime was pointed, but then you explained that all the colors have their own shape and i was immediately happy with it. Game looks great!
Thank you very much!
When I saw the pointed slime, and remember yellow is electricity, I immediately put 2+2 together and was hyped. Great touch!
@@greenstarlover1same
I swear if that muti - hour video is on Monopoly Cheaters edition again
Haha… I would never. I couldn’t possibly.
Dewit
@@MassacresMansion Best troll answer;
More serious; don't answer Frommerman on that, if there are no finer nails to cry over.
and when the world needed him the most, he called uno once more...
😎
@@MassacresMansion oh yea. Speaking of calling uno: What are you gonna call in chemicards instead when you have 1 card?
@@MercuryA2000What about "Going Critical?"
@@OmniVirusHS That feels really long. Doesn't roll off the tongue right. Maybe just "critical", but that's still not ideal I don't think.
@@MercuryA2000 Meltdown?
It’s kind of funny that people are surprised that the cards look as “un-uno” as possible.
Ikr? 😂
People tend to be a bit slow on the uptake
as o as possible, if you will
@@MassacresMansionbut they’re like actually perfect
@@MassacresMansion I'm honestly surprised Mattel can argue in court over the concept of "draw 4 cards".
Love each color having its own slime shape!
Thank you!!!
It's actually really really cool
I figured that hue shifting would probably be the technique to make double color cards. Only that you shift from color 1 to color 2 instead of yellow to purple. Make it like they encroach on each other, invading the opposite space.
This may be something I have to try off camera!
Mattel is a very funny company to me.
Mattel: We won't let you use "Uno" and "Draw 4" in your games!
Also Mattel: We forgot to copyright Acceleracers, whoops...
IKR?????????????
Or is that why?
The fact that half this video is mostly him going "okay so everyone got mad and I have to justify the choices I made in my own card game" is WILD. COME ON PEOPLE LET THE MAN COOK
It's wild? But is it wild draw 4?
I appreciate you XD
is it wild absorb 4 though?
@@aceman0000099NO it is definitively NOT that specific phrase in particular
If you want to have the word "draw" on the cards, put a stripe of white out over "absorb" and write it in on your own copy. #problemSolved
So true 😂
Then do it on every single card that says it.
And while they do that long process maybe they'll realize how dumb it is to get upset over a word being replaced.
Tacky, yet it's unofficially a good excuse to have 'white stripes' as a 'free' bug option.
Might make shuffling unsleeved a nightmare though.
That's what I was thinking
Knowing you're a game designer, my first thought on realising that you'd changed out "draw" was "Well, that sounds like a suboptimal design decision, so there must be some other, overriding reason for the change."
And there is! I really tried to think of another game where "Draw 4" applies, and I couldn't think of any that aren't absolutely dwarfed by Uno. So avoiding that phrase entirely is a good idea. Chemicards looks great!
THANK YOU! And thank you for understanding!
Magic won't even touch it. "Draw four cards" is the closest you're gonna get
@@CJWproductions and Yugioh already has to keep draw 2s under controll, a draw 4 would be game breaking
Not to mention, the historical context already mentioned in the video.
@@Swagpion also, I recalled they've gotten to banning their draw cards in tournament play. Anyone remember Pot of Greed?
Some really rough stuff has being going on in my life so getting an amalgam video really brightens my day
I'm sorry you're having a rough time! I'm glad my videos are able to help in any way they can! Thank you for your donation!
As someone who loves your videos, reading and tabletops games with dyslexia
Your font is great. The spacing is good. Important words are different (underlined or all cap). The new design is so much easier to read.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
i love how the cards look now, the information seems clear to understand and im very excited to see where it goes, cant wait to see and get my hands on the full version
Thank you so much! That means a lot! And thank you for your donation!
NO PLEASE DON'T TAKE STEPS TO STOP MATTEL FROM STRIKING YOUR PASSION PROJECT INTO THE EARTH!!!
Can't wait to see this in action dude
Thank you very much 😎
Mad respect for meticulously addressing so many questions and integrating so many critiques (including some of my own)! Great to get another update. Good luck as you continue with the amalgam, and I hope the new job is going well!
Thank you! I appreciate you saying that!
Dyslexia friendly fonts have different shapes for what would otherwise be symmetrical letters. From what I understand, this is done because dyslexic people sometimes see things flipped, and can’t really tell. For the example you used in the video, the “b” has no bottom nub, the “d” has a straight edge, the “p” has a curved edge, and the “q” has a triangular tail. The differences might not look nociceable on the card, but I think it is good to know.
