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#11
I just realized, you maybe thought this was for a computer game I was playing, but it's a tabletop RPG that I'm playing solo.
#12
Normally you manually roll up the characters. I just took the character creation parameters and rules from DCC and coded a generator to do that. The character creator also has the download button which will generate a txt file that I can copy/paste straight into chatgpt and it will spit out a character profile and a pencil sketch if I want.
I'm also thinking about updating the creator to include a random name, but instead of using a roster list of pre-programmed names I'm experimenting with a list of consonant and vowel combinations that it will pull from to make them sound regionally believable.
I'm now coding a combat arena (text output only) so I can put generated characters in that and they can battle, along with other creatures like goblins, orcs, etc. And when I say I, I mean me and the AI, with the AI doing the heavy lifting. I have the arena in a working state so the combatants will fight to the finish either using random rolls or you can also input rolls if you want to roll dice yourself. I've customized it to do away with hitpoints (I don't like hitpoints) and instead uses a system of morale, fatigue, exhaustion, and wounds to determine the outcome. The arena only allows 1v1 or deathmatch fights right now. I'm working on teams so side A can fight side B, but I keep hitting a snag with that (in reality I'm an old man got tired and needed to go to bed and I haven't resumed yet).
I'm also thinking about updating the creator to include a random name, but instead of using a roster list of pre-programmed names I'm experimenting with a list of consonant and vowel combinations that it will pull from to make them sound regionally believable.
I'm now coding a combat arena (text output only) so I can put generated characters in that and they can battle, along with other creatures like goblins, orcs, etc. And when I say I, I mean me and the AI, with the AI doing the heavy lifting. I have the arena in a working state so the combatants will fight to the finish either using random rolls or you can also input rolls if you want to roll dice yourself. I've customized it to do away with hitpoints (I don't like hitpoints) and instead uses a system of morale, fatigue, exhaustion, and wounds to determine the outcome. The arena only allows 1v1 or deathmatch fights right now. I'm working on teams so side A can fight side B, but I keep hitting a snag with that (in reality I'm an old man got tired and needed to go to bed and I haven't resumed yet).
#13
I'm a little confused. Are characters usually created manually by the player, but you've developed code to do it for you?
Replit looks pretty cool. I'll have to check it out.
Replit looks pretty cool. I'll have to check it out.
#14
#15
Thalrûn
This is just some of the stuff I've used the GPT to create. It's all over the place right now, but I thought I'd start to put stuff down to save for later use.
This was the first character GPT created. When I saw it do this I was kinda hooked.
This is just some of the stuff I've used the GPT to create. It's all over the place right now, but I thought I'd start to put stuff down to save for later use.
This was the first character GPT created. When I saw it do this I was kinda hooked.
#16
Oh shit. The download button works. lol
#17
I'll have to check out MS Visual Studio Code. The first iteration GPT just had me run it in my cmd line. so I just type something like python dccchar15.py and it spits out an ascii table that I copy paste into the GPT and it creates a backstory based upon the output.
Then I thought it would be cool if I could waste time playing with it on my ipad or phone so the GPT had me code it on replit and that worked too. I'm in the process of making it have an html style front end to just click a button and also save a txt file for export. During the replit process there were some errors in the code when I decided to add random language rolls (part of DCC char creation) that were tricky to overcome. So GPT wrote some debug code that I pasted in and then when we figured out what was tripping it up and solved that. That was a bit of actual fun too, the troubleshoot and solve. I know this must sound like a kindergartner explaining coding to his coder dad, but I actually got a lot out of the experience.
I'm prob getting the terminology wrong, but whatever.
I'd totally reinstall Helldivers 2 to hang with you guys and fight for democracy. Let me know!
Then I thought it would be cool if I could waste time playing with it on my ipad or phone so the GPT had me code it on replit and that worked too. I'm in the process of making it have an html style front end to just click a button and also save a txt file for export. During the replit process there were some errors in the code when I decided to add random language rolls (part of DCC char creation) that were tricky to overcome. So GPT wrote some debug code that I pasted in and then when we figured out what was tripping it up and solved that. That was a bit of actual fun too, the troubleshoot and solve. I know this must sound like a kindergartner explaining coding to his coder dad, but I actually got a lot out of the experience.
