Hey guys, I have never programmed in my life, but I now want to make an app for rpgs.
The main idea is to make a dice roller, inside a character sheet storage… It’s just supposed to help me store and edit my stats and let me roll and and add stuff.
Best case scenario would be using Termux for this, since it’s supposed to run on older smartphones.
I’d love some guidance where to start!
I used to work for a ttrpg company. A dice parser is not a small undertaking. You’re basically writing a calculator with an embedded random number generator. It’s fun but not an easy first project. My advice would be to keep it simple to start with and have your command interface (repl) just accept simple roll commands like roll dex and that handler knows how to make a dex roll. Simple roll commands like roll d6 are also easy to parse out with just a regex. Honestly, I think you would be better off writing a gui app and give it a retro hacker look than going with some type of terminal. Typing on phones is a pain vs tapping buttons.
Thanks for the advice! I am not a big fan of carrying my heavy laptop around, but are probably right about writing on a smartphone