davidye

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by davidye 5y ago
Shameless plug - but give https://screentop.gg a try! Studios and kickstarters are already using it to develop and play deck building games.
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by davidye 6y ago
Shameless plug: I created a free 2d web based tabletop app at https://screentop.gg that lets you put together a multiplayer board game without any coding.
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by davidye 7y ago
I do plan to! But solo dev with a back log of features so I can't give a concrete ETA.
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by davidye 7y ago
This is web based and free to use. No need for everyone to purchase and install a copy - just send a link and start playing. Another major difference is that this is 2D, which should work for most tabletop games but not all.
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by davidye 7y ago
I spoke to the guy behind boardgame.io a few months ago. Awesome engine but it's more geared towards building out the rules / mechanics of a specific game vs a sandbox approach.
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by davidye 7y ago
Mobile is not currently supported.
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by davidye 7y ago
Yeah I need to clean up the marketing a bit! For now try it out by clicking the Play button on one of the games such as: https://screentop.gg/@BrotherMingGames/code-geass Also just posted a few screenshots on the produ
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by davidye 7y ago
Thanks for the questions! Are you prepared for the incoming wave of DMCA takedown requests if this proves to be popular? I don't expect this to actually happen but if it does, I would comply. If someone spends the time to create con
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by davidye 7y ago
This only works on desktop right now but I do want to support other devices in the future.
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by davidye 7y ago
I would take them down - though my understanding is that a lot of publishers actually want a digital version of their games available as a way to promote physical sales. So I would love to work with publishers to put official games on Scree
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by davidye 7y ago
The game state is a json schema object and user actions (roll dice, shuffle container, move component, etc) are json patches that update this state. I want scripting to allow specific mechanics that would be more tedious to perform manually
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by davidye 7y ago
Excited to meet more people interested in this space - send me an email and let's chat!
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by davidye 7y ago
The idea is similar but I wanted to build something a bit more modern than boardgamearea. Focusing on adding more features and growing the site at the moment. Hope to license official games eventually.
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by davidye 7y ago
The main difference is that Screentop runs in a web browser. To start a group play session, you can just send someone a URL and there's no need for everyone to purchase / install / setup TTS.
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by davidye 7y ago
1) Game state is a json that is synced through websocket via Phoenix channels. 2) It doesn't currently enforce game mechanics like player turn.
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by davidye 7y ago
Oops definitely should have done that before posting, will get on it!
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by davidye 7y ago
Yeah I built this because it's painful to coordinate playing tabletop games online - with Tabletop Simulator or individual apps it's time consuming to get everyone to purchase/install/setup a copy just to get started. Ho
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by davidye 7y ago
Yes this is like a 2D web based Tabletop Simulator that you can play with friends without having everyone purchase and install a copy of TTS.
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by davidye 7y ago
I don't own the rights to any of the content. The Code Geass game is a fan created board game by my friend from: https://brotherminggames.com
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by davidye 7y ago
Author here. Screentop is a tabletop sandbox that supports cards, dice, boards, counters, and hidden player state. In the future I'd like to add scripting support so that more complex game mechanics and rules can be implemented. Client
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by davidye 9y ago
What is the baseline accuracy if you just took a measure like team ELO and predicted based on that?