I'm prob getting the terminology wrong, but whatever.
I'd totally reinstall Helldivers 2 to hang with you guys and fight for democracy. Let me know!
#18
That's awesome. What are you using the edit and run the Python code? MS Visual Studio Code.
My younger son is going to be taking Python programming in high school this fall, so I'm going to get back into programming with it again too.
There's still not much going on in the gaming front, but my younger son wanted to buy Hell Drivers 2 so he could play with some of his friends from school, so I ended up getting it last night. There's supposed to a PS Plus sale this upcoming week, so I'll get a year of the cheapest plan.
If either of you guys still play, maybe we can try it online sometime.
My younger son is going to be taking Python programming in high school this fall, so I'm going to get back into programming with it again too.
There's still not much going on in the gaming front, but my younger son wanted to buy Hell Drivers 2 so he could play with some of his friends from school, so I ended up getting it last night. There's supposed to a PS Plus sale this upcoming week, so I'll get a year of the cheapest plan.
If either of you guys still play, maybe we can try it online sometime.
#19
Been playing (sort of) Dungeon Crawl Classics as a solo RPG, but using ChatGPT as the collaborator. It's sort of the GM. In reality I collaborate with it on the creative stuff and fleshing out the story and characters so I guess I'm kind of the GM too? I'm pretty blown away by what it's come up with. It's akin to reading a choose your own adventure story, except I'm not adventuring, the 4 NPCs are. I also don't always pick what they do. I ask the GPT what the characters are probably thinking based upon their condition and previous experience. I've made the combat really brutal and deadly so trauma is a factor and a concern. These guys aren't typical murder hobos. I don't know how else to describe it. I will say that the group has had exactly 1 combat encounter, and that went a little rough. The rest has been a lot of sleuthing and exploring, and figuring out how to survive on the edge of society. So far the village that they're in has been tolerant of them because they helped clear a barrow, but they have no money and are living as daytalers working for room and board at an widow's homestead. They were able to sell a sword they got in the barrow, but there was nobody to sell it to in the village until a trader came in (as usual) on the market day. They got 22 silver for it, but again, there's nothing much in the village. Most of the residents just make a subsistence living and barter. The next closest town that has anything is 40 miles through wilderness.
I will say the GPT is really bad at accounting though. It plays really fast and loose with facts and chronology and dice rolls. I got really frustrated after awhile, but as soon as I realized its blind spots things got a lot better. Now I don't expect it to do what it can't. What it does well though is pretty amazing. Although with the fantasy stuff it leans a little to heavy on the woo-woo. I have to remind it periodically that this is a gritty land grounded in realism and magic is rare. The most dangerous things are wild beasts, low men, and infection and disease.
So today since I didn't feel like fleshing out any story I decided to try programming a random character generator. And I did. In python. GPT wrote all the code, but I directed what I wanted it to be and after about 3 hours I have a pretty slick little 0 level character generator for DCC.
It's been an interesting few days.
I will say the GPT is really bad at accounting though. It plays really fast and loose with facts and chronology and dice rolls. I got really frustrated after awhile, but as soon as I realized its blind spots things got a lot better. Now I don't expect it to do what it can't. What it does well though is pretty amazing. Although with the fantasy stuff it leans a little to heavy on the woo-woo. I have to remind it periodically that this is a gritty land grounded in realism and magic is rare. The most dangerous things are wild beasts, low men, and infection and disease.
So today since I didn't feel like fleshing out any story I decided to try programming a random character generator. And I did. In python. GPT wrote all the code, but I directed what I wanted it to be and after about 3 hours I have a pretty slick little 0 level character generator for DCC.
It's been an interesting few days.
#20
The PS5 Pro is a much better investment than the PS4 Pro was. With the way console generations are going, the PS5 Pro will most likely be supported for most of the PS6's lifetime, and its games will probably fare well against the PS6 versions.