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diff --git a/2023/talks/solo.md b/2023/talks/solo.md index 5410352f..24d8ac4d 100644 --- a/2023/talks/solo.md +++ b/2023/talks/solo.md @@ -43,6 +43,91 @@ About the speaker: Howard often gives technical, work-related talks at EmacsConf, but here he is talking about playing games in Emacs. +# Discussion + +## Questions and answers + +- Q: Where can I get this? + - A: <https://gitlab.com/howardabrams/emacs-ironsworn> +- Q: How well would this suppliment freefoxm writing. short novels or + novels? + - A: I think it would be a good start. It is just an org file, so + you can go as far as you\'d like with the writing. +- Q: Does the current version also have some utilities for doing + multiplayer? (either physically or digitally) (since you mentioned, + you previously did multiplayer sessions as well..) + - A: Nope, it is just Solo, but that does sound like a fun idea. +- Q: This game + CRDT (collabrative editing + <https://github.com/emacs-straight/crdt.git>) should be great for + non-solo playing? + - A: Perhaps, I\'d like to try it out. +- Q: How does one become super awesome like Howard Abrams?? + - A: \"There\'s no secrets! Just follow your passions!\" + - Seriously inspiring. +- Q: Please talk a little about how you produced such a slick + presentation video! Everything looked completely professional! + - A: <https://emacs.ch/@howard/111506614571155011> \"My son helped + me record my presentation for \#emacsconf and we were able to + achieve an over-the-top show that will evoke the feels \... from + snickers to eyerolls.\" +- Q: Does table data allow for recursion? I have a table that when I + roll on it, a result comes up that references another table (e.g. + result that returns \"There are \[random monster\] haunting the + cavern entrance\" and we\'d roll on \[random monster\] and inject + them into the result.) + - A: Yes. +- Q: With your toolkit a list of good books would be nice to be + included. example d&d, space, steampunk, cyberpunk settings +- Q: Hi Howard and Thanks for an outstanding presentation!!! What did + you use to create the graphics in your presentation? + - A: I don\'t really know. I will have to ask my son, as he did + the editing and directing. +- Q: Any plans to borrow tables from Dungeon World, or + Ironsworn:Starforged and publish in the toolkit repository? + (<https://github.com/lifelike/Dungeon-World-Org-Mode>) + - A: That does sound like fun. +- Q: How has this impacted your imagination on the scenes? (e.g. + constraints by algorithms) + - A: Yes, writing creatively can be very helpful in many other + aspects of your life. +- Q: Your essay/video \"Literate DevOps\" I consider a classic, and + it\'s really opened my eyes on org-babel and what you could do. Do + you still use those techniques at work? Have you come up with any + improvements or changes to your workflow? + - Yup. Still do. + +## Notes + +- Ironsworn Emacs project code: + <https://gitlab.com/howardabrams/emacs-ironsworn> +- Note that this code depends on my earlier project: + <https://gitlab.com/howardabrams/emacs-rpgdm> +- The alpha version of a RPG Toolkit code: + <https://codeberg.org/howardabrams/emacs-rpgtk> +- Really cool project! - Also the enthusiasm for the topic is really + contagious! +- \"Every time Howard publishes a talk, I end up doing one more thing + in a new radical or literate way inside Emacs - currently looking + into how to go about literate snow shoveling for the winter ahead.\" +- I can see this one is going to be a classic +- the camera and lighting already has me sold +- Such a vibe! +- can I just (require 'howardism) and be done with it all? +- i love this so hard +- "Howard's talk is published on the site now" "I'll be in my bunk" +- Holy CRAP Howardism WINNING EmacsConf2023 +- Could we add this to emacs beside dunnet? +- Howard's stuff is always great. this particular thing is totally unchained. :D +- "Howard approaches your table in the tavern. Do you (1) buy him a tanker of mead (2) kill him and eat his brain" +- "Not showing-off," he said. +- That was epic +- Happy Hacking! +- What's the emoji for a crowd picking Howard up on our shoulders and carrying him around +- there's a peaceful aspect of having non web based stuff to play + - Non-web, and not-networked! +- the web is horrible. lisp machines are the future. +- Imagine playing D&D with colab (from the previous talk)! + [[!inline pages="internal(2023/info/solo-after)" raw="yes"]] |