Author Archives: Roy

Quick Tutorial: PyQt 5 Browser

Posted on August 1, 2018 by Roy

Dear Future Googler, If you are reading this you’re probably trying to find out how to display webpages in PyQt5. I bet you’ve been finding a bunch of tutorials written for QtWebKit but can’t get them to work, right? Don’t … Continue reading →

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Dicecord Chatbot Outage

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Roy

The Dicecord Chatbot will be going offline on November 27th until around 8pm UTC. The desktop app will work fine in the meantime.

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Making Chat Bots Seem More Human

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Roy

When I first started working on Dicecord I got a great piece of advice: “The best dicebot feels like another player at the table.” This is something I really took to heart and a trait I’ve been looking to improve … Continue reading →

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Dicecord v1.11 Release

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Roy

I have just uploaded Dicecord v1.11 this is mainly just bug fixes, with some placeholder code for an eventual addition of a spell casting UI. Check below for the changes. Source code can be found on github and the new … Continue reading →

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Discord 1.1 Release

Posted on May 3, 2017 by Roy

Today I am launching Version 1.1 of Dicecord. The most visible change people will see is the addition of Vampire: The Requiem as a supported game. In addition, there are a lot of back end changes that make the code … Continue reading →

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Dicecord Vampire – Update 2

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Roy

Welcome to weekly update 2 of the Dicecord Vampire project. This week I completed my objectives. I built a new kind of object for displaying Vampire morality, I added a vitae display widget and I turned the merits object into … Continue reading →

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Dicecord Vampire – Project Update 1

Posted on March 25, 2017 by Roy

It’s been a while since my last weekly update! After getting Mage finished in Dicecord I decided to take a short break but this week I jumped back on the project. The first issue I had to decide was which … Continue reading →

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Dicecord 1.02 Now Live

Posted on March 11, 2017 by Roy

Dicecord 1.02 is now live. Visit the Dicecord page to download the latest version. This is a minor update with some bug fixes, UI tweaks and some back end changes to prepare for adding Vampire: the Requiem. You can view … Continue reading →

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Dicecord 1.01 is Now Live

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Roy

Dicecord 1.01 is now live. Visit the Dicecord page to download the latest version. Please visit the changelog for a summary of the changes. You can view the code on github.

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Dicecord 1.01 Changelog

Posted on March 5, 2017 by Roy

Rather than make a full project update this week I will share a changelog between the Dicecord v1.0 (soft release) and v1.01 (public release). The installer will be compiled and uploaded later, but in the meantime you can view the code on github. Continue reading →

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