It does seem that way he text you have on the new card works, though I do not have dyslexia.
Makes sense to me!
My favorite part is when he said "ITS AMALGAMIMG TIME" and amalgamed all over us.
Accurate XD
I like your example card. Would like to see a few more examples of cards, but as it sits it is very readable.
You seem to be on a good track.
Don’t worry, I’ll be showing off more cards in the near future!
Not to be that guy, but Mattel is technically the #2 toys and games company, behind Lego.
Oh you're right! I forgot that happened! I love LEGO. :)
The different slimes are so cool!!! The 3D effect on the brown one is especially great.
Thank you so much!
I feel like the new format as shown in the sample card makes the entire thing pop more, both in clarity and in style. The original format certainly gave the game it's own identity. With the changes (along with the additional style guides) the cards now each have their own identity while maintaining a unified game identity.
Glad you think so!
hell yeah, what an update. Love the new art and other changes. People being salty about the changes separating this from Uno clearly haven't been paying enough attention. This was always the goal my guys.
Thank you thank you!
I am so, so HYPED for this video!
Hope the UNO Amalgam is doing good :)
Thank you! And it is!
...It's me, Curious Light.
I am new to youtube and i came here to see this video.
As someone who has only recently (and by recently I mean like 1 month ago) heard of Chemicards and has watched the entire series so far this is gonna be HYPE
Did you participate in the art streams?
Glad you’ve enjoyed the series so far!
HOLY HELL THE GUY REPLIED
hello
@@dallarifionlestuip He always replies. every. single. comment.
the explanations for the art decisions are so inspiring to me, I work on a completely unrelated field but the way you keep track of everything and still manage to look at the whole thing and make everything coherent is crazy I love it
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Good... But this is not the the end, it's not even the start, this is the prologue before the ADVERTISEMENT SECTION ⚡⚡⚡
Wuh???
@@MassacresMansiondidn’t you hear, it’s the ADVERTISEMENT SECTION⚡️⚡️⚡️! Everyone’s favorite section! We alllllll know the section!
I feel like the word absorb would be pretty difficult to understand for a lot of players. I would personally replace it with take(Take 4 cards.) But that is your game and if you chose absorb then its absorb
That’s fair!
I think the idea is the cards are chemicals with different effects so when you take cards, you absorb them, and when you play cards, you trigger the effects of those chemicals
@@OMGYavani I know that.
Yoink 4
After seeing Nintendo suing Pocket Pair over Palworld, it should be obvious that companies will take legal action against anything remotely derivative of their work if it becomes popular enough and they think it will threaten the sales of their products. It's better to play it safe and not give them any reasons to think that they can take you to court and waste your time and money over something frivolous. (especially as a indie game publisher with nowhere near as much money as a corp like Mattel.)
That aside, I do like the new and improved card designs. Much appreciation to you and the people in your community that are far better at art than I am lol.
THANK YOU!!!
Wow, i love how the rest of the slimes turned out, they're soooooo good. Although none will beat yellow for me cause it features THE SPARKS™. Also, I'm curious what you'll do for the wild or colourless cards. Also, a suggestion for the rainbow wild cards, maybe it could look like an oil spill. Either way, can't wait to see where this project is heading
Thank you! Also I’ll likely reveal that in a future episode! Also great idea!
Great new art! Thanks for the update
Thank you very much! And thank you for the donation! It's appreciated!!!
Great update! I was worried about the color symbols in the last video, but I saw you were already talking with folks about it in the comments, so I trusted something would work out. And these are MUCH better! Excellent work! I also love the hued background for the text. Sometimes reading text on pure white backgrounds can just feel bad, but the hued backgrounds are great. Just overall fantastic progress. And you are perfectly valid changing as much as you can to make as sure as possible that Mattel can't send their lawyers after you. Especially since, as you said, you do need to actually sell this. Lawyers are always more interested when you're charging for something. So, yes, great work, keep it up, don't let people get you down, and good luck moving forward!
Thank you very much!
I love the new chemical color textures, each one manages to look distinct and flavorful, i love it!
Especially orange, the thing-like gore really gives off that fleshy vibe, but all of them look great! The completely solid ones especially you did a great job on, reminds me of those sci-fi chemicals that immediately transform into some kinda solid upon contact, really vibes with the theme.
And here's an idea; maybe for the character portraits, you can use hue shifting thats specifically between two of the chemicards chemicolors(tm)?
