Heads up, TGC's poker size are 1mm longer and wider than other standard size TCGs (Magic, Pokemon, etc). They will still fit in standard size sleeves, binders and deck boxes but might a tighter fit than usual. I can put my cards in Dragon Shield Mattes no problem but they are not as smooth as with standard cards.
I started making a card game based on characters created by me and my brother about half a year ago, and after watching your video tutorials on the game crafter and learning how to publish a game, I had finally brought characters that used to only live in my head out into the world. You’re a fantastic inspiration to creative people out there, keep creating man!
@@ChaosGalaxyTCGi’m a recent fan of the page i’m starting my own TCG i really like your foil you use to wrap your booster packs i tried finding a tutorial you had on how you make your own or what company you use to do this can you send me in the direction of the tutorial if you don’t have one would you please consider it, thanks again
Zack is the *COLDEST* content creator on UA-cam. So much value crammed into a video. Thanks for everything you do, Zack. If I'm ever in the U.K., I owe you a pint 😁🍺!
Been working on a TCG in my head and notes for over a year now. After watching a good handful of your vids I think I’m going to reach my hand out and make a pack
Hi Zack, just something quick I had spoken with someone at the game crafter a few months ago, it is possible to do a booster pack with 17 non holo and 1 holo cards. when creating the game you set up the normal booster pack then embed a custom game I to that pack and create a holo poker deck, simply select 17 cards in the non holo deck and 1 holo in the embedded deck, and you then get a booster pack with has non holos and contains 1 holo just like pokemon, yugioh etc, but it does bring the price up significantly
Yeah as mentioned below, u pay for the entire sheet so its mainly usefully if you do booster boxes like I'm planning to so you make full use off the holo sheet
Always great to see these Tutorials, Zack. I am still developing my own HTCG, but unfortunately don't find the time to draw due to my current work. But will be better by Autumn / Winter this year. So thanks again for the insight, I will always be fan of the Chaos Galaxy TCG, for sure :-)
My new publisher was already thinking about making a card game based on my book to go along with the board game. Now, thanks to this video, I not only see how this can be a reality but I’ve also gotten ideas for the other series the same publisher has. Very exciting times thanks to people like you!
hey zach huge fan here been watching since 2015, I love your content and you’ve inspired me to make a tcg when i was younger i’m starting to make a new one, i was hoping if you could make a video on how to play test and make rules for a tcg? thank you keep doing your thing i love all your videos
Thanks for the video guide! I couldn't figure out how to use the website properly so I didn't have much confidence. Once all my cards are finalised, I feel that I know what to do. =)
Friend and me started making a card game, we were unsure on how to market and sell this. Currently a year into production planning to release in April. Its quite addictive making a card game, Thanks for these videos. You gave us a clear idea on where we can go once we finish with this first Set!
Very good tutorial. It’s super helpful for when you don’t know what to do since there are no instructions. (Edit) the game crafter has no instructions not this vid, just wanted to make sure that was clear :)
This is really cool man. I am an English teacher and as a project we created a few nice games. Gonna get them done up nicely so that the kids Will remember:)
To put foils in a deck. Create a non-foil deck then, make a foil deck. Only put them in 1 package (Tuckbox). Although I do not recommend using foils what so ever because, they're surface get scratched super easilly and they are of poor quality in general on tgc.
Hey, so if im better at drawing on paper, how would i scan it into the game crafter? or would i need to make it on a separate thing like photoshop, and dop you have any videos on it?
So, I am thinking of putting cards in a product with different backs, like how the Digimon TCG does and/or with Magic The Gathering's double sided cards. Any advice on how to do that with the game Crafter?
@@ChaosGalaxyTCG much appreciated, your video was super helpful, if i let you know when my first products are open to order, would you be up for opening them, I plan to do some UA-cam about it to
Hey Zack! Firstly, great thorough explaining of how to use the website! I actually just officially made my first product of my TCG and even made a couple of sales recently. I have a quick question if you’re able to answer it. I love the idea of having holo cards in booster packs like other tcgs, and I know TheGameCrafter has the option for foil cards. But I do not know how to be able to combine both regular cards and holo cards in a single booster pack. If you or anyone else could help that would be extremely helpful! Amazing video as always zack! Keep up the great work and have a great life!
Really good tutorial! I personally haven’t started on a tcg but have been thinking about it so I watched this video but I do have 1 question. When you publish a tcg pack for example the game crafter will take $5 and u get $1 (pack is $6) do u have to pay them $5 to publish it before hand or when someone buys ur product the game crafter will take 5$ of the pack and u get $1
Idk if you will see this, but what if you make cards that are meant to be duplicates like cards that are meant to be played together, I would call them "twin cards"... so you don't have to duplicate other common cards you just duplicate cards that are meant to be duplicated and make it a game mechanic
Hey Zack, I was doing research and found out that you can buy unsealed booster packs with nothing inside them, so you can make your own packs. Have you ever done that before, and do you know how that works?
Hey, Zack, I have been wanting to make a TCG for awhile not but I have two questions 1. does the Game Crafter offer more card types then just the four or five that you did common, rare, really rare, ridiculously rare. 2. I cannot figure out how to make the game play like how to attack and the mechanics of the game. Any tips, resources, etc that you know?
I've not used Game Crafter so can't help you with your first question but for your second question I would recommend just playing a lot of different TCG games to get inspired! It might help to define a theme (e.g. Historical, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Modern Day etc) and then that could help you focus your ideas. As an example, maybe if it's Historical theming the players could be commanding armies and link their unit cards into different formations, and this could form part of the battling system. Or alternatively, you could start from a gameplay perspective. Think about in basic terms what a player would do on a turn. How does a player play cards, will they have to pay a cost for the cards? What sort of cost? (eg. resource cards like Lands in Magic, Hearsthone style mana, sacrificing other cards on the battlefield, discard cards from hand etc). Are there different resource types like the mana colours in MTG or just one single resource? Are there different zones or Lanes you play your cards into, or is the battlefield more freeform like in Magic The Gathering? Do your units have a single Power stat like in Marvel Snap, or many (e.g Attack, Defence, Speed etc)? Does damage on units carryover between turns? Do units always attack, or do you choose when they attack and is there a cost or downside associated with attacking? There's no right or wrong way to approach game design, but by just thinking about what kind of game you want to make and how you'd answer those questions it might help to focus your ideas. Best of luck!
Nah you're good. Euro poker is the same size used by some major trading card games like Magic the gathering. Euro Poker is just slightly smaller than poker size and will fit into sleeves and binder sheets just fine (and depending on the sleeves/binder may fit even better than standard poker)
Haven’t you moved houses before? Also you voice recording a little odd because there were like 2 layers of voice of yourself and you sounded robot. You might need to fix that.
We reply within a maximum of 2 business days, usually faster, so if it has been that long and you haven’t gotten a reply then we either didn’t get an email from you or our reply is in your spam filter.
Heads up, TGC's poker size are 1mm longer and wider than other standard size TCGs (Magic, Pokemon, etc). They will still fit in standard size sleeves, binders and deck boxes but might a tighter fit than usual. I can put my cards in Dragon Shield Mattes no problem but they are not as smooth as with standard cards.
As long the game executes greatly, I'm not worried on how big the cards are, mabey small but not big.
That's a bit misleading in my opinion. However just knowing helps a lot with picking the right sleeves.
If you want the exact Pokémon size use Euro Poker Deck instead of the regular Poker Deck
@@TheGameCrafteris there a holofoil version for that?
I started making a card game based on characters created by me and my brother about half a year ago, and after watching your video tutorials on the game crafter and learning how to publish a game, I had finally brought characters that used to only live in my head out into the world. You’re a fantastic inspiration to creative people out there, keep creating man!
That’s great to hear! Well done for getting your game out into the world and thank you so much❤️❤️❤️
@@ChaosGalaxyTCGi’m a recent fan of the page i’m starting my own TCG i really like your foil you use to wrap your booster packs i tried finding a tutorial you had on how you make your own or what company you use to do this can you send me in the direction of the tutorial if you don’t have one would you please consider it, thanks again
Zack is the *COLDEST* content creator on UA-cam.
So much value crammed into a video. Thanks for everything you do, Zack. If I'm ever in the U.K., I owe you a pint 😁🍺!
Been working on a TCG in my head and notes for over a year now. After watching a good handful of your vids I think I’m going to reach my hand out and make a pack
Hi Zack, just something quick I had spoken with someone at the game crafter a few months ago, it is possible to do a booster pack with 17 non holo and 1 holo cards. when creating the game you set up the normal booster pack then embed a custom game I to that pack and create a holo poker deck, simply select 17 cards in the non holo deck and 1 holo in the embedded deck, and you then get a booster pack with has non holos and contains 1 holo just like pokemon, yugioh etc, but it does bring the price up significantly
Oh nice! I guess yeah that would be possible but do you have to pay for an entire sheet of holos?? Thabks
@@ChaosGalaxyTCGYeah, you pay for an entire sheet of holo even if it's only 1 card.
Yeah as mentioned below, u pay for the entire sheet so its mainly usefully if you do booster boxes like I'm planning to so you make full use off the holo sheet
How do i make the cards foil?
I have just finished making my tcg and I was watching your older video on it, this is a more dated video and was very helpful. 👍
Glad it helped!
