dddice Blog

Opting in to the community dice library & EULA updates

Owing to feedback we have received from the community, we at dddice have decided to make a change to our community dice library. We will be making inclusion of dice in the library an explicitly opt-in feature. As we have begun to monetize the service, we want to make sure

dddice is rolling into beta!

It's been quite the journey since the project kicked off in October 2021. The app, the community, the dice have developed quite a lot in that time. We are now ready to take the next step in that journey and move the software into beta! On April 11th, there will

Integration

Integrating dddice into the "HP Tracker" extension for Owlbear Rodeo

🎲This article is a guest post by Josh, the developer of the HP Tracker extension for the Owlbear Rodeo Virtual Table Top. He is also a founder and developer at bitperfect a custom software company. — ♥ Celeste Bloodreign While DMing with Owlbear I realized I needed more functionality for running my

Dice creation

How to make your dice remix friendly using emissive maps

🎲This article is a guest post by NatoPotato, one of our featured community dice creators. He recently updated many of his themes to enhance their remixablity! We asked him to share his process with our community. — ♥ Celeste Bloodreign I'm sure some of you have seen a cool looking dice set,

Best Online Dice Rollers for You and Your Party in 2024

The landscape of online TTRPG play has seen substantial growth in recent years. Platforms like Twitch and YouTube host vibrant communities of D&D and other RPG streams, while numerous new Virtual Tabletops (VTTs), character generators, and GM toolkits have emerged into the limelight. In tandem, a variety of apps

API

Authenticating with dddice in Quest Bound

🎲This article is a guest post by Curt, founder of Quest Bound. He recently integrated dddice's 3D dice into Quest Bound, and we asked him to share a post on the process! — ♥ Celeste Bloodreign If you had to pick one thing that all tabletop RPGs have in common, you'd probably

Integration

Building the dddice symbiote for TaleSpire

Symbiotes are a unique take to third-party extensions that the developers at Bouncyrock are taking to allow the community to expand its functionality. The name symbiotes is very apt. Unlike other extension methodologies the symbiote is not subordinate to TaleSpire nor given free rein to change everything. Rather, TaleSpire allows

3D Dice for all your damage type needs 🔥🥶🤢💀🌩️ pt. 1

With the release of particle effects in v0.13.0 we have had some really cool submissions. These effects can really bring out the elemental nature of the dice. Read on for a list of dice to enhance the viauals of your elemental attacks! 🔥 Fire The first dice that come

API

How To make dice in Blender and import them to dddice using gLTF

In previous blog posts I have explained how to upload dice set via our API, and even how to use Blender to update the dice models. In this article I will walk you though the process of creating a set of dice completely within Blender and use the dddice API

Integration

Building an extension for Owlbear Rodeo 2.0

Third-party extensions are a tried and true method of allowing the general community to add functionality to an existing piece of software. I'm sure I don't need to remind you of the plethora of browser extensions that have become available over the decades since browsers made such available. As of

Resources Featured

Playing Tabletop Role-playing Games Online without a VTT

Virtual Tabletops (VTT) have undoubtedly made tabletop role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons more accessible and approachable. VTTs and similar software have also helped other tabletop systems such as Pathfinder and Call of Cthulhu explode in popularity. What is a VTT? A Virtual Tabletop is a piece of software that

Release Featured

3D Dice at Scale

dddice is a simple platform to roll 3D dice with friends. Well ... we say simple but the infrastructure that powers over 60,000 rolls (and growing) has also grew in complexity. Our users depend on us for their game nights and there is nothing worse than something going wrong during

Dice Games to Play in a Tavern

So your party has a night in a tavern. It's been a long journey and now everyone is looking forward to relaxing, having a pint of grog, and tossing some dice around (perhaps winning some copper?) We've compiled a small list of dice games you can play while enjoying your

Dice creation

Using the dddice API to Create Your Own 3D Dice Themes

While we do have an editor for our online dice, one that let's you remix our themes or even create your own, it has its limits. If you want a truly unlimited dice creation experience you need to use the API, and core to that is understanding the dddice manifest

Best Online Dice Rollers for RPGs in 2022

Since the pandemic, more and more tabletop role-playing games have been happening online. This has fueled a huge surge in apps to help mediate the online experience - from Virtual TableTops (i.e. VTTs) to character sheet apps, encounter builders, and world builders. In this article we will be focusing

Graphics

Pride🏳‍🌈 and Predju(dice)🎲 and Custom UV Coordinates 📈: a Three.js and GLSL story

Thus far in our series we have created custom GLSL shaders that animated numbers, and outlined faces -- one a phong shader and one a toon shader. In this installment we go into more depth on our multi-uv coordinate set models and then even edit them in blender. All to

Graphics

Adapting Three.js Toon Shader for Cartoon-y 3D Dice

In this installment of our series on shader programming we show you how we modified the toon shader code on Three.js to create cartoony dice that have outlined faces. Last time we explained how we added the fade in effect for hidden rolls, and we will start with something

Graphics

Customizing Three.js Phong Shader for Animated 3D Dice

One of our core goals for dddice.com is to build a platform to enable the community to create amazing 3d dice that they can share with the world. Computer graphics has always been a passion of mine. A friend and I somehow convinced the high school shop teacher to

Release

Use 3D Dice Anywhere with dddice v0.3.0

dddice (pronounced three-d-dice, i.e. 3D dice) is a platform to roll and customize 3D dice with friends. v0.3.0 is, by far, our biggest yet. This release introduces the first version of the dddice API which can be used to create custom dddice integrations and dice themes. This