Play by the Writing

Devlog

• Play by the Writing MacOS - Reuploaded!
  September 15, 2024 by JeansenVaars

  Dear MacOS users of Play by the Writing, We have noticed the AI commands would not work in some MacBooks depending on the circumstance. This issue has been resolved I think, and I have reuploaded the... Continue reading
• PlayBTW now has a pkg one-click installer!
  July 23, 2024 by JeansenVaars

  Hey PlayBTW MacOS users! Finally, after many many many hours of effort, I could manage to bundle PlayBTW in a certified installer. This not only makes life easier for MacOS users but also runs faster... Continue reading
• MacOS malicious check issue information
  April 25, 2024 by JeansenVaars

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  MacBook users of Play by the Writing Thank you for your patience and sorry to hear you get a security warning that blocks you from using the app. With the help of the community, now I decided to rebui... Continue reading
• Play by the Writing v3.10 Released!
  March 17, 2024 by JeansenVaars

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  #solo, #rpg, #journaling, #tool

  This time for more real, PlayBTW significantly faster after some changes in how PlayBTW is built :slight_smile: Overview : Performance boosts! PlayBTW now is compiled differently, so it works faster t... Continue reading
• Play by the Writing v3.02 Released!
  March 16, 2024 by JeansenVaars

  This update makes PlayBTW slightly faster by making the scripts lighter - FIXED: Smaller executables help in faster PlayBTW response - FIXED: Faster build from source by removing redundant steps - CHA... Continue reading
• Play by the Writing v3.01 released
  March 05, 2024 by JeansenVaars#solo, #rpg, #journaling, #oracles, #tool

  Dear Play by the Writing players! Special thanks to Jeremy W. for supporting during my absence, submitting a patch that fixes various annoyances. Please enjoy! and feel free to join us on Discord FIXE... Continue reading
• PlayBTW v3.0 for MacOS released
  February 20, 2024 by JeansenVaars#solo, #journaling, #software, #ai

  Dear PlayBTW players in MacOS, I have uploaded the build version 3.00 for MacOS. The previous installation instructions were, unfortunately wrong, they were corrected: Unzip and merge the archive Play... Continue reading
• PlayBTW v3.0 Released!!!
  February 16, 2024 by JeansenVaars

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  #solo, #journaling, #writing, #software

  Dear all PlayBTW players! Happy to announce there's a new major version of Play by the Writing. This version's focus is to enable the utilization of your user home folder, to store Play by the Writing... Continue reading
• PlayBTW 2.11 AI fix release
  January 23, 2024 by JeansenVaars

  Hey all PlayBTW players, Sorry, AI command :aistart and :aichat were broken in the previous release :( This has now been fixed. Thanks for reporting this. Cheers JeansenVaars... Continue reading
• PlayBTW 2.10 Update!
  January 17, 2024 by JeansenVaars

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  Dear PUM players, This new version of PlayBTW introduces a new command called `:update` which pulls the latest version of tables from the GitHub. This way, I can introduce new random tables or make ch... Continue reading
• PlayBTW Update + MacOS Support!
  January 04, 2024 by JeansenVaars

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  #solo, #journaling, #macos

  Dear Play by the Writing players, Now you can use PlayBTW in MacOS! You would need to extract the macos zip file into /Users/Library/Application Support/espanso/ Also fixed an issue with other languag... Continue reading
• PlayBTW 2.06 Released with Genesys dice
  December 28, 2023 by JeansenVaars

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  #solo, #rpg, #journaling, #software, #espanso

  Hey PlayBTW players, Sorry for the frequent releases, hoping to stabilize it soon. After OpenAI API deprecations and other things on PUM side, it's been intense, but good :) This release allows you to... Continue reading
• PlayBTW 2.05 fixes AI commands
  December 26, 2023 by JeansenVaars

  Sorry folks, an update in the OpenAI Python API borked the latest build, so here's the update. Should be working fine now. No functional changes whatsoever. Cheers JeansenVaars... Continue reading
• PlayBTW 2.04 Released
  December 26, 2023 by JeansenVaars

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  #solo, #tools

  Updated to PUM v7-8 Added support for custom decks (in text form) Documented ALT+SPACE command which shows all available commands Added labels so all tables can be used with ALT+SPACE Added new comman... Continue reading
• PlayBTW 2.01 Linux version available
  December 19, 2023 by JeansenVaars

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  Hi PlayBTW players, Linux build is now available for you! cheers! JeansenVaars... Continue reading
• Play by the Writing 2.01 Release!
  December 19, 2023 by JeansenVaars

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  #solo, #tool, #rpg, #journaling

