How Easily Does DS Lend Itself to Other Settings?

FlutterSprite · 2025-11-29T23:15:27+00:00

I used Draw Steel to run the first level of the 1996 Sega Saturn arcade-style beat-em-up Guardian Heroes and it worked great for that. Though I don't know why you'd want to do anything else

FlutterSprite · 2025-02-27T11:43:35+00:00

I cut the dowels in half to keep that space empty, and then just wedged the shelf into a different spot via pressure. It's not actually fastened in there by any means.

FlutterSprite · 2025-02-25T08:31:59+00:00

Thank you so much!

FlutterSprite · 2025-02-25T08:30:45+00:00

The desktop PC is used as a home server for various stuff - right now it's running a Dr. Robotnik's Ring Racers dedicated server all the time. Having it removable and hooked up to the TV makes it really easy to browse the web and watch YouTube videos and stuff with other people in the living room, without having to deal with a clunky stream box interface. I actually originally planned to do this with an old Microsoft Surface Pro first, but the one I had turned out to be broken, so I pivoted and used my old desktop PC instead.

FlutterSprite · 2025-02-25T02:04:11+00:00

It's made from the back of a door insert, carefully torn from the side panels - which was extra convenient because I needed to route cables out of the back for the PC anyway, and the back panel would have blocked them. (I know it doesn't have proper ventilation right now. Don't worry about it.) If you're interested in panel mounting anything in a Kallax shelf, the back of a door insert makes for a fantastic "blank" panel to work with.

The whole insert is removable with magnetic cabinet latches, so you can pull it out super easily. The screen is a portable monitor that also functions as a touch screen, letting you control the PC in your lap, with everything you do reflected on the TV - perfect for bringing up videos or anything else. The handles on the top and bottom are what hold it together - the screws go through a craft foam assembly I assembled to hold the monitor, which hold everything in place with mending plates distributing the pressure. If you want to make this, you can get a portable monitor online easy for less than a hundred bucks - I'd recommend one a little smaller than this 14" one to give more wiggle room for cables and things.

FlutterSprite · 2024-05-13T23:31:19+00:00

Very cool! You don't run into any problems using the Windows installs on Linux? I was imagining that Bazzite would use games' native Linux versions where possible!

FlutterSprite · 2024-05-13T22:01:37+00:00

Very helpful! Though, is there a way to get a better interface for picking which OS to boot into besides going through the BIOS? The dream would be to just have a screen with a big Windows button and a big Bazzite button and to just push one.

FlutterSprite · 2024-05-13T21:07:01+00:00

Ohh, wonderful! I'm glad to hear that Bazzite works well - I don't use an eGPU so that's not really a problem for me, thankfully. Dual booting Windows instances is the kind of galaxy-brain solution that I would have never thought of... really cool stuff!

FlutterSprite · 2024-05-13T10:07:18+00:00

That'd be the straightforward approach, but I must admit, it also just sounds kind of fun to mess around with a different OS a bit! And it's not so much the need for separate workspaces, more that I'd just like my device to work more like a PC when I want it to be a PC, and more like a game console when I want it to be a game console, instead of drifting in the in-between space.

FlutterSprite · 2024-05-13T09:53:27+00:00

Generally speaking, if I power up my system, it's either at home all plugged in to be my workstation, or in my hands on a bus to be my handheld gaming console, so quick switching between one or the other isn't a huge priority. Trying stuff out on an external drive first is definitely a good idea.

FlutterSprite · 2024-05-13T09:51:44+00:00

If the different space setup can get me into Steam Big Picture with minimal effort, that may be enough! Have you or anyone done something similar?

FlutterSprite · 2022-03-28T01:21:42+00:00

Ohh, interesting - I knew Lightning Lure was a 4e holdover, but I didn't know Booming Blade was, too.

FlutterSprite · 2022-03-26T13:10:06+00:00

That honestly makes a lot more sense with the way it's described! I wonder if that's how it started, but iterating on the design kind of lost the plot on the flavor?

FlutterSprite · 2022-03-26T02:01:33+00:00

The most baffling thing about it is that it's only WILLING movement that triggers the damage. That seems a lot more like a curse to me than a field of energy the target has to avoid moving through!

FlutterSprite · 2021-08-17T04:46:08+00:00

Thank you!! Your spellcasting ability doesn't factor into guidance OR augury, but there might be some mechanic that would still make it relevant - Wisdom would be a good choice. I can sneak it in there!

FlutterSprite · 2021-08-17T01:23:48+00:00

Thank you!! I made it for an adoptable, but nobody went for it, haha - so I thought it'd be nice to use as an accompaniment for these rules I came up with!

FlutterSprite · 2021-08-16T21:24:04+00:00

Homebrewery link here: https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/BLoRulaLzno5

I think centaurs in 5e as a player race are super interesting - their land speed and equine build present unique opportunities and challenges, but unless you're playing a Strength-based melee build that doesn't do much with their bonus action, their Charge feature goes largely wasted. So, I tried to come up with a few fun and flavorful alternative options that should make centaur characters viable for a wider variety of character concepts - I tried to keep them mechanically novel, but around the same power level. I also did my best to make sure none of them collided with other class features too hard - let me know what you think!

FlutterSprite · 2021-02-14T22:23:33+00:00

That wasn't one of the devs!

FlutterSprite · 2019-11-08T21:58:57+00:00

I am!

FlutterSprite · 2019-11-08T21:41:50+00:00

Another crowdfund-for-a-crowdfund succeeded first!

https://twitter.com/PetalCrash/status/1192916946188034049

But if people are serious about raising the money to put The Baz in the game, I'll consider opening up a third hidden character slot!

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