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Hello, I built a chrome extension to help with tracking information in Ark Nova.

This extension does two things:
1. Track known cards your opponent has taken (snapping, hunting, etc.)
2. Highlight cards in your hand on the display that are relevant to projects.

You can find the extension available for download here: https://github.com/YiminWang102/Ark-Nova-BGA-Helper

Instructions to install:
1. Download zipped file from github
2. Unzip
3. Go to chrome extension manager (chrome://extensions)
4. Turn on developer mode
5. Load unpacked -> select unzipped folder

This is awesome, thanks much for sharing! One thing I noticed in a marine worlds game I just played is that when my opponent snapped a card as an end of break reward but then cancelled their move and snapped a different card, the tracker still only showed the inital card they snapped which was incorrect as it was still on the display

Yes there are a few bugs I am aware of and and a couple edge cases that it doesn't handle.

Bugs - projects played don't get removed from hand, elephant end games get saved as "1 card"

Edge cases - sponsor magnet doesn't work right now, when opponent undoes an action, it doesn't get updated (you can manually add and remove cards as well)

thanks for sharing this, this is very helpful

Good idea, but not fair in my opinion. You don't remember the cards your opponent takes either...I mean you either remember or forget, but there is no cheat sheet that saves this information for you.

Have you built something similar for Catan?

No, no.

BGA strictly wants to create a playing environment to simulate real-life game play as much as possible. These are board-game adaptions.

If you want features added like this then use the BGA suggestions. Rather than create this 'cheat mode' extension.

Leander Quest wrote: ↑09 December 2024, 02:53 Good idea, but not fair in my opinion. You don't remember the cards your opponent takes either...I mean you either remember or forget, but there is no cheat sheet that saves this information for you.

Yeah there is, you can do this manually and enter 'notes' for the game as well. That is what that feature is there for in the first place.

DugongEnjoyer wrote: ↑06 December 2024, 19:58 Hello, I built a chrome extension to help with tracking information in Ark Nova.

That's a really helpful thing to create!

It can be quite tedious to scroll through logs at important moments or take notes every single turn, so solutions like this make the playing experience nicer.

i dont use github. What file am I suppose to download and unzip? I dont see any zipped files.