gmills82 / jrpg

JRPG Combat Timer for tabletop gaming

JRPG Combat Timer for Tabletop Gaming

I'm creating a simple web interface that mimics some of the functionality of old Japanese RPG combat systems. Specifically, I am replicating the timer progress bars. Final Fantasy 3 (6 in Japan) is an example of a game with this type of combat system.

My plan is to use this system at the table while playing Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. Player Characters (PCs) will have an initiative they enter and a combat speed. Initiative is an existing stat which helps determine starting order of combat turns. Combat Speed is a new statistic for PCs.

Formula for determining combat order

• y = mx + b
• y = combat position
• m = combat speed
• x = the given round
• b = initiative

Combat Speed

• rate of change of combat order
• some function of a character's dexterity ability score and constitution ability score

Tech Stack

• Spring Data JPA to make it easy to query models
• Spring Data REST to automatically wire up REST endpoints for our domain models
• Spring-Boot application
• Maven for dependency management
• Angular.js for SPA HTML front end
• ui-bootstrap module to integrate Twitter Bootstrap UI components into the Angular app
• Twitter Bootstrap for base styling

No front end build system is used at this time, due to simplicity of the application.

Running the application

• Run mvn spring-boot:run inside the root folder
• Example urls include:
  • http://localhost:8080
  • http://localhost:8080/api/combats