Always great to see these Tutorials, Zack. I am still developing my own HTCG, but unfortunately don't find the time to draw due to my current work. But will be better by Autumn / Winter this year. So thanks again for the insight, I will always be fan of the Chaos Galaxy TCG, for sure :-)
Thanks! Always tough to balance life with creative hobbies but it’s important to stay creative!!
@@ChaosGalaxyTCG Agreed 1,000 % ;-)
My new publisher was already thinking about making a card game based on my book to go along with the board game. Now, thanks to this video, I not only see how this can be a reality but I’ve also gotten ideas for the other series the same publisher has. Very exciting times thanks to people like you!
I have written a scifi trilogy. What publisher are you with may I ask?
If you ever need a professional Game Card Designer, Hit me up!
Nice very cool!!!
really needed a new tutorial thank you so much!!!
Definitely an overdue video!
Thank you! I've been waiting for another gamecrafter tutorial.
hey zach huge fan here been watching since 2015, I love your content and you’ve inspired me to make a tcg when i was younger i’m starting to make a new one, i was hoping if you could make a video on how to play test and make rules for a tcg? thank you keep doing your thing i love all your videos
Thanks!! It’s an interesting topic and a really difficult process - I’ll definitely plan a video on this in the future though!
Thanks for the video guide! I couldn't figure out how to use the website properly so I didn't have much confidence. Once all my cards are finalised, I feel that I know what to do. =)
Friend and me started making a card game, we were unsure on how to market and sell this. Currently a year into production planning to release in April. Its quite addictive making a card game, Thanks for these videos. You gave us a clear idea on where we can go once we finish with this first Set!
Awesome! Thank you. 🙌 feeling excited and inspired!
Very good tutorial. It’s super helpful for when you don’t know what to do since there are no instructions.
(Edit) the game crafter has no instructions not this vid, just wanted to make sure that was clear :)
This is really cool man. I am an English teacher and as a project we created a few nice games. Gonna get them done up nicely so that the kids Will remember:)
Mate! This is an amazing tutorial!! Cheers dude!
Thanks for watching!
This is perfect. I don't need to worry about shipping and manufacturing?! That's a huge load off my shoulders.
Thanks Zack, this is so helpful! Still trying to get my TCG published on the gamecrafter. All hail Palicium!
Thank you man! You’re a big inspiration!
❤️❤️❤️
So exited to put my game on the game crafter thx!
Tutorial was excellent! I’m making a tcg right now inspired by chaos galaxy! The name will be planet Glaxo. I’m in the drawing stages.
Thanks for an updated one!!!!
Great tips, I’m going to make a sausage dog game 😁
That sounds like a great idea Josie! 🐾🐾
Hi Zack nice hairstyle with this website I’ll try make my own ccg plus manga or anime
Yeah give it a go! And thanks 💇♂️💇♂️💇♂️
thank you for the run throw
To put foils in a deck.
Create a non-foil deck then, make a foil deck.
Only put them in 1 package (Tuckbox).
Although I do not recommend using foils what so ever because, they're surface get scratched super easilly and they are of poor quality in general on tgc.
Can you make tutorial how to control the rarities in the booster packs
Hey, so if im better at drawing on paper, how would i scan it into the game crafter? or would i need to make it on a separate thing like photoshop, and dop you have any videos on it?
So, I am thinking of putting cards in a product with different backs, like how the Digimon TCG does and/or with Magic The Gathering's double sided cards. Any advice on how to do that with the game Crafter?
Question: How do you assign cards to specific deck boxes/booster packs? For example how would you make a set that had a deck and a booster pack?
Do you have to pay usd? Or can you use as an example(pounds, euros?)
This helped a lot thank you
When are you going to make set 6
I’m working on the new Planetary collections for this year but I’ll start showing set 6 stuff in 2024 probably!
Just started my card journey
May it be a happy and creative one!!
@@ChaosGalaxyTCG much appreciated, your video was super helpful, if i let you know when my first products are open to order, would you be up for opening them, I plan to do some UA-cam about it to
Hey Zack! Firstly, great thorough explaining of how to use the website! I actually just officially made my first product of my TCG and even made a couple of sales recently. I have a quick question if you’re able to answer it. I love the idea of having holo cards in booster packs like other tcgs, and I know TheGameCrafter has the option for foil cards. But I do not know how to be able to combine both regular cards and holo cards in a single booster pack. If you or anyone else could help that would be extremely helpful! Amazing video as always zack! Keep up the great work and have a great life!
