Let's Make A DnD Character: Part 3

Make it Pretty

 Posted on April 30, 2021  |  18 minutes  |  

Now it’s time for my achilles heel: making things look nice. CSS is the bane of my existence. I hate it every time I use it, and the number of 2px bumps I have to do until everything magically lines up makes me want to die. Granted I have not used flex box and the new grid display, so I may have an unfair view of CSS. It is a necessary evil, though, because I really want to see my sprite sheet in action. [Read More]
typescript  react  dnd 

Let's Make A DnD Character: Part 2

Turns Out Pretty Hard

 Posted on April 30, 2021  |  9 minutes  |  

I found an awesome sprite sheet collection that included a bunch of stuff I could use for generating some animated sprites for my generated DnD character I made in Part 1. My swagger spec shows that this endpoint will take in a CharacterInfo, and based on those choices I can walk the sprite sheet folder and pick the appropriate body, weapons, and armor. Now the tricky part is how to easily define which images to select given some condition in the provided CharacterInfo. [Read More]
java  swagger  spring  java11  flow  sprites  dnd 

Let's Make A DnD Character

How Hard Can It Be?

 Posted on April 30, 2021  |  20 minutes  |  

The programming language I am most familiar with is Java. Until recently, I have enjoyed working in Java quite a bit, it clicks with my brain very well. It was the first language I learned, so it is the most natural for me to use. However, after working on multiple other projects using other languages, I am forced to come to terms with some severe limitations of Java. No language is perfect, and Java is still an incredibly popular and powerful language, but it is showing its age. [Read More]
java  swagger  spring  java11  dnd 

DIY Remote Controlled Lights (Part 1)

Lights, RF24, Arduino

 Posted on April 2, 2021  |  10 minutes  |  

I’ve been in a tinkering mood lately but couldn’t settle on a good project. Finally one came to mind that I have been wanting to do for a while but never had the motivation for. My night vision is freaking awful, and we keep our bedroom incredibly dark to help my fiancee sleep, so when I wake up in the morning I usually end up bashing my knee into a few things and stepping on one of the various animals in the room. [Read More]
arduino  led 

Tabletop Simulator

Lua Have Mercy

 Posted on July 16, 2020  |  14 minutes  |  

I’ve been playing a ton of Tabletop Simulator lately thanks to that jerk COVID-19. The game is awesome, you should go buy it. Playing all the awesome games on there made me even more excited about my fiancée wanting to make a board game. With Tabletop Simulator, that actually wouldn’t be too hard. It would be time consuming to add all the assets, but I would love to script the game to make setup easier. [Read More]
tabletop simulator  lua