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But what if your favorite game doesn’t have a collection yet? Or what if you want a unique themed set of cards? With Streamloots Card Creator, you can craft your own cards or edit existing templates. For even more options, explore Streamloots Community Originals, collections created by the community and available for all users to enjoy.
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We’re thrilled to showcase the creativity of our community! In this post, Streamloots Partners TheGCU share their process of creating the Monster Hunter Rise Community Original Collection, now available. Get inspired to start your creative journey and learn how to make your collection an official Streamloots Original!
What should streamers pay attention to when creating a collection?
TheGCU: The keyword is balance, first and foremost. Each collection needs to feel integrated into your type of content. If that balance isn’t found, it risks feeling overwhelming or, even worse, not having a visible impact and value, making it unworthy of purchase for your audience. Balance is key to all collections, and although it can be hard to find, it’s crucial to keep in mind and actively improve.
How do you get inspiration when creating new cards?
TheGCU: This depends greatly on the collection we’re creating, but we often draw inspiration from other creators’ collections or search online for existing challenges (like Nuzlocke challenges in Pokémon). However, our biggest source of inspiration is our Collection Creation Process. We begin with a two-day phase (48 hours) where we brainstorm and record all ideas without worrying about their viability. This step is crucial because even bad ideas can be improved and transformed, while creating working and balanced ideas from scratch is super hard.
Our next step is the Weeding Phase, where we evaluate all ideas and exclude those that don’t align with the collection’s design or purpose. Although there’s a natural tendency to sort ideas into rarities based on their impact, we save this for the last step. Instead, we focus solely on whether an idea will work and serve the collection’s purpose.
Finally, we have the Organization Phase, where we assign roles to the remaining ideas. We consider how they fit into the collection and refine them further, checking for correct placements. Once sorted into their respective rarities, we move on to the creation phase with artwork and other elements.
What’s the right amount of challenges vs. playful cards in your collections?
TheGCU: This is another aspect of balance determined by the collection’s purpose. For game-specific collections, a 50/50 split of challenges and other cards is ideal. Griefing cards should be the rarest because viewers love to troll but hate to annoy, so they walk a fine line.
The best cards combine competitiveness, challenges, and playfulness. For example, the “Make an animal noise when you get hit by a monster” legendary card in our collection. When played, the streamer must make an animal noise each time they get hit during the quest, which adds playfulness, the challenge of avoiding hits, and the ‘trolliness’ of making noises. An implied rule is no repeating noises, leading to creative moments like inventing animals such as the “Midwestern Buck-toothed Hippopotamus,” adding humor to the stream.
What’s your favorite distribution of rarities and the number of cards in a themed collection? What are your favorite cards in this collection?
TheGCU: We prefer even chances across all rarities, but sometimes stack one rarity for increased value. For instance, a 7/7/10/10 distribution (legendary to common) allows for more Rare and Common cards since viewers receive these most often. Alternatively, loading the Epic rarity offers variety, preventing only 1–3 cards from being sought after.
Our favorite card from this collection is definitely the “Take a Monster Selfie.” In Monster Hunter, you fight giant beasts with big HP pools, so when this card is played, you must pose, pull out the camera, and take a picture before the monster hits you, resulting in hilarious screenshots.
How did your Monster Hunter Rise collection become an official Streamloots Original Collection? Why choose this game for submission?
TheGCU: A month ago, we messaged a Streamloots team member on Discord, suggesting a collection for the PC launch of Monster Hunter Rise since it would be a big moment in the community. Streamloots agreed and used our well-balanced collection as a base for the Streamloots Originals Collection. We never expected them to use our collection as is!
What’s your advice for streamers looking to create their collections and Community Originals?
TheGCU: Thoroughly playtest your collection and ensure descriptions are informative, since other people will read these cards to decide if they want to use them. If you have extra rules, like no repeating animal noises, add them in the description for clarity. Balance the collection well, considering that others may not create the same content as you.
Finally, think outside the box. Anyone can create “Don’t attack” or “Don’t dodge” cards, but it’s the “Serenade a Monster of the Viewers’ Choice” cards that make an impact on the communities using them.