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Came across a tool that's designed for writing, what is in effect, solo adventures. And since it supports both stored variables and a random number generator, there's no reason why you couldn't write a combat randomizer in the background. It's called Twine, and the development system and is multi-platform: Windows, Mac, Linux via Python. And it's free to use and free to release. You can put your developed stories on web sites or burn them to CD.
I can't say that I've worked with this, but it looks like it has huge potential and definitely seems worth looking in to. It has a GUI interface where each block has a name and text with code for options, the code branches to other blocks. Seems fairly straightforward. It was used to develop a recent Hamlet Choose-your-own Adventure that was massively funded on Kickstarter.
This is pretty cool.
http://www.gimcrackd.com/etc/src/
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/12/hamlet-choose-adventure/?pid=8876&viewall=true
I can't say that I've worked with this, but it looks like it has huge potential and definitely seems worth looking in to. It has a GUI interface where each block has a name and text with code for options, the code branches to other blocks. Seems fairly straightforward. It was used to develop a recent Hamlet Choose-your-own Adventure that was massively funded on Kickstarter.
This is pretty cool.
http://www.gimcrackd.com/etc/src/
http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/12/hamlet-choose-adventure/?pid=8876&viewall=true
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Date: 2013-03-28 09:51 pm (UTC)And, admittedly, I'd like to swing at something like this, mostly because books like Fighting Fantasy and the Wizards and Warriors series were fun to play (even if I did cheat on the dice rolls).
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Date: 2013-03-29 12:45 am (UTC)I have to look in to this more. I'm wondering if it can take non-click input, so maybe you could enter combat stats. Since it supports variables and has a random number generator, you can have stored stats and run combat. I'm just not sure if you would need to gen a new character within the system or if it could be entered and saved. I also wonder if it supports a save state.
Lots to explore! And since it's open source and extensible....
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Date: 2013-03-29 01:57 pm (UTC)