TaleSpire News

Hey folks, in this update, we add a very small feature. When the chat dialog is open, you can now type "!" followed by a dice roll to populate the dice tray with those dice.



This currently uses the same rather limited dice descriptor strings as the dice URLs. However, when we tackle proper dice macros, this feature will be upgraded to support them.

While there is a technical description of the dice URL scheme here, it's not very approachable. Here instead, are a few examples.

• !d12 One D12
  
• !3d12 Three D12s
  
• !2d8-d12 2D8s minus one D12
  
• !3d4+5 3D4s plus five
  
• !Strike:d20 A roll called "Strike" composed of one D20
  
• !d20/2d4 Two dice groups. One composed of one D20, and another composed of two D4s
  

We hope this is useful to some, even in this period before full dice-macro support.

ALSO! For those who want to ask a question during Thursday's dev stream but cannot make it, we have added a channel in our discord server for you. Simply drop your question in #dev-stream-questions, and we'll do our best to address it on the stream.

Until next time,
Peace.

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Heya folks,

Dev Stream World Clock

Just wanted to let you know that we are doing another dev stream on twitch.tv/bouncyrock next Thursday at 10pm Norway time (click here to see the time in your timezone).

This will be a general catchup. We'll show off some stuff we have in progress (such as water tiles) and take as many of your questions as we can in the two-hour slot.

As many people obviously won't be able to make it, we will set up a place to leave questions for the stream. We aren't decided where yet, but we'll let you know as soon as we do.

Hope you have a great weekend!
Bye

Heya folks,

We've just pushed a significant update to the group-movement Beta, so let's talk about the changes you will see there.

NONE! (with some caveats)

Yup! This update is all about behind-the-scenes changes, some of which we hope people will feel rather than see.

First, there is a significant improvement to both single and lasso picking when you have large numbers of creatures.

Using the m1 mac, we've tested selecting groups of creatures from an army of six hundred and are satisfied with the picking performance (for now)[0].

Next, we've worked on the backend communication to send fewer messages for group actions. This is one that you are less likely to feel directly, but it will improve the feature's stability.

Due to the backend changes, we have reset the state for the Beta, so existing boards will be gone.

Ok folks, that's all for now. More news soon!

Peace


[0] Specifically picking though. Large numbers of creatures generally aren't performing that well on lower-end machines. However, we are working on this for the mac release.

Bugbears are training up and ready to face off against heroic adventurers in TaleSpire's latest Early Access Content Pack!

The pack includes the following new assets:

• 3 new Bugbear minis
  
• Beaver mini
  
• Ferret mini
  
• New training props - including targets and a combat dummy
  
• Some new "grim" props (hanging skull, spiked skull, single skull, and spike)
  

Once again, thank you all for your wonderful support!

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You might be scratching your head and thinking, "But I've been using Hero Forge® miniatures in TaleSpire for a while now, right?." It's true that we've been running a beta for the feature for some time, but we can now say it is Officially Available. And to celebrate, we'd like to run a week-long sale of TaleSpire! [25% off the regular price]

[h3]Hero Forge® (https://www.heroforge.com/)[/h3]

For people who might not know, Hero Forge® is an online character creator that allows users to order their designs as custom 3D-printed and Digital miniatures. After overwhelming requests from players, we've added support for connecting to Hero Forge®, allowing players to use their Hero Forge® Digital minis in TaleSpire.



When you connect using the Hero Forge® Access Key, you will also receive the VTT pack of miniatures. This package of 5 pre-designed digital Heroes represents your usual suspects making up an adventuring party.



You can find a guide for how to connect your Hero Forge® account here: https://heroforge.talespire.com/

Hero Forge® Is also running a Sale on Digital Minis, which will run until the 25th of October. Please go check them out!


As this is going out to more ears than our regular updates, we'd also like to highlight the Cyberpunk / Scifi update released in August.

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It was a monumental update with over 650 assets across tiles, props, and creatures; this is the first foray beyond the fantasy sets and is simply brimming with the technological tools any burgeoning cyber-adventurer needs. If you’ve long dreamed of taking a campaign to the dystopian streets, now it is easier than ever!

Of course, we're still doing Fantasy Updates, and we've had a few updates since Cyberpunk & Scifi went out including a Halloween-themed one. Some things we're currently working on are Water Tiles, Ship Tiles, and another Monster Mash.

So watch out for those.

Lastly, thanks for all the continued support. Keep an eye on the DevLog or Discord for more frequent updates, and don't forget to head over to Steam for the TaleSpire Sale!


Have fun!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/720620/TaleSpire/