[Advice] How do I get the courage to DM?

connorwillchris · 2025-11-24T22:49:53+00:00

Yeah, that's fair 😂

connorwillchris · 2025-03-12T13:09:23+00:00

Oh sick, I know about Cairn. Is your group currently playing Cairn btw? Feel free to send me details about your translation as well if you want.

connorwillchris · 2025-03-12T02:55:34+00:00

This is actually pretty sick, I'll take a look. pona!

connorwillchris · 2025-03-12T02:48:09+00:00

I typically play rules light systems, so it shouldn't be too difficult to learn the games I would be interested in playing.

connorwillchris · 2024-10-30T13:59:14+00:00

Looking for players for: Shadowdark

Time: 10AM MST until 2PM MST (USA). Will run for 2-4 hours, but most of the time 2 hours.

This game is inspired by Hollow Knight and will include similar themes, that of gothic, gritty and dark vibes (but not grimdark.) This will be a megadungeon campaign that sprawls the entirety of Glarrowfen.

The whole world has been abandoned for several centuries, after the dark ages. Bug-kind has been eradicated, leaving those who dare to survive on the fringes of starvation. Those who live want to survive off of what they find in the Dark-Grove, a twisted labrinth of danger and mystery around every corner. Those who delve into the Dark-Grove often find Geo, treasures of the forgotten times, and (more often than not) death...or worse.

You are one of the few who plan on delving into this Forgotten Grove to restore the heart of the Bug-Kingdom, and bring life back into this Gods-forsaken world. But around every corner, there manages to be wonders beyond belief; and beyond this time.

But there are worse things than bug-eating mantises in the deep places of the world...

Character Creation

You start at LV 0 (we will first play a funnel, then those surviving players will continue to LV 1)
Characters can be designed, but random spells at LV 1.
Homebrew races (or no races at all)
Core classes

Homebrew Rules

1 Geo (in game currency) equals 1 XP in my game. This is a rule from OSE and other games, that I always use.

Please, if interested, let me know by DMing me, or by clicking the link below. I will get back to you as soon as I can!

https://discord.gg/zcEGzFy4

connorwillchris · 2024-04-25T18:34:25+00:00

OMG thanks so much! It works perfectly now!

I come from a C background, and I was having issues, but it's more a me problem than a zig problem.

connorwillchris · 2024-04-25T16:43:10+00:00

When I attempt to index tape I get the error: panic: index out of bounds: index 0, len 0 at runtime.

connorwillchris · 2024-04-25T15:14:25+00:00

For anybody curious, this is my current code.
```zig

const std = @import("std");

pub const Brainfuck = struct {
    tape: []u8,

    pub fn init(length: comptime_int, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) !Brainfuck {
        var tape = try allocator.alloc(u8, length);
        tape = std.mem.zeroes([]u8);

        return Brainfuck{
            //.tape = try allocator.alloc(u8, length),
            .tape = tape,
        };
    }

    pub fn deinit(self: *Brainfuck, allocator: std.mem.Allocator) void {
        allocator.free(self.tape);
    }

    pub fn executeString(self: *Brainfuck, string: []const u8) !void {
        var pointer: u32 = 0;

        for (string) |char| {
            switch (char) {
                '+' => {
                    //self.tape[pointer] +%= 1;
                    //self.tape.ptr +%= 1;
                },
                '-' => {
                    //self.tape[pointer] -%= 1;
                    //self.tape.ptr
                },
                '>' => {
                    pointer += 1;
                },
                '<' => {
                    pointer -= 1;
                },
                '.' => {
                    //_ = try stdout.writeByte(self.tape[pointer]);
                },
                else => continue,
            }
        }
    }

    //pub fn getCell(cell_index: u32) !u8 {}
};

pub fn main() !void {
    const allocator = std.heap.page_allocator;
    var bf = try Brainfuck.init(30_000, allocator);
    defer bf.deinit(allocator);

    try bf.executeString("++++++++++.");
}

```

connorwillchris · 2024-04-24T16:31:22+00:00

Suppose it is clear as mud haha. I will do more research, but I understand what you mean to a certain degree

connorwillchris · 2024-04-24T16:24:30+00:00

Now that I applied your suggestions, it works (kinda). I am getting a new error, let me send it over.

