Incantation Magic web app

[nick_coffin]

There is a beta of my Incantation Magic spell creator web app currently available. I think this is feature complete, but could use some feedback on layout and usability.

The application is here:

http://www.hypermediocrity.us/incantation/

Leave me feedback on this thread.

[Bruno]

Very cool Nick. Thanks for taking this on!

[Christopher R. Rice]

Originally Posted by nick_coffin

There is a beta of my Incantation Magic spell creator web app currently available. I think this is feature complete, but could use some feedback on layout and usability.

The application is here:

http://www.hypermediocrity.us/incantation/

Leave me feedback on this thread.

This is shineh and I thank you for doing it!

[zuljita]

I had offered to help... then life got in the way. Sorry about that. This is pretty awesome.

[zuljita]

I noticed that when you get past 3d, your calculator doesn't allow for dice like 4d or 4d+1, only -1 and +2. I recognize that the book gets a bit wooden about this, but there is a clear line of progression that it seems reasonable to follow from the chart to get 4d and 4d+1 before getting to 4d+2.

[mhd]

Looks interesting, but the "add modifier" story needs improvement. Right now, it requires a few superfluous interactions:

- When opening the selector dialog, you pratically always have to expand the combobox. As this contains just a few values, an expanded multiselect widget woudl be better.
- Once you add the modifier, you want to enter values, white requires expanding the section. As not needing to do that is the exception, the default should be an expanded section.

[nick_coffin]

Originally Posted by zuljita

I noticed that when you get past 3d, your calculator doesn't allow for dice like 4d or 4d+1, only -1 and +2. I recognize that the book gets a bit wooden about this, but there is a clear line of progression that it seems reasonable to follow from the chart to get 4d and 4d+1 before getting to 4d+2.

Can you provide a step-by-step description of how you found this error? I just tried it and the damage modifier progresses as I expected: 3d+2, 4d-1, 4d, 4d+1, 4d+2, 5d-1, etc.

I suspect you had unselected the "direct" modifier, which makes the damage "indirect". From the Incantation Magic PDF, page 15:

Indirect damage is triple that of direct damage for the same cost (e.g., a 3d+3 reball costs +1 SP) – or just doubled if it is also explosive (e.g., a 2d+2 explosive reball costs +1 SP).

Triple damage progresses like 3d, 4d-1, 4d+2, 5d+1, 6d, etc.

[nick_coffin]

Originally Posted by mhd

Looks interesting, but the "add modifier" story needs improvement. Right now, it requires a few superfluous interactions:

- When opening the selector dialog, you pratically always have to expand the combobox. As this contains just a few values, an expanded multiselect widget woudl be better.
- Once you add the modifier, you want to enter values, white requires expanding the section. As not needing to do that is the exception, the default should be an expanded section.

Agreed. I'll take a look at modifying both.

[nick_coffin]

Originally Posted by nick_coffin

Agreed. I'll take a look at modifying both.

A new version has been uploaded. The changes include both items mentioned by MHD:

• New ritual modifiers are added to the expansion list as expanded by default
• The dialog to add ritual modifiers uses a multiselect list instead of a dropdown select

Take a look and let me know what you think!

http://www.hypermediocrity.us/incantation/

[RyanW]

Some of the spell modifiers don't seem to let you reduce the level once you start increasing it. Damage, for example.