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diff --git a/2023/info/solo-after.md b/2023/info/solo-after.md index 72d4e014..f3f4dd34 100644 --- a/2023/info/solo-after.md +++ b/2023/info/solo-after.md @@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ <a name="solo-mainVideo-transcript"></a> # Transcript + +Introduction + [[!template new="1" text="""Hi there, I'm Howard Abrams. You may remember me""" start="00:00:00.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""from past conference talks""" start="00:00:05.560" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""as "Literate DevOps and the Temple of Doom"""" start="00:00:07.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] @@ -32,6 +35,9 @@ [[!template text="""I still managed to sneak in a game of D&D""" start="00:01:13.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""once a week at lunch.""" start="00:01:15.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""This pastime came to a screeching halt with the pandemic.""" start="00:01:17.320" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] + +Solo RPGs + [[!template new="1" text="""I turned to playing role-playing games by myself""" start="00:01:20.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to get my fix. Playing these silly elf games in solo mode""" start="00:01:23.640" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""has been part of the game for many years,""" start="00:01:28.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] @@ -59,6 +65,9 @@ [[!template text="""under the Creative Commons, well,""" start="00:02:38.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I could just download the entire text.""" start="00:02:41.880" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I figured I could just render the entire game in Emacs.""" start="00:02:43.920" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] + +Demo + [[!template new="1" text="""All right, enough talk. Let's get some Emacs action here,""" start="00:02:47.440" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""while I show you a bit of my game.""" start="00:02:51.240" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""When playing a solo RPG,""" start="00:02:55.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] @@ -87,6 +96,9 @@ [[!template text="""of a relic of an ancient people.""" start="00:04:03.880" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I just finished playing out the journey,""" start="00:04:06.400" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""and he's about to enter into the Catacombs of Svala's Blood.""" start="00:04:08.400" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] + +Randomization + [[!template new="1" text="""Why that name? Well, that was actually what came up""" start="00:04:11.760" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""from an extensive random number generator that I wrote.""" start="00:04:15.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""As I wrote more and more functions""" start="00:04:19.640" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] @@ -111,6 +123,9 @@ [[!template text="""I have random tables with the `C` keystroke.""" start="00:05:16.040" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Hmm, weather. Oh, it's summer, so hey,""" start="00:05:20.400" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""it's nice and clear. All right, let's play.""" start="00:05:27.280" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] + +Moves + [[!template new="1" text="""The action in Ironsworn,""" start="00:05:31.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""like other Powered by the Apocalypse games,""" start="00:05:34.240" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""is driven by moves. So, I hit the `m` key,""" start="00:05:37.040" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] @@ -120,6 +135,9 @@ [[!template text="""Here, I'm using orderless with vertico""" start="00:05:52.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""to help me find my choices.""" start="00:05:55.560" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Since I've discovered a site, let's play that move.""" start="00:05:57.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] + +Reference + [[!template new="1" text="""I seldom remember the details for the moves,""" start="00:06:03.640" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""so I figured, why not put the text of the book""" start="00:06:06.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""in an Org file and show it in a side window?""" start="00:06:09.160" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] @@ -129,6 +147,9 @@ [[!template text="""changing the original code. So, let's call this story arc,""" start="00:06:21.120" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Exploring the Catacombs of Svala's Blood.""" start="00:06:25.160" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Ooh, sounds epic.""" start="00:06:31.840" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] + +Story arcs + [[!template new="1" text="""Ironsworn tracks the beats of a narrative,""" start="00:06:34.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""so major plot points take up more room in the fiction""" start="00:06:37.240" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""than minor plot points.""" start="00:06:40.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] @@ -154,6 +175,9 @@ [[!template text="""At any point, I can see how much track is being made.""" start="00:07:35.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""So, for instance, this one seems to be""" start="00:07:40.640" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""about a third of the way through.""" start="00:07:47.240" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] + +Using different stats + [[!template new="1" text="""So, let's dive into this ancient place.""" start="00:07:48.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Since I've been walking through a misty forest,""" start="00:07:52.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I can imagine vines hiding an immense door""" start="00:07:55.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] @@ -179,6 +203,9 @@ [[!template text="""And I don't have any modifiers.""" start="00:08:55.760" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Just about every one of my stats prompts me""" start="00:08:57.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""if I want to add or subtract any values.""" start="00:08:59.560" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] + +Dice rolls + [[!template new="1" text="""A miss. I should explain how the dice roll in this game.""" start="00:09:02.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""The downside to Ironsworn is that""" start="00:09:09.880" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the dice mechanics are more cumbersome than other games.""" start="00:09:13.400" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] @@ -188,6 +215,9 @@ [[!template text="""Of course, I programmed this in Lisp,""" start="00:09:25.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""but when I displayed it, I wanted to see all the dice.""" start="00:09:28.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And I also just wanted to see the end results.""" start="00:09:31.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] + +Dangers + [[!template new="1" text="""So I colored it. I rolled a miss,""" start="00:09:34.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""which means I need to reveal a danger.""" start="00:09:37.480" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Sure, I could imagine all sorts of dangers,""" start="00:09:39.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] @@ -200,6 +230,9 @@ [[!template text="""What about a labyrinth full of hallways and levels""" start="00:10:09.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""with lots of choices and almost no way of finding them?""" start="00:10:13.320" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""Yeah, that sounds like it fits pretty well.""" start="00:10:16.600" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] + +A strong success + [[!template new="1" text="""Time for another move. This time, we're going to""" start="00:10:19.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""gather information,""" start="00:10:26.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""see if we can figure out which way to go.""" start="00:10:28.800" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] @@ -228,6 +261,9 @@ [[!template text="""and pick it up another time.""" start="00:11:41.200" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""I think you get the gist of how I play""" start="00:11:42.400" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""this dice and pencil game in Org Mode.""" start="00:11:47.000" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] + +Other solo RPGs + [[!template new="1" text="""However, I found more solo RPGs to play.""" start="00:11:49.680" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""And of course, I want to render them in Emacs too.""" start="00:11:54.040" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""This code for Ironsworn was a bit too specific,""" start="00:11:57.320" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] @@ -249,6 +285,9 @@ [[!template text="""more often than others. I'm working on generalizing""" start="00:12:50.880" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""the character sheet attributes as Org properties,""" start="00:12:55.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""so if you're interested, check out the project at Codeberg.""" start="00:12:59.960" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] + +Conclusion + [[!template new="1" text="""The point of my presentation is not to show off Ironsworn,""" start="00:13:04.720" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""how I programmed it, or even this new toolkit.""" start="00:13:10.360" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] [[!template text="""You see, most engineers,""" start="00:13:14.080" video="mainVideo-solo" id="subtitle"]] |