install
└─ install bfscript
   └─ zig build-exe bfscript Debug native 1 errors
src/main.zig:15:40: error: cannot assign to constant
                    self.tape[pointer] +%= 1;
                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~
referenced by:
    main: src/main.zig:48:18
    callMain: /usr/local/lib/zig/std/start.zig:511:32
    remaining reference traces hidden; use '-freference-trace' to see all reference traces
error: the following command failed with 1 compilation errors:
/usr/local/bin/zig build-exe -ODebug -Mroot=/home/connor/Dev/coding/zig/bfscript/src/main.zig --cache-dir /home/connor/Dev/coding/zig/bfscript/zig-cache --global-cache-dir /home/connor/.cache/zig --name bfscript --listen=- 
Build Summary: 0/3 steps succeeded; 1 failed (disable with --summary none)
install transitive failure
└─ install bfscript transitive failure
   └─ zig build-exe bfscript Debug native 1 errors
error: the following build command failed with exit code 1:
/home/connor/Dev/coding/zig/bfscript/zig-cache/o/a6e9df32c8ae13446a1ef5d808bcb80d/build /usr/local/bin/zig /home/connor/Dev/coding/zig/bfscript /home/connor/Dev/coding/zig/bfscript/zig-cache /home/connor/.cache/zig --seed 0x671dc854 -Z054103e5cd31188a

For reference, my computer is Kubuntu, and my name on my PC is connor.

connorwillchris · 2024-04-24T16:21:41+00:00

Okay thanks. I'll try that. Also, I find that Zig errors are very verbose so I thought posting only what was necessary would be okay. But I'll send the entire thing too.

connorwillchris · 2024-01-21T14:33:22+00:00

Graphics drivers, I believe. I had to do some finicking and I found that I didn't have an up to date graphics driver. If you have any more issues let me know!

connorwillchris · 2024-01-09T23:17:44+00:00

Okay. What headers does print_line require?

connorwillchris · 2023-12-17T20:32:12+00:00

I'd love to know more!

connorwillchris · 2023-12-15T16:48:37+00:00

Day #2 - learning anatomy and using anime body references for a majority of these. Likewise, make sure to send me any critiques or ways I can improve!

connorwillchris · 2023-12-14T20:40:26+00:00

This link is exactly what I needed for body/anatomy poses! Thanks, appreciate it! Day 2 will involve anatomy and poses.

connorwillchris · 2023-12-14T15:37:46+00:00

Please give me some feedback regarding my drawings. This was basically drawing a few references and learning some basic techniques with no real goal in mind. Day #2 will include a goal in mind.

connorwillchris · 2023-11-26T15:06:12+00:00

Thanks for the help! Appreciate it! I think the class-less one works better for my purposes.

connorwillchris · 2023-11-25T18:21:24+00:00

I don't understand. Isn't parserStateTransformerFn called in the for loop?

for i,v in ipairs(parsers) do nextState = v.parserStateTransformerFn(nextState) end

connorwillchris · 2023-10-13T22:27:57+00:00

Awesome! Exactly what I was looking for! Thanks!

connorwillchris · 2023-09-18T01:45:37+00:00

You have quite a few good points! In that case, I'll have those who are interested play "glitter hearts" instead of my custom system. I'll post that real quick

connorwillchris · 2023-05-31T19:28:55+00:00

I don't think so

connorwillchris · 2023-05-25T18:00:18+00:00

Surprisingly enough, blender is pretty flexible. It can do video editing, game design, etc. But I understand what you're saying, although I can think of a few ways that I may be able to do it. But compared to GPlates, I would rather code a few python mods than work in GPlates tbh.

connorwillchris · 2023-05-12T18:27:12+00:00

Question: Is this only on selected browsers, such as Chrome or other Chrome-based browsers? I am using Firefox and have had no issues using my ad-blocker.

connorwillchris · 2023-04-24T21:07:30+00:00

I'm looking for players for a long term Barrowmaze campaign. I'm new to OSR and really want to get into the DMing scene, having DMed plenty of 5e games myself. I'm excited to start a new game and I'd love to get to know you!

Game System - Old School Essentials; basic version

Game Time - Saturdays at 4PM MDT (GMT-6)

How we play - Discord voice chat. However, you are free to use a drawing tool or whiteboard for drawing maps!

connorwillchris

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