Traveller Campaign Management Software: Update #2
December 22, 2008 in Gaming, RPG by Michael
As mentioned previously, I’ve been working furiously on a new suite of software tools for Traveller GMs. I’m calling it the IISS Operating System, with the working fiction that it’s software used by the Scout Service. I’m using the Mongoose Traveller rules set as the basis of the tools, but hope at some point to offer alternate traveller versions. Regardless of your rules set of choice, IISS OS will be useful.
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IISS OS is designed to help a Traveller GM create, develop and run a campaign. All the information generated is stored in a database. Below is a list of the feature set I’m aiming for, although some of it may beyond my programming abilities for some time!
- Sector, Subsector and System generation (partially completed)
- Character/NPC Creation (partially completed)
- Animal Creation (completed)
- Organizations (completed)
- Campaign Time, Calendar and Events (partially completed)
- Random Word Generation (Vilani, Vargr, Droyne, K’Kree, Aslan, and Solomani) (completed)
- Random Patron Generation
- Encounter Design
- Encounter Manager
- Combat and Skill checks
- Space Combat
- Starship Creation
- Random News Generation (completed)
- Publishing to websites, blogs and campaign wikis
- Random Dice rolls (completed)
- Links to all major Traveller websites (completed)
As you can see from the above, there’s still a lot to be done to finish the program as I envision it. But, I’m getting close to a point where I can begin providing beta copies for feedback and testing purposes. If you want in on the test, let me know!
6 Comments
Looks like this could be very useful.
One suggestion:
Please Use hex-maps and not square-maps for the subsectors. You only need to shift each other column down half a row. If You need a hex-map as a backdrop, then You can create one using the QuickHex generator.
Yes, absolutely, I’ll be using hex maps. Its going to be a time consuming affair to get it all arranged properly, so I decided to come back to the display after I’d finished the rest of the basic functionality of the program.
Looks interesting. Too bad for me its a VB app. Still, good luck with completing it.
Hello Michael,
As you proposed, please feel free to ask me, I’d like to test your beta copies of IISS Operating System and I would send you feedbacks
As first suggestions, may I ask you if it would be possible to have trading goods and laws included in the random world generation, please ?
I will watch my rss to know when the beta copies will be available.
Thanks in advance for your work.
Totbung
I’d love to test out your software if you’re still taking Beta Testers. I’d even like to write a review of the product on my roleplaying blog once you feel it is to the point where you’d like to start giving the program some press.
I would also like to beta test, if it isn’t too late. Could you please contact me or send download information to whtknt (at) cableone (dot) net. Thanks.