Altered Core Plateform Project
The official Altered website, managed by Equinox, will permanently shut down on May 20, 2026. Unable to secure funding to keep the game going, the community has decided to step up and ensure Altered lives on.
Since the announcement, community members have been actively working to rebuild the essential services: card database, deckbuilder, API, account management, collection tracking... The immediate priority is to keep the game running, especially on BoardGameArena.
The entire project is open source: anyone can contribute, suggest improvements, or reuse the existing tools.
👉 GitHub Organization: Altered-Community
Several services are already up and running:
- A full card API — programmatic access to the entire database: cards.alteredcore.org
- A full deck API — decks.alteredcore.org
- A full collection API — collection.alteredcore.org
- A search engine — to browse and filter cards with ease
- A deckbuilder — to create and share your decks: deckbuilder.alteredcore.org
- A centralized account system — to access your decks, collections, and preferences across all services
- An image CDN — hosting and delivery of card artwork: cdn.alteredcore.org
- A unique card generator
This site's role is to bring all these initiatives together: listing ongoing projects, sharing important news, and serving as the entry point for all services built around Altered. It does not aim to become the reference for Altered, nor to offer new content for the game.
Some third-party websites are now compatible with this new architecture:
Alongside the technical work, the Re:Union project brings players together and lays the groundwork for a new long-term community dynamic around Altered.
The connection between this ecosystem and BoardGameArena is still under development. Many more features are planned and will be rolled out progressively.
This project wouldn't exist without the dedication of several key contributors:
- Toxicity — APIs and deckbuilder
- Sparky — account management and connection with the Re:Union community
- PolluxTroy — this site, the CDN, the card generator
- Gil, and many others
- As well as the Equinox developers, especially ThibZ, for their invaluable help
The goal is clear: ensure Altered's continuity, while building together an open, sustainable ecosystem driven by its community.