Third Rule Games | ARCANE THE ETERNAL: A Canadian TCG

We're a small indie outfit from Nova Scotia that's making ARCANE: THE ETERNAL, a TCG made for and by Canadians. We're designing here and printing here, not overseas. Our launch set, Alpha, has 280+ cards and five starter decks. We play regularly on the discord! Art by @matanui.bsky.social

#ArcaneTheEternal

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Done with the Loot VFX. Everything shown here is free (CC0). Got hung up on flare shaders and got frustrated so as punishment for the stupid flares I'm giving them away for free. Floating and grounded versions included Link: binbun3d.itch.io/loot-vfx #godot #godotengine #vfx #shader #gamedev

Grab the Godot card effects here: binbun3d.itch.io/godot-card-fx As usual all the shaders are free and there's a convenience version with presets and all the graphical assets for a couple of bucks. Oh and these work for non-card things too hah #godot #godotengine #shaders #vfx #pixelart

If you can’t talk to your kids about how gay people exist, you’re too much of a coward and/or dope to raise children. (It’s bigotry, it’s always bigotry)

I hereby promise we at Third Rule Games won't send any head designers to meet with a guy that's best buds with Peter Fucking Thiel. What the actual hell WOTC. I'd love to hear someone defend this. #mtg #wizardsofthecoast #peterthiel

Tried some pen doodling on tan paper :)

Illustration for @thirdrulegames.bsky.social’s card game :) I’m quite pleased with how this turned out

New Parasol Knight full art!

We redesigned the card frame to make it a bit more unique, and a bit more eye catching. In addition, it now frames the stats better so that it's easier to tell what does what. We took out a few weirdnesses, like creatures having their supertype implied, and renamed [ANG] to [DIV.]

Some new samples came in! #ArcaneTheEternal #tcg #mtg #buycanadian #novascotia #collectible #indiedev

Finally sharing the art I had a great time working on for @thirdrulegames.bsky.social ♥ www.artstation.com/artwork/gRDlzx

Arcane The Eternal is hosting a free, online tournament with Steam cash prizes! Signups available in our discord! Tournament is next month and asynchronous--play on your time! #mtg #tcg #ygo #collectible #buycanadian #ArcaneTheEternal #indie #indiedev #indietcg #fantasy #writing

This doesn't have anything to do with Arcane, but it IS hilarious. #mtg #universesbeyond #mtgspiderman #tcg

~335 short for out of pocket seizure med. These are the GoodRX *discount* prices. So unhinged here. Out of pills. Truly, each step closer means everything to me! 🙏💖 Tips: ko-fi.com/revcasey/g... https://paypal.me/tpipc (credit/debit): https://bit.ly/payrev #TTRPG games: www.drivethrurpg.com...

Some amazing borderless treatments of the art of @matanui.bsky.social ! I think these are really going to pop coming out of a pack. #indie #indiedev #mtg #tcg #ArcaneTheEternal #buycanadian

Working on Frame Breaks and Full Art treatments for Arcane: The Eternal. I wanted something to show up in the common and uncommon slots so that you can get more hits per pack. #ArcaneTheEternal #indiegame #indiedev #digitalart #ygo #mtg #ccg #collectibles #BuyCanadian

What do people think of a subscription service for a TCG? I saw that Sorcery was doing it to supposedly counter scalpers, but my initial reaction is negative. What does bluesky think? Pic for tax. #art #indiegames #gamedesign #darkpatterns #ArcaneTheEternal

Mal-Mart has seen better days... Hey, why is all the fresh produce just painted plastic!? (screenshot from Neofeud 2, my 90's-style #adventuregame! Neofeud 1 is 70% off now, grab it and help me finish #2! store.steampowered.com/app/673850/N... #indiedev #cyberpunk #indiegame #SteamDeck

More pack testing! I much prefer this format, although I'm still experimenting with making the text really *pop*. Also some printing errors (read: I messed up) made korie's art not centered lol. #tcg #indiedev #indiegame #collectible #pokemon #ygo #mtg #BuyCanadian #novascotia

When I found a pub with an inverted normal map. (If you understand what this means, you have to repost.)

Trying to figure out a golden foiling, but something just isn't right. I tried a glitter finish on top as well, but it made the card top difficult to read. Working on perfecting it today. #collectible #art #tcg #mtg #yugioh #pokemon #indie #indiegame #tabletop

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Practicing my 1-bit art by drawing scenes from @thirdrulegames.bsky.social's TTRPG Arcade Crawl. "I'm here to kick ass and read books, and I'm all out of asses to kick" #gamedev #pixelart #playdate #1bit #ドット絵

Secretfoil treatments of oh.koraline's fantastic artwork. I think these are gonna be big chases for the set. #arcanetheeternal #tcg #mtg #ygo #collectible #pokemon #art #indiegame #indiedev #novascotia #canada

More foil testing! #arcanetheeternal #indie #indiegame #art #buycanadian #ygo #mtg #collectible #pokemon #tcg

Finally got a vinyl foil that works well for holo printing! The problem now is the logistics of lining up the ink layer with the card back. While it looks great its pretty tough to stick it on effectively--right now its about 30% loss to QA. #art #indie #tcg #ygo #pokemon #mtg #buycanadian

Happy free RPG day! In its honor, I brewed up 52Fates--a travel sized RPG! Designed for playing in airports or when you're looking to kill some time, it uses two pages of rules and just a 52 card deck. third-rule-games.itch.io/52fates Available for free! #freerpgday #freegame #indiegame #rpg

Card art for #ArcaneTheEternal #dragon #art #indie #indiegames #tcg @thirdrulegames.bsky.social

I'm doing a #giveaway to celebrate controller support with a FREE Godstone Steam Key handed out tomorrow 10AM GMT+2! ✨ Check out the game on Steam: store.steampowered.com/app/1715030 To participate: repost! 🔄 Like! ❤️ Details in the comments #indiedev #gamedev #roguelike #steam

Definitely going to design a monster for #ArcaneTheEternal based on this guy. He just looks so cool. Maybe like, a phoenix with a blade tail? He's called the Razorbill but I think it holding the sword in its mouth is a little too close to Razordrake's design...

Testing booster packaging! #tcg #ygo #mtg #buycanadian #indie #diy #canada #indiegame #indiedev #digitalart #art #pokemon

Foil testing looking gooooood. Unfortunately it is becoming clear that our cutting machine is faulty somehow. Looking to return it and buy a new one. #tcg #mtg #yugioh #buycanadian #indietcg #indiedev #collectibles #tradingcard #pokemon

Despite falling through my balcony yesterday (lol) I'm still workin hard on #ArcaneTheEternal. My cutting machine just came in the mail and I'm working on manufacturing a UV protective spray here in Canada (since it isn't really made here) with Cloverdale Paint in BC! #indie #tcg #mtg #Canada #art

Added art credits and card numbers to the card frame for #ArcaneTheEternal! It does a lot to add for the professionality. #tcg #mtg #yugioh #Canada #crafting #printing #digitalart #indiegame #indie #indietcg

Card art for @thirdrulegames.bsky.social #ArcaneTheEternal #art #tanuki #design #pokemon #cuteart

Man, my house is a mess with all the test prints for #ArcaneTheEternal lol. Have to invest in a drying rack soon. #indie #cardgame #tcg #mtg #yugioh #Canada #indiegamedev