Notices

verumgero already linked to DiceJinni without mentioning the name. Thus, DiceJinni could not be found via the search function. I hope this post solves this problem.

I installed DiceJinni right after Evince as one of the first programs when I laid hands on my n810. I thought that would make me the ultimate mobile-roleplayer. Then I realized that the keyboard implementation was not so good, e.g. you could not use the Fn function and had to use the OSD which I thought was kind of to nervous for my tastes. To define a D10 was okay, a D100 was a project I never started. (I know 2D10 serve the same purpose). Consequently I stopped tinkering around with DiceJinni.

Later, as I got more used to maemo, I realized that I could use an editor to tinker around with the .dicejinni.xml (file can be found in /home/user ). The syntax is easily understood be just inspecting it. Thus I was able to quickly "create" some more combinations. Just for the record, I copied the file to the MyDocs folder to be able to edit it with Leafpad.

In conclusion, DiceJinni is the program of choice for games that use special dices. Formula Dé or roleplaying games using Fudge dice came to my mind. It is well suited for roleplaying games that use "exploding" dices or other fancy rules that are hard to code but easy to resolve by the user. Yet, in my eyes it is not suited for games were dice pools come into play (think of Ki-Adapt in Shadowrun).

Btw, thanks Tim for this program.
icke

i guess leafpad /home/user/.dicejinni.xml should work

and yes, dice pools could be nasty...

maybe someone should contact the dev about that...

Yes, that worked

Thanks tso for this advice.
icke

I wrote the application for my next game of the german board "Siedler". Somehow I had the fealing the dices were always against me

A very nice compliment. Thank you!

Instead of writing one big hit I try to write a number of smaller applications that become small hits. If there somewhere outthere witha need for another small application that has the chance to get a small to medium number of community don't hesitate to mail me. Nevertheless if you like the application, please rate it at http://www.maemo.org/downloads.

Thanks for the compliment, too! In fact I already have a version that allows cloning of dices. I just wanted to add another dialog for easily adding numeric dices over a range (like 1-6 or 1-20).

Looks like I should hurry up (currently fixing some stuff in my applications to support fremantle SDK) and make a new release ;-)

If you have other suggestions for improvements don't hesitate to mail me!

Thanks...Tim

woot woot, looking forward to it

tho, ill always be partial to dumping huge numbers of dice on the table

Yes, dumping 10 d8 on the table for a damage roll has quite the demoralizing affect. But I am what you might call a "closet gamer" and I like not having to carry around all the dice.

Did you hear the one about the D & D gaming midget that came out of the cupboard?

Okay, that was bad...

Sorry, but for some reason, I really like midget jokes.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...6d+geeks&hl=en

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bP3GYdrW450 episode 2