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Re: Show HN: Screentop.gg – a platform for tabletop games

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Question: What's the difference between this and Tabletop Simulator?

This is web based and free to use. No need for everyone to purchase and install a copy - just send a link and start playing.

Another major difference is that this is 2D, which should work for most tabletop games but not all.

Re: Show HN: Screentop.gg – a platform for tabletop games

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I found this platform really easy to play around with when building a game. I put together a version of Hanabi, and the system was flexible enough to let me make player hands that are visible to everyone _except_ the player. Reconstructing this relatively simple game from scratch only took ~3h, and that is everything from finding royalty-free assets to writing the manual.

Re: Show HN: Screentop.gg – a platform for tabletop games

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Author here. Screentop is a tabletop sandbox that supports cards, dice, boards, counters, and hidden player state. In the future I'd like to add scripting support so that more complex game mechanics and rules can be implemented. Client stack: Typescript, React, Apollo, and a custom react-reconciler renderer that targets canvas Server stack: Elixir, Phoenix, Absinthe Happy to answer any questions and would love your f…

open source?

Re: Show HN: Screentop.gg – a platform for tabletop games

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Author here. Screentop is a tabletop sandbox that supports cards, dice, boards, counters, and hidden player state. In the future I'd like to add scripting support so that more complex game mechanics and rules can be implemented. Client stack: Typescript, React, Apollo, and a custom react-reconciler renderer that targets canvas Server stack: Elixir, Phoenix, Absinthe Happy to answer any questions and would love your f…

So, how is this different from roll20?

I’m in an FFG SWRPG game right now that uses roll20 (to show the map, handle rolls and character sheets, etc...) and discord (mostly for voice and text chat, because roll20 isn’t as good at those things).

We are moving over to a different discord server that doesn’t use roll20 for any of their current games, but would give us a much larger group of people to potentially play with. Of course, there are things that discord doesn’t do that roll20 does.

But if I could point them at a free solution that could take the place of roll20, that might be a boon to the entire larger community.

Do you have any videos showing current gameplay? Or any intro videos showing how to use the system?

Re: Show HN: Screentop.gg – a platform for tabletop games

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

This also makes it multiplatform. While (paid) TTS supports Windows, Linux and Mac, running on a web browser lets you play this (presumably) on an Android tablet, Chromebook, or iPad.

This only works on desktop right now but I do want to support other devices in the future.

Support for mobile is crucial for me and any of the games that I and my groups play in.

I’m not even going to mention your tool to anyone until you’ve made a commitment to full mobile support.

Re: Show HN: Screentop.gg – a platform for tabletop games

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

This only works on desktop right now but I do want to support other devices in the future.

Support for mobile is crucial for me and any of the games that I and my groups play in. I’m not even going to mention your tool to anyone until you’ve made a commitment to full mobile support.

I do plan to! But solo dev with a back log of features so I can't give a concrete ETA.
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