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I need an in-game calendar/dayplanner! Ideas?

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Gen Kitty
Forum Champion
My group has recently expressed a desire for a calendar/planner in-game. It doesn't have to be API-based. I'm curious what solutions various groups have turned to for their Roll20 games. I have an idea or two, but I want to hear other ideas before I start working on this project.
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Gold
Forum Champion
I use the campaign's internal forum and make a "Scheduling session for Tuesday May 26" thread title for each time we plan to play. (Actually I learned to combine the next 3 sessions into 1 post, and then make a fresh post after 3 sessions.) Not truly a calendar, just text and referring to the "Next Game Time" set by the GM on the Details page, which shows/confirms the appropriate time for each individual player's own time zone. So we don't have to talk about the time, and time zone conversions, we just talk about the Date and everyone's availability, and say "refer to the campaign details homepage for the time converted to your time zone". Also I put in the Scheduling thread, "RSVP regrets only" and players respond only if they have a conflict at the proposed game-day/time. If they don't reply it indicates assent. More visual, in-the-game table, what I have done on occasions is make a landing-page, splash page map, with Boxes for different days, or different poll topics. Players can enter the game table at any time during the week, and move their token into the box they are voting for (which could be a proposed game day, or move your token onto a visual calendar). To make blank calendar boxes, you could either use the Drawing Tool and text tool to write the captions, or search for May 2015 Calendar in the art search, or take a screenshot of an existing blank calendar (say from your computer's calendar), put that on the game table with a Token for each Player to move onto their favored times. Perhaps multiple tokens per Player if they can select multiple options/days/times.
Th is -- Mo nt h! -- Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Dragons Kobolds Rats Trash Day Whatever Court Jail 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 You could just make a handout, make it editable by all players with a table. Day Activity Done M kill dragon X T heal fighters X W divide treasure 2,000£ each R F Sa Su
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Gold
Forum Champion
Also.. Here are some related Suggestions & Ideas threads to add something like this as a Roll20 built-in feature. Vote +1 and add your comments to the ones you like, if something like this would be favored for your purposes. Overview schedule <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1481888/overview" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1481888/overview</a>... Calendar to manage player availability and attendance <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1629718/calendar" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1629718/calendar</a>... Way for Players to indicate if they are attending a game <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1426287/way-for-" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1426287/way-for-</a>... Embed Google Calendars <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1307443/embed-go" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1307443/embed-go</a>... Add Next Game Time on Roll20 home page <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1593503/add-next" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1593503/add-next</a>...
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Gen Kitty
Forum Champion
Gold said: I use the campaign's internal forum and make a "Scheduling session for Tuesday May 26" thread title for each time we plan to play. I should have been more specific :&gt; I want to keep track of in-game time, and the players want to keep track of upcoming in-game event/appointments. al e. said You could just make a handout, make it editable by all players with a table. That was my plan, but I wanted to hear what other people did, in case someone had something far more clever than my idea :&gt;
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The Aaron
Pro
API Scripter
My oldest script might be of interest...<a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/907343/script-mystara-calendar#post-1531457" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/907343/script-mystara-calendar#post-1531457</a>
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The Aaron
Pro
API Scripter
(Of course, I have some changes in a newer version I've been working on...)
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Gen Kitty
Forum Champion
Would your calendar support 12 months of 30 days arranged in ten-day weeks, with a festival day every 3rd month? (IE, every equinox and solstice). (The calendar also has a ten-day festival every 10 years, but that festival won't appear in this campaign so I can ignore it, as I can the leapday every 100 years) Does your script have the ability to add events to days yet?
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The Aaron
Pro
API Scripter
The new version supports the weeks, years, festival days, etc. it is intended to support notes as well. How soon do you need it to work?
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Gen Kitty
Forum Champion
End of the week work for you?
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Gen Kitty
Forum Champion
Actually.... My next two big projects are this and fixing all of macros in my 4e game, and I'll be amused if they both depend on scripts from you :&gt; I can do my simple handout idea and that'll tide people over for a good long while; I'd rather you put the effort into the import/export script if I had my druthers.
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Gold
Forum Champion
GenKitty said: Gold said: I use the campaign's internal forum and make a "Scheduling session for Tuesday May 26" thread title for each time we plan to play. I should have been more specific :&gt; I want to keep track of in-game time, and the players want to keep track of upcoming in-game event/appointments. Oh, my gosh. Haha! This probably won't surprise you, but I know of another Suggestion for that too! Didn't mention this one before because I thought you wanted a January-February-March Real World calendar. Clock / Calendar Feature suggestion --- this one is for making game-world or fantasy calendars in Roll20. <a href="https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1274099/clock-sl" rel="nofollow">https://app.roll20.net/forum/post/1274099/clock-sl</a>... On that page I gave a link to an external website which can be used for making Fantasy calendars (which goes back to my earlier suggestion.... you could make the calendar on the external website, Screenshot and upload the image of the cal into Roll20, and let Players use the Text tool to type on this calendar. Try out the external fantasy calendar maker site, if that looks like any help, <a href="http://heldenhaufen.de/Ca" rel="nofollow">http://heldenhaufen.de/Ca</a>
I created an in-game calendar in the Handouts section, using the Table feature that's available in any text area. Took a little time, but it looks good. Keeps track of the passing days, and I also type in significant events which happen on any particular game day. The Handout is visible to all players and they can reference it at any time.
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The Aaron
Pro
API Scripter
GenKitty said: Actually.... My next two big projects are this and fixing all of macros in my 4e game, and I'll be amused if they both depend on scripts from you :&gt; I can do my simple handout idea and that'll tide people over for a good long while; I'd rather you put the effort into the import/export script if I had my druthers. Yeah, half finished with that one.. just got the import part left to do... =D