Ironwood Omnimedia

Undoubtably, the Character Creator will be the most commonly used aspect of the DPnP suite of tools. As such, it is the most anticipated program and the one I hear the most requests for. However, the CRM, being the lynch pin of the entire system, had to reach a certain milestone in development that will allow me to actually build the Character Creator. I am happy to say that I have reached that stage in the CRM development and that the Character Creator is under development.

I had, some time ago, began some development of the Character Creator (CC). I had done this to dable with some ideas I had on its look and interface while also trying out some of the development I had already completed in the CRM to make sure this stuff would talk to eachother properly. After some initial builds, I stopped to refocus on the CRM, particularlly rewriting the items dll.

With the DLL finnished and the new item functionality complete, I began to build some content to use. This meant using the CRM as it is intended to be used by you, our customers, when it is released. I build about a hundred items, mostly weapons and armor, and included all the skills, powers, spells, and races that would be needed. Now, I have a small campaign resource file that will be used to help with the development of the CC.

The CC, at this point, is largely in interface design, more than functionality. Ballancing how the information is entered by the player is the first challenge, and not an easy one. Already I am having to make some tough decisions on lay out. 

Unfortunately, I woke up not feeling too well today. My daughter has been sick and I am worried I may have finally caught what she has had. I am writing this at the moment with while a faint dizzyness has me feeling clouded and light headed. I am not sure how productive I will be today or tomorrow. Still, I am exited about what is happening and I am looking forward to seeing how much gets accomplished over the next week. That will give e a pretty good gauge of when I may be able to release both the CRM and the CC>

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