Like, Man-tis hueshifts with Orange and Grey, TurboNerd hueshifts with Blue and Yellow, Goop hueshifts between Green and Pink, Arma Geddon hueshifts between Red and Grey, EekGleep (or whatever the alien's name was) hueshifts between White and Brown, The Forklift-Certified Driver hurshifts between Brown and Yellow, etc.
Thats 56 different possible hueshift combos, for 32 characters. Not only does that give everyone the opportunity to have a uniqie hueshift, but that also means you have 24 extra to throw around for other purposes, or perserve for expansion characters. (Or use them for enemy card portraits, but i think you can get away with double dipping there.)
This could give the characters a unique style that stands out, and you could even take a note from Magic's playbook and have the colors say something about the characters, ether physically or character-wise.
(Note; I'm not sure if this would look good or not so take this with a grain of moon dust.)
Anyways i can't wait for the lore episode where we reveal this all of this takes place in Poland. Not a fictionalized Poland, no, real life current day Poland, right now.
Thank you!
Also that's a great idea and I'll consider using it!
Magic the Gathering calls the “Deck” a “Library”.
He can rename terms however he wants if it makes sense.
^^^
As somebody who’s been there from the start, I can’t wait to be there when it finishes, we’re almost there!!!!! :D
Glad you’re still here! I can’t wait to make this real!
@ wouldn’t miss it for the world! Unless I was de-
(I am not dead)
I really love the text changes! I was having trouble verbalizing why I didn't love the original text, but you nailed it with minor changes that make big differences.
Thank you!
Its so crazy for me to thing that you started this proyect over a year ago.... huge props dude keep the good work!
I really love the pixel art-style in the cards and all the "On-lore" stuff, it gives it a really unique feeling. Keep cooking my man!
Thank you very much! I will!
I've been gone for quite awhile.
The cards look WONDEROUS (the small details, everything working together in both looks and function, this art-style could easily be transferred to either a wallpaper, or a play-mat (I know I've been gone for, very long, but returning to this is perfection. This game, is perfection. A massive amalgamation of UNO games, with lore, unique art, MUSIC. It is wonderous)).
AND a long Clarification Time? A Clarification Time that lasts (nearly) the ENTIRE VIDEO?
Thank you thank you! Glad you're back!
Love the new card art! so much better! its way easier to read and the text looks less blury which i thought looked kindof weird, you had a 3d efect with the text which looked really weird considering its on a computer monitor. but what you have now looks so good! keep up the good work. and dont worry about the lack of uploads, life happens. i also think its a good idea to play it as safe as you can with game terminology. i mean no one wants to spend years on a passion project just for it to be burned at the stake because of a legal dispute. as always eat your veggies, dont burn yourself out and keep being awesome!
Thank you thank you thank you! :)
Thank you thank you thank you! :)
Here's a lil idea for the suite cards since they don't really fit the sience theme
What if they were the 4 Stem fields?
Spades - sience with a atom symbol
Diamons - technology with a computer mouse symbol
Clubs - Engineering with a gear symbol
Hearts - Maths with an infinity symbol
Then the suites themselves could be:
Jack - Student
Queen - Professor
King - Doctor
And Joker could be an artist since artist, since stem has been changed to steam, with A standing for Art
That’s such a neat idea!
Fun fact: In locofficial, the draw 5-1 card actually gives you 5 cards and then removes a random card from your deck, not remove one of the new cards you just drew, it can remove any of them.
Ok that's hilarious. XD
I like that so many elements are being changed so that Chemicards feels almost like a card-based ttrpg and not just overcomplicated uno. Things like changing 'draw' to 'absorb' really help serve immersion even if it was a necessary choice. Sorry if this has already been brought up, but have you considered making the rulebook resemble a binder of MSDS sheets? I think that'd be a pretty neat way to incorporate it thematically.
Thank you!
Also yes! I want the rulebook to look like it belongs in the lab!
I've been out of the loop on this project for a few months, and wow, you've made a lot of progress!
Heck yes I have!
Im glad to see you have returned! Looking forward to the new episode!
Happy to hear that! Glad to get another video done!
FINALLY! Let't see what you have cooked for us this time...
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HUGE fan of the new and improved slime colors/shapes... also general increase in slime was a fantastic design choice
Glad you like them! Your artistic opinion means much to me! ;P
The new card art looks sick!
But could we go back to the battery?
WE GOTTA GO BACK
I don't have any commentary on this one, but I'll be waiting with baited breath until the next Uno Amalgam video, and I hope you continue to get it out there! Good luck with your new job man! Happy to hear from you again!
