If you’re considering submitting a feature request, I encourage you to read through this post. Whether or not your feature is implemented is determined (mostly) by how well it aligns with the traits laid out here. The Disconnect in the World of Virtual Tabletops Most virtual tabletops try to provid…

I really like this! From a more general perspective, having guidelines about how you think about the project and what direction you want to take it is a really helpful metric for deciding whether to accept or reject a feature request, and gives you a very clear way to communicate why you might not …

[image] xymostech: A lot of GMs who use similar tools are probably often hardcore power users, so I can imagine them wanting a lot of things that would not be user friendly. … I think this is probably the place where you’re going to get a bunch of feature requests and going to have to say no. …

For me, the case for hi-res is really limited to importing a photo/image of an existing published map. That’s the one “map creation” area that would be a boon to me as my adventurers make it through Curse of Strahd.

I’m really appreciate how thoughtful you’ve been with this approach. I’m just starting my first online campaign, and I think this is really going to help. I didn’t have any interest in using the other systems out there, but I think this is exactly what I need.

A quick question about your design choice. Why have you wanted to digitalise only the mat, and not the dice rolling? If you cannot keep all the rolls on the same webpage and instead need to be sat around a table with real dice, why not just use a real wet-erase? Does it boil down to purely technic…

Shmeppy is run by one person (me) and I have limited time and resources. Every new problem I try to solve for my users is (essentially) another product I need to design, develop, and maintain. In this case, if I made a dice rolling feature, that would be time I’m not spending making Shmeppy’s wet er…

I was reflecting on the “stay abstract” focus for Shmeppy. I do think staying abstract is a strength for the product. But I was also thinking that many folks out there are looking for very concrete tools for their games. From what I’ve heard anecdotally from walking into game stores in the past, it…

[image] Nick_Louie: I think it is a good question about why would someone choose Shmeppy over a wet-erase. Oh I missed question the first time. I’d say that you shouldn’t choose Shmeppy over a wet-erase mat generally. Shmeppy is designed to help with online campaigns, where a wet-erase mat is…

Do you think it is always true that a wet-erase mat seems better for a small party at a big table? I do think Shmeppy has benefits that a wet-erase wouldn’t have, like being able to save maps in the “vastness” of the VTT. Also to potentially create maps quicker than drawing on a big board. For the …

Love this philosophy! Thanks for making this software!

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