Design and develop your games in Forgefire

Once your database has been created, your design team may begin crafting the game content that makes your product special.

Move beyond spreadsheets, constant data-merges, and messy collaborative environments. Instead take advantage of Forgefire’s custom data-fields, card previews, custom list views, rich-text editing, powerful localization tools, and much more.

Powerful Component Creation

When creating game components in Forgefire, your custom data-fields can express every option, selection, and connection relevant to your game.

  • Preview your data in final form by connecting one or more graphic-design templates

  • Organize each of your components into one or more “sets.”

  • Control field options by drop-down selections, rich text, images, checkboxes, and more

  • Relate assets (such a icons and card-frames) with custom data fields to give designers control of graphical elements on cards by field selection

Custom List Views and List Editing

List views are crucial to card design and balancing. Forgefire not only allows for editing directly in list view, but enable users to create their own custom list views.

  • View and edit your component data directly in list view

  • Design list views fit for any review purpose. Custom list views may be saved for future use

Connect Fonts, Styles, and Glyphs

Import your desired fonts and styles from Adobe InDesign, and grant access to custom characters directly from the rich text editor.

  • Import character and paragraph styles directly from Indesign for use in the Forgefire rich-text editor

  • Upload fonts with ease

  • Designate custom Unicode Characters in one of your fonts for direct access in the Forgefire rich text editor

Localize content with Forgefire

Localizing your game in foreign languages is a daunting task, yet with Forgefire it can be a breeze.

The Forgefire localization tool can handle any number of localization projects in different languages, and powerful tracking to ensure that translations are in sync with the most recent version of your text.

  • Create localization projects for any foreign languages, and invite collaborators to assist with translation

  • Designate which fields need to be localized, then tracks localization progress of each card and each field

  • Forgefire will warn both you and your translator where your data has been updated, and the translation may be out of sync

  • Instant card previews allow translators to see how their text will be reproduced on every card

Intrigued?

Forgefire is an expansive and powerful game development tool with myriad options. Our team would be happy to provide a demonstration of the tool to you and your colleagues.