Thank you thank you so much! :)
The Non-Partisan card would be very useful in real life
Bring a whole deck of it to the speeches of [FAECES-HEAD WHO GOT ELECTED IN 2024 {not said because algorithm}]
Can we add it in the new update?
@@TheFlame_Hawk fun fact, it was one of the first ones he added.
True lol
Ooo loving how the scramble is working, also the trigger fix helps a ton, cant wait for more^^
Thank you thank you!
I love the color specific card art! And your reasoning for the term "absorb" makes complete sense, but don't act like your hand was forced, you looked at the past actions of the mattel legal department and you made a decision, so stand by that choice, it was as good one! Chemicards is a wacky card game, sacrificing a bit of clarity for theming and legal concerns is the appropriate course of action in this specific game design context.
Your comment is awesome
Delightful as ever! Glad to see the different goop shapes worked out so well! Your creativity with them is fantastic, like I never would've thought of the metal plate goop for grey, and they all look incredible! I hope I'll be able to make it to future art streams!
Thank you so much! nd I hope so too! I plan on doing one in the near future!
Will lore be associated with colours or numbers?
Colors? Most likely. Numbers? Possibly. 😂
@@-a2games- blue 3 lore?!
I''m waiting for that juicy green reverse lore
@@xislomega242 but given a reverse has an effect, would there be lore? I guess it's not much space it takes up if that's the only effect 🤔 yeah, let's get that poison inverted!
The new card art looks so cool. I love it when games use different styles to signify different decks.
Thank you thank you!
13:05 wow thats... The most funny name i have seen to get around copyright
Heck yes XD
I was starting to wonder where you were. Nice to see the progress, and confused why people are so adamant about keeping the word “draw”, even with your neck on the line.
Before I forget, thank you for getting this far, we’re right behind you, cheering you on!
Thank you so much!
What shall emerge from the vat this time?
Colors. :)
Amazing work! You've made of progress, and the card face indeed looks much better!
I feel like the number now looks a bit thin though... Adding white outline is a great idea, but I feel like now the number is not bold enough and gets lost a bit. I'd make the black portion just a tad bit wider, even if it means making the number itself a bit smaller.
I’ll take this into consideration!
13:57 this is just spitballing and not even a real suggestion but i feel like "double draw" "quadruple draw" would still work as both being intuitive and avoiding legal trouble
(And heck, if Draw 5-1 was legally acceptable I'd bet that someting like 4x Draw or 2x Draw could probably work)
Until you get to things like the max possible cards you can draw from a single effect, which I believe to be 101? XD
good job mansion! you really showed those uno amalgam cards who's boss!
Thank you! 😎
I should apologize for being one of the many people who commented on the term "draw", your reasoning for not using it is solid
Apology accepted!
I’m happy with the new changes! They look great. Can’t wait to see the character portraits, they sound pretty fun from that brief description multiple episodes ago.
Thank you! I can't wait to make the character portraits either!
Any collab with Kam Sandwich coming?
Nothing is planned at the moment, but I'd love to collaborate with him some day!
omgg i missed them amalgam update vids
also, the picel art is soooo good, you cooked as usual
Thank you so much! :)
Is it too late to vote for Blue 3?
Perhaps 😂
What about going back to the battery?
@@Holy_Light65 It's not too late. We can still vote for the LIGHTNING SYMBOL.
I know I was there for most of these changes,
But it's always nice to hear you recap things in a video
Rather than in a long and slightly chaotic live stream.
Heck yes XD
i was surprised you talked about UNOficial!
to be honest, why is drawing 4 cards not allowed to be spoken, like i mean, it's one of the famous cards, but still, it's just drawing X cards,
and UNO is kinda stupid since...
IT'S JUST ONE LIKE YOU JUST SAID
Very true!
@@MassacresMansion oh wow- i didn't expect you to reply so fast!
you are great at multitasking i guess
(or maybe you're taking a bit of time off)
I've just come back here after months but this is an amazing thing to listen to in the background
So I’ve been told!
draw 3.9 cards (rounded up)
Amazing 😂
Another quality video! The cards are all readable in my eyes and you managed to declutter a lot :D i will be spending all the moneys on tis
I appreciate that! XD
Is there a problem with using "pick up" instead of draw?
Or "Take"
Pick up 4
Take 4 cards
Pick up is two words. XD
I will be abdorbing so many cards. I hope u keep making videos even tho you are busy with work. :c Best of luck.
Heck yes! XD
Thank you, and I will!
22:53 If any butch lesbians in the audience *do* find a carabiner that holds this game, gimme a call ;)
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you’ll need a u-haul to fit something that large!
