Custom Roll - A web tool for your custom dice (no coding, quick setup, many functions)

Now if you hover over a mini die icon for 3 seconds it will display the full image (all sides) next to the dice bag. It disappears when moving off the icon.

Now to clean up the interface and properly update the README.

Part of the UI cleanup will have a few options for "table surfaces" (wood, none, grid, felt, etc) to include a grid as requested above. This can even be specified in the module.

Also, I will be adding a module builder page. Basically, a page where you paste your image urls in, set number of dice and hit enter and it generates the complete module url for you. Now you can bookmark that url to load your module each time.

Also you can reroll an individual die by double right-clicking it

All new UI, now I can officially make a tutorial and module builder. Let me know what you think.

Also, with this update comes premade boards (and even custom boards in your module if desired).

You can! LOL that is why I started this in the first place. The README will better explain this which I WILL have up tomorrow but lets say you wanted to make your own d6 dice, a d6 is made from 72x432 dimensions of an image (with each face 72x72px).

You then create the module yourself by linking to YOUR uploaded dice templates :)

Example: you have a new dice template prototype uploaded to www.genericuploadsite.com/img/dice1.jpg.

So you would type:

http://www.nostalgiantgames.com/roll/index.html?module=www.genericuploadsite.com/img/dice1.jpg|d6|5 (if you wanted 5 of your dice to test)

Hit enter and BOOM, you are now instantly testing your created dice with the functionality of customroll.

Then, bookmark that module URL so now you can load it up and immediately test them everytime you tweak your www.genericuploadsite.com/img/dice1.jpg prototype dice.

While I am working on the tutorial I thought I would drop a screenshot midgame and explain some of the UI to anyone who hasn't checked it out yet. The screenshot is in the OP, enlarge to original size and open in another tab if desired.

UI explained Left to Right:

The full die image (d6=72x432px) was triggered from me hovering over a small die in my dice pool for 3 seconds. I wanted to confirm the number of shotguns on the red die.

All grayed out dice in your dice pool mean they are out of the dice pool and either in your hand or on the board. As you see I only have 1 die left in the pool.

"Randomly Draw" is set to [2] because I needed to draw 2 dice from my pool this turn to roll the required 3.

Currently the dice pool status section only indicates the total dice, but in future version a button can be clicked to popup full session reports of roll results and stats.

All the dice on the board that have a red border mean they are locked and will not be rolled when I click "Reroll" or collected if I clicked "Collect". Double-clicking a die will toggle locked/unlocked status. Double RIGHT clicking an unlocked die rerolls ONLY that die and does not trigger your roll count. This is useful for games where a power or ability allows additional rerolls or die manipulation after the initial roll.

The translucent dice simulate that they are out of the dice pool but are in my hand and not quite yet on the board.

Its a little tough to see but the two mini dice in the dice pool with a light white border are the two dice "in hand". If I wanted to put either die back in my pool I could simply double click the corresponding mini die in the dice pool and the die would return from the board to my pool.

There may be situations where you only want to roll newly drawn dice using "Roll Drawn" but in this case we have newly drawn dice in hand AND dice on the board that need to be rolled. So, we click "Reroll" to roll all unlocked dice (1 in this case) on the board and the 2 in hand.

"Collect" scoops up all unlocked dice on the board (and any in hand not yet rolled) and puts them back in your dice pool. This will not reset your roll count.

"Reset" puts ALL dice back in the dice pool and resets your roll count.

The radio buttons on the bottom are preset boards (750x680px) that can be toggled. Modules can also specify one of these preset boards or your own custom boards can be linked as well!

Btw, the red was a brain but the yellow and green dice both rolled shotguns so I died :?

Yes, hover over a die thumbnail in the dice bag for 3 seconds and the full image of all faces of that die pops up.

Basically a module is all in the link which points to your dice images.

Example:
http://www.nostalgiantgames.com/roll/index.html?name=Epic%20Dice&setdraw=2&module=games/EpicDice/Bard.jpg|d6|3|games/EpicDice/Chest.jpg|d6|3|games/EpicDice/Dragon.jpg|d6|2|games/EpicDice/Ghost.jpg|d6|3|games/EpicDice/Key.jpg|d6|3|games/EpicDice/Mimic.jpg|d6|1|games/EpicDice/Seer.jpg|d6|3|games/EpicDice/Sprite.jpg|d6|3|games/EpicDice/Wizard.jpg|d6|3

name=Epic Dice - Name displayed on module

&setdraw=2 - is starting number to draw from dice pool

&module=games/EpicDice/Bard.jpg|d6|3 - the external dice image, the dice size, number of those dice to go into dice pool (divide all these by pipe symbols)

for more dice just again divide it by a pipe and repeat the same format as above:
|games/EpicDice/Chest.jpg|d6|3

A d6 would be a 432x72 (h x w) pixel image. Hover over a die in the dicebag to see an example. A d8 would be 72x576, etc.

I still need to create the instructions but check out this thread as well: http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1069984/custom-roll-a-web-tool-for-your-...

Yeah it sounds harder than it is once you get it going.

Whatever name you want for your game, I just used epic dice in my example.