  Hi all PlayBTW players, To expand on top of latest 2.00 release, I have added an amazing set of table browser using espanso's labeled search. Now, by just typing :mythic or :pum or :sum or :gum, you'l... Continue reading

  
• Play by the Writing 2.0 (Huge Release!!!)
  December 17, 2023 by JeansenVaars

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  #solo, #rpg, #software, #tool

  Dear Play by the Writing players, After many hours of work I am super glad to release (FINALLY!!!) an updated version of Play by the Writing. Here the changes: Mythic GME updated to 2e User defined li... Continue reading

  
• Play by the Writing 1.35 Release
  October 17, 2023 by JeansenVaars

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  Thank you, AstralTomate for letting me know about missing GUM v2 files in the build. Now fixed. Also updated to GUM v2 rev9. Enjoy JV... Continue reading
• PlayBTW - Release 1.32
  April 16, 2023 by JeansenVaars

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  Updated to GUM Rev5 Harmonized outputs of dice roller... Continue reading
• PlayBTW now supports GPT-4 and GUM rules!
  April 07, 2023 by JeansenVaars

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  Dear all Play by the Writing followers, This tool now unlocks chatting with OpenAI latest Chat-GPT models directly from your PC, anywhere. Additionally, you will now be able to play Game Unfolding Mac... Continue reading

  
• PlayBTW Now has AI Memory and Images
  December 22, 2022 by JeansenVaars

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  #ai, #ttrpg, #solo, #rpg, #gpt, #chatgpt

  Hey PlayBTW folks, PlayBTW can now remember what has been prompted before on the AI, and on top of that, it can also generate images on the fly too! (works on Markdown, i.e. Obsidian). Have fun with t... Continue reading
• Play by the Writing updated with ChatGPT AI
  December 20, 2022 by JeansenVaars

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  #solo, #rpg, #espanso

  Dear all Play by the Writing users! hope you were having fun with this tool. I have updated OpenAI library, improved the AI Complete model to the newest and hottest GPT-3 Model by OpenAI. Everything w... Continue reading

  
• Play by the Writing update for Linux
  November 20, 2022 by JeansenVaars

  Sorry PlayBTW players, the last 1.16 linux version was broken. Updated to 1.18 and linux package. Thank you so much Solo Historias for letting me know... Continue reading
• Play by the Writing 1.17 Released
  November 06, 2022 by JeansenVaars

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  Updated to PUM v5.3 Updated to SUM v4.0-Preview Fixed :mre command (Mythic random event) Fixed: added missing -8 variants to Mythic checks Fixed: clarified meaning of 'Yes favorable' Fixed: PUM :perso... Continue reading
• Play by the Writing now Open Source
  September 15, 2022 by JeansenVaars

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  Dear all, Play by the writing source code is now available here, in case you are curious, or would like to customize it further. The installable version will still be available here of course, the pri... Continue reading
• PlayBTW 1.8 now supports SUM!
  August 29, 2022 by JeansenVaars

  Dear all Play by the Writing players! I have included the scripts required to run the Scene Unfolding Machine (SUM) , which can be downloaded from here https://jeansenvaars.itch.io/scene-unfolding-mac... Continue reading
• Play by the Writing YouTube video!
  August 01, 2022 by JeansenVaars

  An example and setup instructions in video format! Plus updated Plot Unfolding Machine to revision 19. Best wishes to all!... Continue reading
• Play by the Writing PUM Updated and Mythic!
  July 27, 2022 by JeansenVaars#solorpg, #mythic, #pum

  Dear Play by the Writing users, version 1.3 now includes Plot Unfolding Machine (Revision 16) and Mythic GM Emulator. Please note that Mythic tables are not included, but a template file is added so y... Continue reading
• Play by the Writing now on Linux
  July 21, 2022 by JeansenVaars

  Hey PlayBTW players, this tool is now available on Linux :) Just follow the INSTALL.md instructions and get it working in no time. Tested only on 64bit. Best!... Continue reading
• PlayBTW v1.2 Update Notes
  July 21, 2022 by JeansenVaars

  Hi everyone! I have updated Play by the Way with the latest oracle updates of https://jeansenvaars.itch.io/plot-unfolding-machine Revision 11, plus improved the text formatting of some of its oracles,... Continue reading
• Play-BTW v1.1 released with OPSE support!
  July 19, 2022 by JeansenVaars

  Hello everyone! Thanks to those who tried Play-BTW for Espanso. Update v1.1 includes support of One Page Solo Engine which is a popular solo rpg one pager, and on top of that, I updated Plot Unfolding... Continue reading