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Windows 8 Phone Dice Rolling App
« on: July 06, 2013, 11:34:47 AM »
Is there a good dice rolling app for a windows 8 phone?

What I'd like is to be able to enter several die rolls I need, and then be able to push a button to roll them.  Eg,

1) To Hit: d20 + 13
2) Damage: 3d6 + 1d6 (fire) + 5d6 (shocking grasp) + 7
3) Damage: 3d6 + 1d6 (fire) + 6d6 (vampiric touch) + 7
4) Bow to hit: d20 + 9
5) Bow damage: 1d8 + 5

I'd enter the dice once with a label, and then could roll as often as I need
It should show the total as well as individual dice.
It'd also be great if the dice were color coded or labelable (is that a word?), so I could tell which damage is which, in case I find my target is immune to fire or electricity or whatever.

Anyone know of one?  Thanks.

Edit: Oh yeah, it'd also be nice if it could do several dice rolls with 1 button hit.  Eg,
to hit: d20 + 13, d20 + 8, d20 + 3
« Last Edit: July 06, 2013, 12:20:15 PM by kitep »

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Re: Windows 8 Phone Dice Rolling App
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2013, 03:15:19 AM »
Well, making one wouldn't be that hard. Maybe take a  look at Dungeon Dice?

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Re: Windows 8 Phone Dice Rolling App
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2013, 09:05:09 AM »
Thanks, I'll check it out.

I thought about writing my own and did a little research on it.  Turns out to write apps for a Windows 8 phone, you need Windows 8 on your desktop.  I assume you could run a Windows 7 app on a Windows 8 phone, but I can't find confirmation of that.

And I'd rather not reinvent the wheel if someone else has already done it.  But so far all the apps I've looked it (which is only 3) have fallen short.  Hopefully Dungeon Dice will have what I want.  Thanks again.

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Re: Windows 8 Phone Dice Rolling App
« Reply #3 on: July 09, 2013, 07:09:53 PM »
Well, I tried Dungeon Dice - I did not like it at all.

Biggest problem is that it was too hard to read.  Who thought that black text on a dark brown speckled background was a good idea?  The linked screenshot shows white text against a solid brown background, but that's not what you get in the current version (at least it's not what I got)

And unfortunately you can't mix dice.  Like other apps I've tried, you can roll any number of d6.  Any number of d8.  Etc.  But you can't roll something like d8 + 3d6.  And unlike other apps, you can't even add a set number, eg 2d6+7 cannot be done.

I'll have to keep looking.

But I do appreciate the suggestion.  Thanks  :cool