A dm ide

[martixy]

Nice title, eh?

If it doesn't make sense, skip the thread.

Those who know... is there some software out there that can basically act as an IDE for role-playing campaigns?
Like, the whole shebang - autocomplete, macros/snippets, scope-awareness, UML, extensive hotkey support and all the other nice things we're used to having in these wonderful pieces of software.

Bear in mind I am very short on cash.
So Realm Works is way out of my league. At least for the next couple of months.


Edit: Bloody hell, why does the forum mangle my thread's title.

[Totema]

As a python enthusiast, I could try to cook one up myself.

[martixy]

I too am a python enthusiast, just not experienced.

But when I create complex characters, I usually write their attack routine calculators in py.

However... either python has incredibly good libraries, or you're really enthusiastic. Cuz you know... writing an custom IDE is usually not a trivial matter.

But I'd be willing to help.
If you're experienced and can stand a newbie(at python), page me and I will answer.
I could use some a lot practice.

[Faxn]

There are actually many free options that mostly meet your requirements. I've used macros in MapTools to handle attacks of npcs and monsters even when the game was played on a physical board, and I use a desktop wiki(Zim, but there are others) to keep campaign notes.


If that's not enough and you do go on with making your own ide, I would like to try to help too if it's open sourced on github or something. I would mark myself as more than a newbie and less than an expert with python.

Referenced tools:
http://www.rptools.net/
http://zim-wiki.org/

[martixy]

This may actually very well be precisely what I need.
Especially zim.