Add 2 decks to your game. One with the one foil card and one with the regular paper
Really good tutorial! I personally haven’t started on a tcg but have been thinking about it so I watched this video but I do have 1 question. When you publish a tcg pack for example the game crafter will take $5 and u get $1 (pack is $6) do u have to pay them $5 to publish it before hand or when someone buys ur product the game crafter will take 5$ of the pack and u get $1
Idk if you will see this, but what if you make cards that are meant to be duplicates like cards that are meant to be played together, I would call them "twin cards"... so you don't have to duplicate other common cards you just duplicate cards that are meant to be duplicated and make it a game mechanic
Great video! Is it worth enabling UV coating? It keeps suggesting me to do so
Zach, how could I send you a booster pack from my TCG? You really helped inspire me!
I think you should make a more advanced tutorial for Thegamecrafter, just to get into the more complicated stuff-
Is it possible to have both regular poker cards and foil cards in the same pack?
The mate the goat
Hey Zack, I was doing research and found out that you can buy unsealed booster packs with nothing inside them, so you can make your own packs. Have you ever done that before, and do you know how that works?
cannot wait to make my tcg in like--six months LOL
It’s a long process, but so much fun! Good luck!!
@@ChaosGalaxyTCG Thanks so much!!!!!
@@ChaosGalaxyTCG i had a dream you featured the tcg in a community pack opening and i got so sad when i woke up
Hey ! Question !
Do you have to sell it on their website ? Or can you also use it only as a printing service and do the selling yourself ?
Could you show how to set up a booster box on thegamecrafter?
THANKS
So if we are using the template- we want to replace the red border for the cutline with the grey?
Can you link where you teach how to make cards by hand? thank you..
Do you have a video on how to make your tcg playable online? Like a digital game.
Can you add dice to the boxes? I need it for my game to work.
Hey, Zack, I have been wanting to make a TCG for awhile not but I have two questions 1. does the Game Crafter offer more card types then just the four or five that you did common, rare, really rare, ridiculously rare. 2. I cannot figure out how to make the game play like how to attack and the mechanics of the game. Any tips, resources, etc that you know?
I've not used Game Crafter so can't help you with your first question but for your second question I would recommend just playing a lot of different TCG games to get inspired!
It might help to define a theme (e.g. Historical, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Horror, Modern Day etc) and then that could help you focus your ideas. As an example, maybe if it's Historical theming the players could be commanding armies and link their unit cards into different formations, and this could form part of the battling system.
Or alternatively, you could start from a gameplay perspective. Think about in basic terms what a player would do on a turn. How does a player play cards, will they have to pay a cost for the cards? What sort of cost? (eg. resource cards like Lands in Magic, Hearsthone style mana, sacrificing other cards on the battlefield, discard cards from hand etc). Are there different resource types like the mana colours in MTG or just one single resource?
Are there different zones or Lanes you play your cards into, or is the battlefield more freeform like in Magic The Gathering? Do your units have a single Power stat like in Marvel Snap, or many (e.g Attack, Defence, Speed etc)? Does damage on units carryover between turns? Do units always attack, or do you choose when they attack and is there a cost or downside associated with attacking?
There's no right or wrong way to approach game design, but by just thinking about what kind of game you want to make and how you'd answer those questions it might help to focus your ideas.
Best of luck!
Random you have the same cards right?
Hey Zach, when trying to download the PNG it's not possible for some reason, it just opens another browser with the picture
Can any one link me here free png card fromate.? Please 🙏
Do we have any website like this in Malaysia region?
Is this service only set up for sales-for-profit? The game I've designed is for educational, non-profit purposes only.
I cannot use game crafters because I can't seem to get the pixels right to upload to game crafters.
Derp Wars
can we make duel masters cards with this ?
When I started making my TCG I chose euro poker deck instead of just poker deck. Should I be worried that my cards won't fit normal card sleeves?
Nah you're good. Euro poker is the same size used by some major trading card games like Magic the gathering. Euro Poker is just slightly smaller than poker size and will fit into sleeves and binder sheets just fine (and depending on the sleeves/binder may fit even better than standard poker)
@@Chipstopher oh good
Anybody know how to order the whole set of your game and not just a pack?
Gained a sub really soild content.
Bro, Zack What’s been up with you. You haven’t posted for like 5 months? What’s up?
I’ve just moved house and job so struggled to find the time to prioritise videos! Also got a huuuge project in the way but all will be revealed soon…
Haven’t you moved houses before? Also you voice recording a little odd because there were like 2 layers of voice of yourself and you sounded robot. You might need to fix that.
Does it cost momey
😂
What is the cost involved in using this website?
I got locked out of my account on the game crafter
Ah I’ve never had that happen but maybe send them an email!
I did and I didn’t get a reply
We reply within a maximum of 2 business days, usually faster, so if it has been that long and you haven’t gotten a reply then we either didn’t get an email from you or our reply is in your spam filter.
great. but, put your hands down!
you have no idea i wanted to make my Soulfight cards official or at least make a start