Playing Cards
06/29/2022
It started with a question a couple years ago: can I make computer science themed playing cards?
After all, you don’t see a lot of those.
I came up with a few such card games, but ultimately placed them on the backburner since i. I’m not a game designer; ii. it’s hard to make something fun.
![My first attempt at designing a data structure based card game.](/images/blog/cs-card-game-design-attempt-small.jpg)
My first attempt at designing a data structure based card game.
![First version of data structure card game.](/images/blog/ds-card-game-small.jpg)
First version of data structure card game.
But what I am though, is a software engineer with a computer science degree and some knack for drawing. Drawing inspiration from collectible cards like dragon ball cards, magic the gathering cards, and celestial cards, I experimented with a few designs:
![Several different design styles.](/images/blog/cs-card-design-styles-small.jpg)
Several different design styles.
Ultimately I opted for a clean abstract look and made this prototype:
![Binary Search Tree card.](/images/blog/bst-design-small.jpg)
Binary Search Tree card.
Looking great right?
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