New Anathema Character Management - Anathema Reincarnated

[Elkovash]

Consider me a tester. I'll get it set up on my PC at home to run my live game and also adjudicate my for funzies tournament so there will be a lot of testing done over the next few weeks.

I'll let you know in here if I run into any issues.

[Arian Dynas]

Thanks much. We look forward to the feedback.

[haren]

Wasn't Anathema an official stretch goal? Or was it just one of those things that they couldn't find anyone who wanted to program it?

[TGUEIROS]

The whole of the official support seems to be to get the Anathema developers the rules a bit before official release so they can have a headstart.

Thats what I understand from the subject.

[guildsbounty]

Well, we last heard from Urskr on the present state of Anathema only about 2 months ago, and the code is actually public on github for anyone who wants to take the pre-existing codebase and work on it

https://github.com/anathema/anathema_3e

So, I'm not convinced that Anathema is quite dead yet...but it would be nice to see more options pop up.

[CameraObscura83]

is there a way to get this to work on the Mac? forgive me for being someone inept at this, any help would be appriciated

[The Unsung Hero]

The whole of the official support seems to be to get the Anathema developers the rules a bit before official release so they can have a headstart.

Thats what I understand from the subject.

This is true. The money from KS was to hire a "go-between" for passing along rules while it was in development. Now that the game is "out" I don't know what official support is needed. All the rules are there for the extracting.

[prototype00]

This is true. The money from KS was to hire a "go-between" for passing along rules while it was in development. Now that the game is "out" I don't know what official support is needed. All the rules are there for the extracting.

I mean, if Anathema had been released soon after the official release (actually it is still "soon after", so hope springs eternal), there would be a great deal more rejoicing. But Urskr seems to be quite busy at the moment, and if some talented fans want to get Anathema into my hands quicker with the official rules, I say all the blessings of the Unconquered Sun to them.

prototype00

[pcontop]

Hey, if you need a java dev to help, I'm available to help. Unit testing, you say?

[AtG]

Did you include this pull request in the code you built from? https://github.com/anathema/anathema_3e/pull/1

[Arian Dynas]

is there a way to get this to work on the Mac? forgive me for being someone inept at this, any help would be appriciated

I'll talk to Kenai and see if we can do anything. No promises though, neither of us are very familiar with Mac.

Did you include this pull request in the code you built from? https://github.com/anathema/anathema_3e/pull/1

I suppose the cat's out of the bag, actually...

To be entirely honest, we didn't actually use any of Urskr's code. This version of Anathema is actually entirely coded by Kenai using his stuff, or google library code.

Basically, Urs' code uses a very different paradigm than what Kenai uses, which is also why Kenai is of the opinion that it's what slowed down development of the original Anathema. We began coding this version of Anathema less than 3 months ago. He's been working on it in earnest for slightly more than 5 weeks.

[Kenai]

is there a way to get this to work on the Mac? forgive me for being someone inept at this, any help would be appriciated

I don't have a Mac for testing, but as far as I know you should just be able to run it (assuming that you have Java 8 or newer installed).

Hey, if you need a java dev to help, I'm available to help. Unit testing, you say?

Yep! Drop me a PM with your skype contact info!

But Urskr seems to be quite busy at the moment, and if some talented fans want to get Anathema into my hands quicker with the official rules, I say all the blessings of the Unconquered Sun to them

That basically sums up why I'm doing this. We need Anathema for our Friday game, and I have some massive issues with the GNU GPL... so I'm making a new version. If anything, I'm hoping that this takes some of the pressure off of Urskr. He's an incredibly important figure in the Exalted community, and I find the thought of his burnout disturbing (from a human interest point of view).

[CameraObscura83]

Ah hmm I'll try ? It didn't seem to work when I tried it earlier

[Kenai]

Ah hmm I'll try ? It didn't seem to work when I tried it earlier

If you still can't get it working, pm me. Once we get a fix going I'll make it an official part of the project.

[AtG]

I suppose the cat's out of the bag, actually...

To be entirely honest, we didn't actually use any of Urskr's code. This version of Anathema is actually entirely coded by Kenai using his stuff, or google library code.

Basically, Urs' code uses a very different paradigm than what Kenai uses, which is also why Kenai is of the opinion that it's what slowed down development of the original Anathema. We began coding this version of Anathema less than 3 months ago. He's been working on it in earnest for slightly more than 5 weeks.

Oh yes I am familiar with Urs' codebase, and if you are writing a new system I don't think there is any problem with starting over.

(This isn't intended as snark, Anathema is just like any other long-running software project.)