Marvel Multiverse Web Portal Stuff
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Not really anything about an actual game. I’ve just been laid up dealing with some health issues, and, for some reason, I find fighting with code relaxing. While I’ve been recovering, I wanted to see if I could do a web-based character generation and sheet for the Marvel Multiverse RPG in Ares. I’m pretty proud of it. It’s not 100% done but it’s in the final stretch, I think.
Not sure what, if anything, I’ll do with it. Just wanted to see if I could.
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That’s cool as hell. I really like that you have the abilities on the side like that. People who can hack Ares like this never fail to impress me!
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OH. OH NO.
This was on my shortlist of ‘lets ask ChatGPT to code this for me,’ so now there is less of an excuse to avoid trying to run the thing…
Of course, lacking plot ideas and such also fairly preventative.
Mummy Pun? MUMMY PUN!
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@Jennkryst said in Marvel Multiverse Web Portal Stuff:
This was on my shortlist of ‘lets ask ChatGPT to code this for me,’ so now there is less of an excuse to avoid trying to run the thing…
Asking ChatGPT to write code in an obscure JS framework (Ember) for an obscure app framework (Ares) is destined to end in tears. Just do the Ares coding tutorials and ask me (via discord/forum/etc.) if you have questions. It’ll turn out far better, I promise.
Back on topic - neat interface.
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@Raistlin said in Marvel Multiverse Web Portal Stuff:
Not really anything about an actual game. I’ve just been laid up dealing with some health issues, and, for some reason, I find fighting with code relaxing. While I’ve been recovering, I wanted to see if I could do a web-based character generation and sheet for the Marvel Multiverse RPG in Ares. I’m pretty proud of it. It’s not 100% done but it’s in the final stretch, I think.
Not sure what, if anything, I’ll do with it. Just wanted to see if I could.
This looks awesome!
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Thanks for the feedback. I really appreciate it.
As I put the final touches on this, I’m very tempted to do something with it. I was thinking of embracing the “Multiverse” aspect and maybe doing something crazy, like a version of the Marvel Universe that starts as a blank slate. Essentially, it’s our world where something went wild. Maybe the Reality Stone shattered or something, and suddenly, characters from various Marvel realities are appearing.
This way, if someone wanted to play Captain America, they could play whatever version of the character they wanted. If they leave, a new Cap comes on and you either keep that version or say that one vanished and here’s a new one. Something like that.
It also opens up crazy versions of characters like vampire Jubilee, Captain Carter, or whatever. Maybe even OC versions of characters. One of my favorite characters from back in the day was an OC version of Captain America.
Maybe. We’ll see. I am liking how the finished product is coming out though.
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@Raistlin Demiplane mentioned a public facing API for their character utilities is on their roadmap for the future. Do you think it might be possible to link this to the API to pass characters into the Ares version?
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@MisterBoring I’m not sure if it does, but if so, it would probably take someone with more technical skill than I have to make it work.
I think I’ve got character generation where I want it now, so I decided to try modifying the dice plugin for the game. I’m pretty happy with how it turned out.
It keeps the core functionality of the original dice plugin; you can still roll whatever you want, but I added a ‘Roll DMarvel’ checkbox. When you check it, the plugin rolls DMarvel(3d6, but one die is special: rolling a 1 counts as a 6 and gives you a Fantastic result).
Roll Screen:
Result:
