I built a virtual tabletop for playing Dungeons and Dragons
Diceright is a virtual tabletop for playing dungeons and dragons with friends on the web. You can watch a quick overview of how it works here: https://tinyurl.com/diceright. And there’s a list of the main features right on the homepage. It’s a Ruby on Rails site that makes heavy use of action cable for keeping the maps and tokens in sync for all players. On the front end, I’m using HTML canvas for the maps and a js library called fabric.js for interacting with the canvas. Otherwise, just jQuery on the front end. I optimized it all to work on mobile too. I built this as a side…
I built a virtual tabletop for playing Dungeons and Dragons launched on October 12, 2023 with 395 votes, #70 of 4,393 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
In plain words
Diceright is a web-based virtual tabletop for playing Dungeons and Dragons with friends remotely. Built with Ruby on Rails and featuring real-time synchronization of maps and tokens across all players, it uses HTML canvas and Fabric.js for interactive game boards. The platform is optimized for both desktop and mobile devices, allowing players to manage campaigns and characters through a browser without requiring additional software installations.
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Diceright is a virtual tabletop for playing dungeons and dragons with friends on the web. You can watch a quick overview of how it works here: https://tinyurl.com/diceright. And there’s a list of the main features right on the homepage. It’s a Ruby on Rails site that makes heavy use of action cable for…
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