Monthly Archives: May 2013

Obscure RPG Appreciation Day

After some confusion, it turns out that today is Obscure RPG Appreciation Day (ORPGAD) as organized by Mesmerized By Sirens.  This has gotten me to thinking about my own origins in the hobby. I was first introduced to the hobby

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Character Editor at Alpha

Ben Rose on Google+ taught me a great new word skeumorphism when I discussed, in a previous post, the intended layout for the Character Editor. I hope I’ve found the right balance here. I like the tactile nature of representing parts of the

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Character Sheet Editor Alpha

The character sheet editor is finally at alpha. Most of the time was split between trying to maintain the “look and feel” of a physical character sheet and struggling with Unity’s UI system. I’ll talk more about Unity in a

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Dice at Alpha

While doing some UI work, I fell down the rabbit hole of rolling dice and, as part of the push to alpha, stayed with it until it was complete. New Features: The user can now add an arbitrary number of

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How Do You Like Your Table?

Not all of a game takes place on the map with miniatures. One would hope that much of a gaming session occurs outside the dungeon. There are the practical matters like rolling up characters, picking out minis, and waiting for

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Roll camera…

While I haven’t kept it a secret that intend to launch a Kickstarter campaign for the project once I get to a solid alpha, I haven’t made much noise about it either. Given the availability of cast and crew, I

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