I built the ultimate tabletop gaming gadget
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- Опубліковано 27 бер 2024
- We all love dice, right? They roll, they uh... roll more. They're great, but they've been the same for thousands of years, let's mix it up a bit and build Mr. Dice, the ultimate digital dice rolling gadget.
In this video I use a Rasperry Pi Pico along with a custom PCB, some off the shelf components, and a bit of 3D printing to bring this thing to life.
PCB Production provided by NextPCB.com
Historical photos provided by The Metropolitan Museum of Art and WikiCommons.
Licensed assets and music provided through MotionArray.com - Наука та технологія
A few quick corrections:
0:36 - I managed to spell both “Egyptian” and “resembled” wrong in the same paragraph. I am deeply ashamed of this.
7:06 - I said “angle” fish I meant “angel” fish. I am ashamed of this as well, but not quite as deeply.
But seriously, issues like this are the exact same problem I had with the screen wiring. I get too distracted with the big picture and forget to go back and double check previous work. These are all small mistakes but there’s definitely a lesson for me in here about slowing down and checking the details!
I have the same problem
what was the oled module u used ?
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why you didnt put usb out from pi directly from box? ...
@@user-wc5yd1zz3cIt's a SSD1351 from Amazon
Next version needs "Shake to Roll". Looks great.
Honestly, that's a pretty cool idea and probably isn't that hard to implement.
@@victorscarpes Just use a cheap tilt sensor. Search "vibration metal ball shaking switch" or similar.
I was thinking this too.. select your dice, then shake it to roll..
Eventually I'd probably also animate the dice rolling.
yes.
@@victorscarpesAdd an accelerometer and have it press an input after it reaches a certain threshold.
For those wondering about the d10, the case itself is already a ten. Great video!
:) thanks so much
Wouldn’t the case by a d6?
@@JoZaHandle10/10 :)
@@JoZaHandleno, there are technically 10 sides
@@frostbite3756that’s a box. More simply, a cube. A cube has 6 sides.
“Dice are one of my favorite objects, they are up there bananas and trucks.” Thank you for clearly establishing your autism credentials up front, now I can fully trust you on this videos subject matter.
Nothing more trustworthy than a dedicated autist that needs to spill their hyperfixation, honestly
Fun story: in school we made our own PCBs using sharpies and an acid bath. You got the PCB and drew the traces on with sharpie and put it in the bath. Then when it comes out the acid has taken away the copper leaving where you drew untouched. I believe it’s called Acid Etching. This was for Electronics. I felt so baller cause mine had a lil pokeball Easter egg and also the words “I miss it. The steel sky” as reference to my two favourite games at the time. Ah to be a child again.
Oh, didn't know you could just use sharpie. We made such PCBs in uni with a laser printer
i did this too! one of my favorite classes
9:00 slick sleight of hand XD
I had to rewatch it to make sure it wasnt a really good cut in the video xD impressive
@@TheDizzyVids lol me too. smooth
@TheDizzyVids there's a cut at 9:03 (unless he somehow flipped his hand faster then I can see at 0.25x speed)
@@TheDizzyVids me too lmfao. " most replayed" for a reason that was sick
Just try making a Patreon. Plenty of fans would probably love to chip in, especially if you make the print files and schematics and code of your projects available for them to test out after subscribing to it. just something to think on to maybe help prevent you from having to take a soul-sucking job to keep doing this stuff.
This is a good idea - I’ll look into it more.
And additional bug testing
@@abetoday yes you have a great sub count and selling a batch of your projects would or merch would get you to a better place financially. Please do this there is no reason with your sub and view count that you wouldn't be able to sustain yourself also streaming some while you work on your projects could earn you some more viewers and a bit of cash on the side.
I’d honestly pay for this if it was a product, yes more expensive than actual dice but definitely a conversation piece at the table and the convenience is cool!
Same, I actually hate lugging my bag of dice to my DnD games, this would make life so much easier!
Your hand drawn sketches are really nice ✨
Thank you!!!
0:30 my favorite fact about dice is that the original 6 sided dice like the one shown in that photo were frequently made of animal's knucklebones, which is the reason why the phrase "roll the bones" exists. It's because they were literal bones that ended up getting markings to denote each side.
