GPT-2 MTG card generator
AI
text generation
SHOW HN2019
GPT-2 MTG card generator
Make your own AI-generated Magic: The Gathering cards with GPT-2
minimaxir.comHow HN took it
7 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 9 critical, out of 24 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Execution: 2 for, 6 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Fun and entertaining to use
From 3 comments
This is really cool. Very entertaining.
scarejunba on HNreally great!
jonahss on HNWould be awesome if you added the ability to choose the card's image in the render (like source from imgur or something).
TrueDuality on HN
More coherent than earlier RNN attempts
From 1 comment
This is remarkably more coherent than previous attempts at M:tG card generation with a deep RNN [1] but on the other hand, the ability text on the few cards I've generated so far…
YeGoblynQueenne on HN
Objections
Generated cards often copy existing Magic cards
From 2 comments
This is remarkably more coherent than previous attempts at M:tG card generation with a deep RNN [1] but on the other hand, the ability text on the few cards I've generated so far…
YeGoblynQueenne on HNHm. Sorry to hear that. I'm looking into the pregenerated dump you posted on github earlier and I'm seeing a lot of cards that are basically copies of existing cards. These are…
YeGoblynQueenne on HN
Color pie violations and odd card balance
From 2 comments
I think I found another bug of some kind. For "Demonic trade 1B", I got the following, but black shouldn't have artifact destroyers. Demonic Trade {1}{B} (common) Sorcery Buyback…
SilasX on HNColor pie violations are not an inherent bug, just an outcome of the inherent random nature of AI. This AI does a better job than previous ones of following the color pie.
minimaxir on HN
Intermittent image and rendering bugs
From 2 comments
I like it! https://imgur.com/a/2IthWGz This worked for a couple of cards and then broke. The image is not related to the data listed to the side. https://i.imgur.com/HiuuPU0.png
sp332 on HN> (For some reason, the text on the side says "Uncast" instead of "counter".) That's how the source script encodes it (to differentiate it from "counters" like +1/+1 counters)…
minimaxir on HN
Requests
Let users choose the card image
From 1 comment
Would be awesome if you added the ability to choose the card's image in the render (like source from imgur or something).
TrueDuality on HN
Questions
Ways to tell generated cards apart from existing ones
From 1 comment
Hm. Sorry to hear that. I'm looking into the pregenerated dump you posted on github earlier and I'm seeing a lot of cards that are basically copies of existing cards. These are…
YeGoblynQueenne on HN
Other similar AI projects, such as card art generators
From 1 comment
This is really great. Is there any other AI similar to this one? Maybe one that generates AI illustrations for the cards...?
bartcobain on HN
Alternatives named
RoboRosewater
From 1 comment
That project turned into RoboRosewater (https://twitter.com/RoboRosewater), which has unfortunately been defunct for several years.
minimaxir on HN
Urza's Dream Engine
From 1 comment
generating images for generated cards: https://andymakesgames.tumblr.com/post/167733819029/urzas-dream-engine-the-roborosewater-robodraft http://andymakes.com/urzasdreamengine/
Palomides on HN