{"id":5562,"date":"2011-11-08T09:46:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-08T01:46:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/?p=5562"},"modified":"2011-11-08T09:46:51","modified_gmt":"2011-11-08T01:46:51","slug":"table-top-gaming-prototype-on-ipad2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nick.onetwenty.org\/index.php\/2011\/11\/08\/table-top-gaming-prototype-on-ipad2\/","title":{"rendered":"“Table-top” gaming prototype on iPad2"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been musing (and designing) a simple role-playing game for quite a while. Mostly as a result of playing Dungeons & Dragons<\/a> and getting slightly frustrated by how complex and convoluted it can be. (Checking rules interrupts gaming flow!)<\/p>\n

My main focus has been on the game design. I made a few presentations and spreadsheets to get my ideas in order. I also had some ideas for how to commercialise it, but hadn’t really worked everything out yet.<\/p>\n

Last Friday, everything suddenly fell into place in my head: design, gameplay, technology, market, production, sales. Bam! So I went to work creating a prototype and ended up making this over the weekend (with some support from Ben<\/a> and Jim<\/a>):<\/p>\n

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Here’s what is implemented so far (and shown in the video):<\/p>\n

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  1. A rudimentary web-based multi-touch map editor (written in HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript)<\/li>\n
  2. A special holder (created using various plumbing and cleaning supplies) for miniature figurines<\/li>\n
  3. Code to detect the special holder’s position and orientation<\/li>\n
  4. A simple interface that allows a player to move their character or scroll the map via their figurine<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    On a technical note, the holder uses similar principles to this device<\/a> (technical report<\/a>) that I worked on back in 2006 while I was at ViSLAB<\/a>. Ah, happy memories.<\/p>\n

    There is plenty still to come (including editor improvements, basic visibility, and monsters). Hopefully, I’ll get a chance to do some more hacking next weekend. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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