I love the art update on the cards! The different color slime / symbols look so nice & will be extremely helpful for telling the colors apart. I look forward to seeing a few example cards in the future (such as the one-off wilds, minimal effect cards, etc.).
I also appreciate the explanation for your avoidance of 'draw' (I agree it's best to avoid using it to lower the chances of Mattel doing anything).
Thank you thank you!
Use the word "Dawr". Because it sounds like "rawr XD" to substitute Draw.
That may be even more confusing 😂😂😂
I’ve been checking your channel every week since your last live stream! Awesome to see you again!!
Glad you're still here! :)
I just want to say I love the artwork!!! It's good, it's informative, and it has a lot of character!!! Don't let anybody tell you otherwise!!!!!!!
THANK YOU
Its been awhile and thats not bad, i had much fun as always and hope you had fun making the stuff so far, keep going and i the other stuff you mentioned at the end of the video sounds exciting, see you later, Eliasstenbak ❤😺
Thank you thank you! And thanks for the donation once again!
Bro is cooking way to hard for an indie dev, love this series and cant wait for the final product!
Thank you so much! I can't wait to make this real!
I love the redesigns on the card art! The colour symbols are much better to read now :D
I'm still hyping up this project and can't wait to see the end product!
Thank you thank you!!!
i love it when game designers go into a ton of detail of why the game is designed in a certain way
You're in luck! XD
🤩 They look so satisfying... 😍 I'm already saving up for the kickstarter if you will ever make one, or pre-order when they become available!!!
Thank you thank you! Also a Kickstarter is planned once the project is complete!
Also, I don't worry at all about the naming issues. You made it clear from the start that your card game would be named "Chemicards". In private, I can still introduce it as "Uno (Amalgam)", and Mattel would be none the wiser 😂
love your new cards, and I don't mind absorb, I'm pretty nubish to Tabletop games, but I feel like if I saw "absorb 4" I would be able to figure it out pretty quickly
Thank you! And I agree!
I love the touch that the colors all have a different slime shape! It allows them to stand out from each other if you have color blindness. And it will probably let people recognize the color faster when in a hand, which is probably super helpful when there are so many colors to keep track of.
For the dual color ones, maybe you could do a left and right half, but down the center, where they "mix" could have a unique shape too. Like a blue and yellow card could have the lightning and yellow slime on the left, the icicles and blue on the right, and along the dividing line is thin yellow arcs, like the yellow is charging up the ice in the blue. I'm thinking a strip like 5 pixels wide in the center to get the idea across without disrupting the other information on the card
Thank you! Also fantastic ideas!
LOL I love how most of the video was clarification time but overall I love the art and think it's a major improvement from before!!
Thank you thank you! :)
always nice to have another amalgam update! keep on keeping on and i look forward to the next one, whenever it arrives!
Thank you so much!!
Been watching you since day one
Love the new art
Thank you thank you!
I like the change from gather to absorb. It feels more natural and intuitive. Although draw would indeed be more understandable but the threat of a lawsuit or a S&D makes the change understandable
Thank you and thank you for understanding!
I understand and agree with you on the draw thing, but i still think that "take" would be better than absorb or gather as a replacement,as that is way more clear and easy to parse.
I wonder if "take" has also been taken... XD
New cards looking sweet! Love all the updates there, massive glowup.
Thank you!!!
26:09 OMG ITS ME THIS LITERALLY MADE ME SO SHOCKED CUZ I HAD THIS IN THE BACKGROUND AND THEN SUDDENLY MY NAME WAS UP THERE LMFAO
Thanks again for donating! ;)
i forgot to comment here earlier uh, yeah like the backgrounds of the screens changing to fit the slime color! looks nice :)
Thank you very much! :)
i love the new card art!! it's so cool
Thank you thank you! :)
Loving thd art stylde of the cards, they look fantastic with an identity of thier own
Thank you thank you!
Yess!!
Welcome back, been looking forward to this for a while.
The card art looks amazing with all the new changes; both in it's function/readability, and in the art itself. During the livestream I actually had mixed thoughts about the black/white symbols, but looking at them again it's remarkable how well they read. And fit the card, with the white border of the number balancing out the white in the symbols.
Can't wait to see how these designs influence the rulebook later on!
Will there be a whole video(s) on the rulebook design? (in both art and function)
Thank you thank you!
Also there probably will be! XD
I kinda thought removing draw was weird at first but that answer makes so much sense I almost feel sorry for doubting you
Glad you understand!
Wow all the art looks so good, I’m quite exited for what comes next good luck to you good sir.
Thank you thank you!