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Creative studio behind Chrono Cards!!!🧙‍♂️⌛🃏 Wishlist the next great time travel competitive card game on Steam!

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Here's our "Forgotten Hero" card art! No matter how many heroes were forgotten from ancient times, we're re-capturing their glory with this art⚔️

Wishlist Chrono Cards on Steam!

#gameartist #art #indiedev #indiegame #cardgame #ccg #tcg #gamedesign #gameart #timetravel #greekmythology
September 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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If you have a time travel game, you just HAVE to have a card for the butterfly effect. Or who knows what kind of repercussions it could have on spacetime... 🦋⏳

Wishlist Chrono Cards on Steam!

#gameartist #art #indiedev #indiegame #cardgame #ccg #tcg #gamedesign #gameart #steam #timetravel
August 20, 2026 at 9:54 PM
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Have you ever wanted to make a card for a card game?! You're in luck!

We're hosting a tournament for our digital TCG, Chrono Cards AND we'll put the winner's card idea IN THE GAME!! 👀

Make TCG history and sign up for the tournament on our discord!

discord.gg/dD5xZrApDZ
Join the Chrono Cards Discord Server!
The official server for the digital time-traveling CCG, Chrono Cards by Weird Mage! | 40 members
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August 20, 2026 at 12:37 PM
weird-mage.bsky.social
It's a jingley jangley jester 🤹 Hopefully this tricky performer from our medieval era can make you smile! :)

Wishlist Chrono Cards on Steam!

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August 13, 2026 at 8:32 PM
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We tried to give you all the details you need at a glance in our card inspect view so that it's useful for new players and veterans alike! My favorite bit though is probably the artist credit: it's fun to see who illustrated your favorite cards!

#cardgame #ccg #tcg #indiegame #gamedev
August 6, 2026 at 8:28 PM
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New Players Night is tomorrow!🙌 If you've never played Chrono Cards, join us on our Discord at 9:30pm CT, 8/5, and we'll show you the ropes! Build your first deck, play against other newbies, & get tips from the devs! It's never been a better time to dive in! ⌛🃏

Join up: discord.gg/dD5xZrApDZ
Join the Chrono Cards Discord Server!
The official server for the digital time-traveling CCG, Chrono Cards by Weird Mage! | 34 members
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August 5, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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Just gave our deckbuilder a big update...what do you think? What features would you like to have in a deckbuilder interface?

#cardgame #ccg #tcg #indiegame #gamedev
August 4, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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More sound and VFX from our upcoming CCG Chrono Cards: Rapid Fertilizer! Destroy your own units to get mana refunded...or maybe just to hear the sound effect.

#cardgame #ccg #tcg #sounddesign #vfx #indiegame #gamedev
July 27, 2026 at 10:31 PM
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More sound and VFX from our upcoming CCG Chrono Cards: today it's Trade Galley! The animation is a little different every time.

#cardgame #ccg #tcg #sounddesign #vfx #indiegame #gamedev
July 24, 2026 at 5:29 PM
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More sound and VFX: This time a double feature for the War Elephant and Bathhouse cards in our upcoming CCG Chrono Cards!

#cardgame #ccg #tcg #sounddesign #vfx #indiegame #gamedev
July 22, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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Some sound and VFX for the Asteroid card in our upcoming CCG Chrono Cards!

#cardgame #ccg #tcg #sounddesign #vfx #indiegame #gamedev
July 21, 2026 at 8:56 PM
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Beware the Black Death... but rejoice for the excuse to draw a plague doctor! 🐦‍⬛

Wishlist Chrono Cards on Steam!

#gameartist #art #indiedev #indiegame #cardgame #ccg #tcg #gamedesign #gameart #steam #timetravel
July 16, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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Our artists knocked it out of the park with the Tractor Beam card, so I knew I had to do it justice with the animations and sound design.

#cardgame #ccg #tcg #sounddesign #vfx #indiegame #gamedev
July 15, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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CHOMP!!! When you know exactly what you're going for with a card, it really doesn't take much to tell your players what's up- Dino Chomp. 🦖

Wishlist Chrono Cards on Steam!
store.steampowered.com/app/4402530?...

#gameartist #art #indiegame #cardgame #ccg #tcg #gameart #steam #timetravel #dino
July 9, 2026 at 6:34 PM
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This is one of the best highlights so far from our upcoming CCG, Chrono Cards

#ccg #tcg #indiegame
July 7, 2026 at 3:07 PM
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Behold the Card Colosseum! 🏟️ Sometimes you can really tell when an artist got to draw one of their favorite things, like this was for me!

Wishlist Chrono Cards on Steam!

#gameartist #art #indiedev #indiegame #cardgame #ccg #tcg #gamedesign #gameart #steam #timetravel #ancientgreece
July 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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I think this clip from the most recent Chrono Cards playtest (where I almost miss lethal) highlights the kind of little interactions the game is full of that makes it feel so deep. Super exciting to see the game working this smoothly already!

#ccg #tcg #indiegame
June 30, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Flare is definitely right 💥 Making weird colors work together can be a challenge, but can also lead to some of my favorite combinations because they're so unique!

Wishlist Chrono Cards on Steam!

#gameartist #art #indiedev #indiegame #cardgame #ccg #tcg #gamedesign #gameart #steam #timetravel
June 25, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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The people spoke, and I obliged 👁️ This is the Oracle of Delphi, the card art I drew during a live showcase workshop based on crowd suggestions!

Wishlist Chrono Cards on Steam!

#gameartist #art #indiedev #indiegame #cardgame #ccg #tcg #gamedesign #gameart #steam #timetravel #ancientgreece
June 18, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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Working on VFX and animations for the Stegosaurus card in Chrono Cards!

If you mess with the dino, be prepared to feel the pain.

#cardgame #ccg #tcg #indiegame
June 16, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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This is my favorite deck so far in the Chrono Cards playtest. Only cards in the Present will activate? Then just make the Present HUGE!

Join the playtest and make your own broken deck: store.steampowered.com/app/4402530?...

#decklist #ccg #tcg #cardgame #indiegame
June 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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The card art for "Chronicler" has a lot of little details, but also needed to look good from a distance when it was on the timeline! Here's how I did that ✍️

Wishlist Chrono Cards on Steam!

#gameartist #art #indiedev #indiegame #cardgame #ccg #tcg #gamedesign #gameart #steam #timetravel
June 9, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Can "noob trap" cards be healthy for the design of a game (to a certain extent)?

If a card can make a player feel smart for making it work against other "noobs", and smart again later for figuring out how to outplay it, you kind of got double the value as a designer.

#cardgame #gamedesign
June 9, 2026 at 3:28 AM
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Watch the full process behind how I've made one of my best card arts yet, for "Rapid Fertilizer!" A decaying dino is the best garden bed, of course 🦕🌼

Wishlist Chrono Cards on Steam!

#gameartist #art #indiedev #indiegame #cardgame #ccg #tcg #gamedesign #gameart #timetravel #steam #dino
June 2, 2026 at 10:00 PM
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Two equally important #gamedev updates:

- created an in-game tutorial so we can expand playtesting, and
- baked yummy cookies to keep me going

#indiegame #ccg
May 28, 2026 at 7:31 PM