People also frequently carried and used their own special dice, and they were so integral to some cultures that people were frequently buried with their own dice.
I love the texturing of the front and back covers. Crazy all you need is to print it differently on the bed. I could see a lot of use cases for that.
You should called it the Dice Butler
Next version, add the D10, it will help with games like D&D.
I really like the little suit design haha
Also congrats on 100k! Insane you've blown up so fast, but you definitely deserve it 🎉
Thank you so much!! I'm glad you like it and thanks for watching :)
@@abetoday 👑
Dice Butler (tm)
The DnD community will build you a monument 👍
Most of us don’t have a 3d printer with carbon steel filiment
*fiber
@@JackCat101yeah but 3D printers are cheap now. You can buy a decent one for $300. Considering you can spend up to $100 on D&D books and how much people spend on miniatures and stuff. And if you do get one you can print scenery and terrain for not just DnD but all tabletops.
And actually a lot of people that play DnD do have a 3D printer.
Also CF filament isn’t needed. You could just print in PLA+ or PETG if you want that semi transparent look.
It’s like saying most DnD players won’t own a gaming console or PC. lol. Look at a Venn Diagram of people that 3d print and people that game/play DnD.
Personally I haven’t been in a group for years that hasn’t had at least two of us that can print stuff. It’s not as exotic as you think.
The only issue is that you can only do 5 dice at a time. In DnD sometimes you have to throw a lot [of dice] like Rogues that use sneak attack. Like my character ATM. A swashbuckling rogue that needs to be able to roll 6d6.
@@razerow3391 A bit cheaper even on fb market place from people who want just the slightest upgrade.
You designed that in TinkerCAD?! Holy shit, impressive work. I would never try such a feat with anything other than a proper CAD program.
Yeah I don’t know why tinkercad just speaks to me, I can’t explain it
@@abetoday I mean, you clearly found your tool when you can create stuff like this. Awesome work, man!
Same man I only use tinkercad for very basic modifiactions. Learned cad on inventor and solidworks so I cant even begin to picture a full project workflow on tinkercad.
Tinkercad honestly is the easiest to modify existing models for me. Just an easy import and no fuzz@@NiSE_Rafter
@@NiSE_RafterI do 3d printed firearm frames in tinkercad. It's far from ideal, but I only ever learned Autocad, and can't get a license to it. Tinkercad just seemed simple enough that I could pick it up over a weekend. Need to switch to fusion 360 soon tho lol, running Into tinkercad a limits pretty hard.
it would be cool to add a vibration motor, like the TapTic engine from an iPhone or the HD rumble motors from a Joy-Con, to vibrate when a dice is being rolled
Spend a bunch of money on epic dice: Be happy
See this: Well shit....
Glad you are still able to make videos going forward 👍. The black and white on the case is SO CLEAN
overkill idea: settings menu lets you select the RNG algorithm being used.
Welcome back to the grind! Love your positive take, and I hope the channel continues to grow!
Thank you for the support and kind words! I really appreciate it!
I don't think I've ever seen the d10 be this disrespected.
Great build tho
It is the least satisfying dice to roll tbf (tied with d4)
You have every right to be proud of this little neat device. It's quite amazing, the whole build really is self contained and a nice bundle. I'm glad you shared this video so we could take part in enjoying it too.
Dude...this is awesome, glad I found ya...what a interesting time we live in...Had to wait since 1980 though but its been a fun ride thus far...I look forward to your other stuff...
This looks great bud! Happy to see it work out so well for you in what seems like one shot. Super clean build :)
Thank you so much! There’s always a bit more iteration behind the scenes that can’t make it into the video, but it was definitely a smooth build over all, glad you enjoyed it!!
Super cool, I'd like to see more of these videos! You explain everything very well, and your ideas are interesting. Thank you for the content!
The display pin out issue is hilarious 😂 really cool project!!
Dude this is such a dope video and really informative! Thank you! I’m definitely inspired!
Glad you are looking at working a job as an opportunity. Just came across your channel and subbed. Very cool!
I love your videos!!!
thank you for watching!!
