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Depending on the usability, I'd definitely pay for something like that, especially if the character sheet functionality was solid. Tablet (iPad) preferred, of course.

I had thought of including something like that in my own iPad app I had started working on (see earlier thread asking for feedback), but I've pretty much given up on accomplishing even the original plans for it, so...

Are you doing a separate sheet for animal companions /familiars etc?

Oh yeah. The app is definitely in a pretty unfinished state, so there's a lot of stuff still missing. Towards the top of that list is pages for Spells, companions/familiars, a "background" page (for things like character history, detailed physical description, and a character portrait) and a general "Notes" page. So yeah...it'll be in there at some point.

Also as a matter of personal preferences I'd prefer the combat general bonuses as possibly a header in the weapon breakdown box. Others may not agree.

I'll think about it. It would be a bit redundant with the "Attacks" section on the same page, but might be worth it. Unless you were thinking to just move the Attacks box to be above the Weapons box?

Fonts are Ok, not crazy about the background color/style.

Any suggestions of what you would like to see? My plan is to have a small selection of backgrounds to choose from, mostly textures, but with at least a few solid color options (white/gray/beige at the very least).

Could you add a column for modifiers in the Skills box? It's easier on the GM to reference when checking/breaking down bonuses.

There are a couple of columns in the skills table that only show in expanded/editing mode. My preference is to only show the really necessary stuff in "view" mode, but if folks really thinks it's useful to see all the time, I'm definitely willing to add more detail where necessary.

I'll try and post a screenshot of this later today.

Overall, good stuff and thanks for doing this.

Hey all! So...I've been trying, for months, to make progress on a pet-project character sheet application for the iPad. I've made a reasonable amount of progress, but nowhere near enough to make it really useful. My biggest problem, really, has been trying to maintain motivation when I have no real input to the project but my own. I'm also pretty busy (3 young kids, plus a day job), so it's been tough trying to get much done at all.

But...I'm hoping you all can help. I could really use some folks that would like to see the finished product, and would be willing to help (or at least give some feedback) with some of the non-programming tasks. While I'm a fairly decent iOS developer (it's my day job), I'm really not much of a graphics guy, so I could definitely use some input on layout and fonts/graphics and such. Even better would be someone who could help generate any images where it might be needed. Also, since I barely have time to make any progress on the actual coding part, I could also really use some help generating the data files (XML and/or JSON) that I need as reference data for the app. Not necessarily anything coding related (although someone that can pull the appropriate data using scripts wouldn't hurt), just someone that could cut-and-paste stuff from available OGL sources into XML/JSON data files.

Everything is currently publicly available on Github (info and screenshots), so check it out and let me know what you think.

Anyhow...that's my plea. Any help (even just feedback on layout/design) MUCH appreciated.

Thanks!

While I wouldn't mind them toning down the skeumorphism a bit, I really REALLY hope they don't go too far in the Windows Phone direction.

But...that's just me...

If you want XML docs go for combat manager, there is almost everything you might need there.

I looked at that, but...it's a Windows installer, and I'm on a Mac, so...not much luck...

Hah...I've been trying forever to find XML or JSON I can use with no luck...where did you see XML documents?

iOS here

1) iPad 3
2) iOS 6.1
3) touch
4) list of apps and usage:
a) PFR - for PRD reference books
b) Character Folio - character sheet
5) 6
6) Both of the apps I use are a bit clunky and don't exactly have great UI...BUT, they are both functional for their purpose and they more-or-less get the job done.

Looks pretty good. I'm currently tackling the same thing, just as an iPad app rather than a web-based app. Managing the data sets and the rule processing is definitely not easy...

Hey all,

I've been slowly making progress on a character sheet app for the iPad (early stages still), but being on the engineering side I could really use some help on the graphics/design side of things (button/texture graphics, helping to decide on fonts, layout, etc.).

If anyone is interested in helping out, drop me a PM...

Hmmm...we should talk. I've been working on something myself, but starting from the other end.

I'm primarily interested in a live character sheet app, but seem to be sucking in more and more reference data to support intelligent functionality (selecting race/class/feats/spells, etc. and having it reflect onto the char sheet fields). So rather than having the user search for reference data, the reference data would be viewed/accessed via appropriate spots in the character sheet (kind of like the Character Folio app, if you've seen that one, but with a significantly different UI paradigm).

Also, I have a LOT of iOS UI experience (it's my day job) but have been avoiding any kind of server-side work like the plague.

So while I may not be able to help you directly (I want to work on my own app first, in my limited spare time), we might be able to help each other in indirect ways (i.e. you could help me with data conversion, I could help you with bits of iOS code, something like that).

Well, it looks like I'm going to have to resort to, basically, manual creation and updating of my datasets. I couldn't find anything else even close to fitting my needs. Ah well.

I'll try posting a link to some screenshots once I get something even close to worth showing, and maybe ask for some volunteer help at that point.

So I've been searching for a few days, but can't seem to find anything concrete...but has anyone out there done the work of converting applicable content (particularly Races, Classes, Feats, Spells, etc.) into any kind of XML format?

I suppose it would be fairly trivial to convert the d20pfsrd.com Trait/Feat/Spell DBs from Excel to XML, but wasn't sure if such a conversion would be "complete" (include all important data fields). Also, of course, those don't include Races and Classes, which are the ones more immediately interesting to me.

So...anyone out there tried this? Any success?

For the curious, this is for yet-another-iPad-character-sheet app.