nanDECK

nanDECK is a software for Windows (any version) written as an aid for game inventors, with the aim of speeding up the process of designing and printing deck of cards (useful during prototyping and playtesting).

FEATURES

• it doesn't need to be installed, can run from an USB stick
• the scripted syntax lets you to modify several cards with a small effort
• deck size limited only by free space on disk
• card size can go up to 1m x 1m (or more, the limits came from video memory and O.S.)
• sizes can be specified in cm, mm, or inches, at any DPI
• can link to data in text or spreadsheet files: Excel (both xls and xlsx), and OpenOffice (ods)
• internal editor for csv files
• real-time rendering option
• can read image files in various formats: bmp, jpg, png (with transparency level), gif, and tiff (and use placeholders for missing files)
• can read text files in rtf and html formats
• can print texts with all alignments (left, center, right, justified, top, center, bottom)
• can import svg (vector) images
• the output can be to printer, pdf or single image files (can also write the deck to a multipage tiff or an animated gif)
• integrated help (and guided input for directives' parameters)
• can print pages of cards with fronts aligned with backs
• virtual table option to playtest your deck(s)
• visual editor for creating cards without writing code
• multi file environment (with the option of comparing decks)
• combinatorial engine
• templates for The Game Crafter, Printer's Studio, and Artscow
• can upload directly to The Game Crafter site
• automatic layout option
• option to create and roll dice
• can create composite images for deck loading into Tabletop Simulator or Tabloro