vapid lance
This video is to get people across the basics of running a game in the Codex as quickly as possible. It barely scratches the surface of what it is capable of but in the vein of Matt's first Running the Game videos, its enough to get you running a game tonight.
crude perch
I'm so excited about this! Can't wait to use it!
I will say, hiding the Create Token button (1:33) behind a right-click and the Draw Steel button (5:49) behind the Settings button feels like it obscures very common tasks. I would want to see a + button near a token area and a big obvious Draw Steel button.
vapid lance
I'm so excited about this! Can't wait to use it!
I will say, hiding the Create T...
The MCDM team and DMHub team are working with a contractor that specialises in UI/UX to come up with a redesign of interfaces so I’m sure all of these things will be considered!
In practice though, I will say you tend to only create tokens for players and important NPC’s so a little bit of work at the beginning but not a lot of ongoing work. The main token work after that is placing monsters from the Bestiary
crude perch
Ok, excellent. Glad to hear it, because several of the elements and ethos feels like the 90s. I’m hopeful nonetheless. Thanks for the walkthrough!
I also want to acknowledge what you said about adding tokens. I add new tokens pretty often in my games, so I may be an outlier.
vapid lance
No problem 🙂
Yeah they are mainly focused on functionality at this point, refining and cleaning up the UI will happen as they go but probably a final push towards release
crude perch
Absolutely.
vapid lance
I also want to acknowledge what you said about adding tokens. I add new tokens p...
I think lots of people use these tools in lots of different ways. I guess I was trying to impart that I haven’t found it to be such an issue that I would necessarily want to add additional interface elements to save me a click but your mileage may very well vary! There will be opportunities for you to provide feedback on that throughout patron testing if you get involved anyway!
crude perch
You’re right, there are always tradeoffs when you add or remove interface, and I can appreciate that. I hope I can get involved at that stage and contribute whatever’s useful.
vapid lance
You’re right, there are always tradeoffs when you add or remove interface, and I...
Btw, you can sign up as a tester now if you're interested. Depends on your tolerance for pre-alpha software and bugs, but you can head on over to the DMHub Discord and ask to go on the waitlist. Then when people post playtests looking for players, you can jump in and get given access
crude perch
Ugh, I wish. We’re a Mac house. My understanding is it only runs Windows, yeah?
vapid lance
Ugh, I wish. We’re a Mac house. My understanding is it only runs Windows, yeah?
There's a mac build now! It has some quirks and not as stable as windows but it is available
crude perch
Oooh heck yeah! I’m gonna represent the heck out of the Mac users. Where can I sign up?
vapid lance
Oooh heck yeah! I’m gonna represent the heck out of the Mac users. Where can I s...
The #draw-steel-codex channel in this discord: https://discord.com/invite/DP8EQ4vUhd