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I've been working on a sort of tool that I'm hoping is going to be expanded into the following areas and perhaps further.
- Role Card Formatting
- Semi-Automatic Role PM Handler
- Game Rander
- CSV Role Card Formatting
- Fully Customized Components
I have already made the barebones of the Role Card Formatting and the Semi-Automatic Role PM Handler. I have linked unlisted YouTube links to demonstrate the functionality that I have right now. URL's have a maximum length so some role-card, if too long, will have to be sent manually and that's nothing I can fix as of right now.
I am designing for both MafiaScum and Town of Salem Forums, it's generally fine to do both as they are both using phpbb right now so it's only a matter of a few smaller changes. Although the role card formatting should work for any site that uses markdown such as bbcode.
Role Templating and URL Cleaning
I need a better name for this but you can make completely unique roles by just changing the template in which the tool uses to generate roles. I am calling it a Lexer as it works fairly similar to one but not exactly one. Anything you input will be cleaned and able to be safely used in a URL without the high risk of it breaking if you use reserved characters.
Fully Customized Components
Right now there is a select few components in which you can add to your role-card. That being the role name, colour etc. But I'm planning on making that modular and allowing the user to add as many as they want of different types to make as complicated as a role as you want.
CSV Role Card Formatting
Relatively soon I am going to implement an easy way to mass-produce role-cards easily. Using CSV files (in other words, spreadsheets) as seen as an example in the following Google Spreadsheet.
Game Rander
At its core, this will use the spreadsheet and/or combination of manually made role-cards whether using the tool or otherwise to rand a game securely. If you use the CSV Role Card Formatting etc you will also be given the ability to quickly send role PMs to the randed players by using the Semi-Automatic Role PM Handler.
I'm doing this for the FM community, ease in my future setup designs and also to put on my portfolio. The worst thing about setup design is making the role-cards by far and I'm trying to help make that much easier and faster. I haven't got this for public use at the moment as it's in a prototype phase, but I may need a few testers later down the line so if you're up for that please let me know either in this thread or via PM (or discord if you got mine). If you have any ideas or feedback on my ideas also feel free to say so, brutal constructive criticism needed!