about

With the Sandscape project we want to create an open source virtual online and browser based environment where players can meet to play a CCG. We will be able to play any customizable card game without the need for external tools or plugins. Your browser alone will be able to run the games you want.

Sandscape is a web application, built using HTML, JavaScript and CSS for the user interface, and PHP for the server component. The application provides a complete system to play games, import cards, manage decks/users and all the usual things you expect to find in a mid-size application. As far as we know we are the first and only open source project of this kind, which makes us both unique and arguably somewhat important.  

media

Click the screenshot for a very early look at how it’s shaping out, but keep in mind that it’s still in development and that much is likely to change. The picture shows Sandscape using WTactics mock-up cards in order to test Sandscape’s functionality. It shows an ongoing game vs another human via the internet, using just a standard modern browser and no additional downloads.

resources

Several tools are used to make the development process as open as possible. Some are supplied here at WTactics.org while others are external. The following links offer a starting point to all the existing documentation and resources.

Wiki Pages:

• Sandscape Design Document
• Developer Documentation

SourceForge:

• Home page: Offering links to other resources. Our GIT repository is there, making it easy to just clone & try the code. At the moment, if you want to help you’ll need to provide patches.
• Track system: For bugs, roadmap, tasks and ideas

Dev. Testing Server:
Personal server used for testing purposes. Runs 24/7, except for any unforeseen downtime. Accounts are usually maintained, allowing all to register & test it. Keep in mind that the server runs the most updated code, with all the new and fresh bugs.

contact us!

In our subforum you can ask questions, discuss current development roadmap, suggest features and – most importantly for our development – provide valuable and constructive feedback.

Everyone is always invited to suggest new ideas, improvements and changes to the project, and we’re serious about wanting them. Everything will be considered, but not all suggestion will be accepted. We also encourage you to show us prototypes of your ideas. Sandscape is free software, it has a public master repository to where we push every bit of code which you can easily clone or fork it.

If anything is missing or if you’d like to know about any aspect of the project please take the time to contact knitter at WTactics dot org. We always read & reply.

team

Lead developer: Knitter

Please notice that additional developers are very wanted and needed – contact us already so we can help each other out with bringing the world some open source goodness on the CCG front.