README

MVP Inputs

  1. Theme or story
  2. Base template (e.g. Coup)
  3. Generate new rules?
  4. Upload images to use in artwork (they will be modified)
  5. Number of board games to make
  6. Payment
  7. Shipping address

MVP Desired Outputs

  1. pdf containining text instructions along with images for print gameplay
  2. Each image needed to upload to board game manufacturer to print

TODO:

  • layout of PDF
    • create html using jinja, convert to PDF

      • component image scaling
      • font
      • slight style cleanups
    • Convert html to pdf: install wkhtmltopdf, pdfkit

    • Component image generation

      • character on background with title
      • photo of some of the components (box, cards, one card reversed, arranged slightly diagonally)
      • photo of all coins, each card, a reference card, a reversed card, and the reversed instruction page
      • 30ish degree tilted picture of each character card with a corresponding action, with logo superimposed but mostly to the right
      • additional one for contessa in counteractions
      • additional one with both ambassador+captain and both logos. The one on top is even more tilted, perhaps 45 deg
      • code to create final images from stable diffusion imgs + stylized text
    • Component image scaling

  • exactly which components I will buy from manufacturer for each game (and save in a spreadsheet or config file)
  • Format images according to manufacturer (Tabletop) requirements
    • python psd-tools
    • sizes of each image
  • template prompt(s) for each image (e.g. what keywords to include by default)
  • prompt to identify font
  • Vercel ecommerce site
    • game type dropdown
    • randomness slider
    • theme prompt
  • use input images to seed generator
    • image uploader on website
  • generate a full Coup-type board game and have it printed
  • launch website
  • market it to friends
  • add survey if they regenerate the response.
    • did it not make sense (logically or narratively)
    • did you just want to try it again
    • did the newly generated one fix the issue if there was on

high level main image background, with the name of the game, and one of the characters

name of the game

4 sides of the box bottom of the box

each character card

logo for each character token logo

two reverse game names for back of each card simple background for each card

fontface