Development Update - Deck Versions and Comparisons

{"ops":[{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Hello brewers,"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nWe’re incredibly excited to share a couple new features with you today, along with a number of minor bug fixes. Let’s get into it!\n\ntl;dr"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"From the Deck Versions tab on the Deck History page, archive iterations of your list to refer back to and/or copy into a new deck later."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Use the "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://archidekt.com/partial-compare/?diffFields=totalQuantity&one=&two="},"insert":"Compare Deck"},{"insert":" button to view a comprehensive breakdown of the similarities and differences between two decks/versions. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nDeck History Part 3: “Deck Versions”"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"We’ve added the third and final tab to Deck History!\nFrom the Deck Versions tab, you can click “New Deck Version” to create an archived version of the current state of your deck. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Deck versions must be given a name and description, and will appear in chronological order on this tab."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"From the three dot drop-down menu to the right of each deck version, you can delete the version or use our new Deck Comparisons feature (more on that below!) to view its similarities and differences with the current iteration of the deck."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nDeck Comparisons"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"This new page provides a comprehensive visual view of the similarities and differences between two decks and/or versions. \nYou can navigate to Deck Comparisons from three different locations: From decks on the homepage/deck searches, on the deck banner at the top each deck page, and on the Deck Versions tab of Deck History (see above for details). "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Opening Deck Comparisons presents you with a page from which you can select which two decks to compare. Whichever deck you clicked the Comparisons link from will be preloaded– two lists will be preloaded if navigating from Deck Versions. The second deck can be selected from a drop-down that includes all of the decks and versions on your account, or via a URL to another deck on the site."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Upon clicking Compare Decks, you’re brought to the Deck Comparisons page. Comparisons are broken into four sections: “In A, not B” (cards in the first deck, but not the second), “In B, not A” (the inverse), “Exact Match” and “Similar”. Exactly what is considered exact vs. similar for you will depend on the filters you set at the top of the page. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"},{"insert":{"image":"https://i.imgur.com/rdBF7Qv.png"}},{"insert":"\n\nCards are color-coded with orange or purple box shadows across the various Comparison sections to help clarify which cards belong to which deck."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cards in the Similar section are those that share a name between the two decks, but differ in some other way. These differences will be listed in bold beneath similar cards while shared characteristics are listed in grayed-out text. Cards will move between your Exact Match and Similar sections depending on your filter settings at the top of the page."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Cards can be interacted with in a variety of ways from the three dot drop-down menu along their right side. Functions include adding the card to a deck’s Mainboard/Sideboard/Maybeboard, viewing its card page, and adding the card to your Collection. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"A bar at the top of the Deck Comparisons page details the percentage of matching and non-matching card names in the two decks. "},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nBug Fixes"},{"attributes":{"header":2},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Fixed a bug with selecting the behavior of how to handle duplicates when adding a deck to your Collection."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"[Firefox] Fixed a bug that was preventing drag-and-drop from functioning properly in the Playtester."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Fixed a visual bug with the mana pool in the Playtester when in dark mode."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"Fixed a bug in the Playtester that was preventing key shortcuts from moving cards to other zones."},{"attributes":{"list":"bullet"},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n\nThat’s everything for now!"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\nAfter three updates over the past couple of months, Deck History is finally done. What do you think? Between the three tabs, does it accomplish everything you’d expect out of a deck history feature?\n\nDeck Comparisons ended up being one of our favorite features ever to play around with in development. We have some ideas about how to expand its functionality even further, but that’ll need to wait until a future update. Until then, we hope you find it as useful as we have!\n\nIf you have anything to suggest or report, you can find us here, "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://twitter.com/archidekt"},"insert":"@Archidekt"},{"insert":" on Twitter, or over in "},{"attributes":{"link":"https://discord.gg/eZg3mvJd7v"},"insert":"Discord"},{"insert":". As always, feedback is greatly appreciated!\n\nThe Archidekt Team"},{"attributes":{"header":3},"insert":"\n"},{"insert":"\n"}]}
Edited 8/2/2022, 5:58:57 PM
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Larcondos avatarLarcondos 21 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"This is absolutely perfect as I JUST started making a budget-less version for one of my decks, a great comparison tool between the two!\n"}]}
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{"ops":[{"insert":"That's awesome to hear! I hope it works out well for you. \n"}]}
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Swizard avatarSwizard 21 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"Great stuff! Really glad with these changes\n"}]}
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morphism avatarmorphism 21 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"These are awesome features! I'm hype! I knew versioning was in the works, but didn't realize a comparison feature was coming too :)\n"}]}
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IceMarker avatarIceMarker 21 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"Love the new feature however, is it possible to able to hide the links to deck comparisons on the \"deck tiles\" themselves? I've always loved the clean look of the tiles of just the name, format, image, user, last update, and color ratio. Keep up the good work!\n"}]}
Edited 8/3/2022, 7:09:03 AM
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{"ops":[{"insert":"Don't worry the intention isn't for that link to stay there forever since we're not in love with its placement either. We wanted it to be prominent for this update so more users would be able to find it since it's new and shiny and we think users will really like this. \n\nWe'll likely be changing the look of those cards in the future anyway since we're kinda running out of space to put options (as seen with this), and the info on them can become quite cramped. That and the homepage can look not as asthetically pleasing as we'd like it to at a glance, so we've been considering ways to make it more attractive and changing up those cards would likely be one of them. \n"}]}
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Sunborne avatarSunborne 21 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"I'm happy that you guys finally moved the \"buy\" and \"playtest\" options out of the way of the scrollbar, it was hell to scroll if you didn't have a laptop with a scroll wheel.\n"}]}
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Renholder avatarRenholder 20 months
{"ops":[{"insert":"The compare decks functionality is awesome. One more thing that would be great is the ability to export either of the lists to a text document etc to make purchasing needed cards easier, even possibly your purchase on marketplace functionality. Thanks again for the new tools.\n"}]}
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{"ops":[{"insert":"Deck comparison tool is super cool. Any chance of preloading the Archidekt-created precon lists as well? Makes it a lot easier than trying to dig through all of them (unless there's an easier way to find them I'm not aware of!).\n"}]}
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{"ops":[{"insert":"The easiest way to find them would be to search for the decks of the user "},{"attributes":{"link":"http://192.168.50.28:3000/search/decks?orderBy=-updatedAt&owner=Archidekt_Precons&ownerexact=true"},"insert":"Archidekt_Precons"},{"insert":" via the deck search. \n\nThough I admit that's not particularly intuitive. I'll leave the link above in case anyone wants this. And we'll keep this in mind as something to consider for the deck selection part of the compare pages. \n\nThanks for the suggestion!\n"}]}
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