Kuriboh Dice Companion is a dice rolling application for the Nintendo DS. Designed by Erik Houdini. I carry a DSi with me basically everywhere I go, and I've found it to be sorely lacking in applications that are useful within the material context of the DS as a secondary device. The form factor of the DS enables it to be set on a table, it's very object oriented in a way your smartphone isn't. A dice roller app seemed like a logical choice for a first homebrew app, given that situations that involve dice, usually have a stationary element to them, you play the game on the table. You set the DS on the table, this object oriented material condition of the console predicates what applications would be used in an era where, you can just install a dice roll app on your phone. Pressing the A button is still tactile, similar to pressing the top of a dice popper from a classic board game, it's digital yes, but there's something specific about having a device that can live on the table during the game session. "let me open the dice app back up I was checking IG" never happens on the DS. I think this type of dialectic in relation to application development is going to be where the real potential for the console in a modern sense comes from.
Features
Roll any combination of 4 dice.
D4, D6, D8, D10, D12 & D20 dice.
A Coin Toss
Optional Sum Calculation
Custom per roll modifiers
Saveable Presets
Stylish UI inspired by "The Dark Spire"
Controls:
A or L/R - Roll Dice
B - Clear Dice Pool
X - Save Dice Pool as Preset
Left/Right Switch to Preset or Dice Roller page
Download here: https://houdini-magazine.itch.io/kuriboh-dice-companion
Tested on Twilight Menu++ on a Japanese DSi, untested on other devices. Works in MelonDS with minor graphical bugs that are NOT present on real hardware.
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