Wow, great video! It’s a fun concept, and seeing it actually come to life was awesome. Props for following through and ending up with a finished product, even if you started this as a “just-for-fun” project!
Thank you so much for the kind words!
This is incredible, well done! Would love a video showing how you built the UI in a bit more detail.
Not only is this a really cool project and result but you did a great job making it feel accessible. Like I might be able to figure it out with some study and practice. Not a lot of these kind of build videos feel that way. Awesome work!
I've been toying with KiCAD and the idea of making a pcb for a new Pico project, I love the final dapper dice roller you came up with!
I love that theres a whole history lesson on the first few minutes. Would love to see more extensive research with my content creators.
Shake-to-roll would be a fun feature
Super cool build! Love the deep dive into board and UI design
Amazing modeling! I was never able to make such a design in tinkercad
I would totally buy some of these, or the print files, program and instructions to build one myself. This is really neat!
Love this, you’re super underrated!
I have had the same idea for a while, this finaly got me to start!
Cool build. I was worried when I saw you miss out the D10 on your planning sheet because I thought you were going to have each option be a physical button, but since it's done in software you can pretty easily update things if you every play a game that requires that die. The actual design on the case came out great; your little man is looking sharp.
It's really cool but there's two things I would change about the device.
1 - One of the most fun features of dice is how fidgety they are. Maybe add a rumble engine that shakes while the dice are rolling?
2 - In D&D one of the most known rolls is 8d6 damage from fireball. While it is a meme, increasing the dice limit to 8 would fit that nicely and cover most non-shadowrun use cases.
I realize both of these would probably impact the size of the thing, the first requiring space in the case, and the other would need more screen space to display the dice efficiently, but I think they're worth exploring
love the little slight of hand you did there with the reveal! :D
I'm really glad that this was recommended to me because your videos are insane! I got so shocked at the in regards of the work/youtube thing because I honestly thought this was 1+M every vid type of channel that I somehow missed.
I reallly hope this video blows up even more than the pokedex one!
I would 100% buy this, this is awesome!
I hope your videos keep reaching more subscribers and you become a more successful youtuber😊.
I LOVE the concept drawings you do soooo much!
Thank you so much!! I really appreciate the kind words!
I just realised how long these projects take when I started a project. I have to wait months for the accelorometer
Yes definitely, especially with custom parts you can waste weeks. This is why getting videos out at any consistent pace requires very careful planning, it's quite tricky!
Great video, thanks heaps for your time and putting this online for us all to see :)
Thank you for watching!
Super cool build!! Watching your videos always inspires me to pursue my own hobbies! I'm currently learning C# as a hobby, and this makes me want to go learn more 😂
So sorry to hear that the channel isn't stable enough to support you full time, but I love your attitude about it! I think a lower pressure environment could be a really good thing for the channel and you! Always looking forward to the next video! Keep building!
Editing was amazing in this video Abe!
thank you so much!!
Great build!
I LOVE these kind of stuff
This is a great product, I'm sure people would want to buy this. Thanks for the video.
You could have added 3D dice roll animations using some matrix multiplications. It would have made it look so awesome. Anyway the build is very COOL 😎!
How does that work? i'm curious cause i'm inspired to make on of my own.
Bruh this is super cool.
Thanks so much!!
This is so freaking awesome!
Everything about this video is amazing!
Thank you!!
For me, the ultimate tabletop gaming gadget would be a map fog simulator.
This is an AMAZING project! I want to make one myself!! Thanks for the inspiration dude
This was awesome. Hoping to learn from these!
Thank you! I hope you will too!
Love this! I had a similar idea a bit back, but I wanted to incorporate it into a book, so that when you opened it, it rolled the dice on a screen inside. Buy my programming is rudimentary at best so it never got off the ground!
This is insanely cool!
Another fantastic video love it
Thank you so much I’m glad you enjoy :)
I would recommend figuring out the ironing settings for your printer and plastic and "iron" the front cover for more smooth surface without those infill and perimeter lines
Great stuff! Subscribed!
I would suggest to newd a different button to exit from the "result of full die roll" screen so you dont skip the result if you are rolling a bit too fast.
Other than that it looks great!
this is so great! keep up the good work :3
The step from banana to truck for favorite 3d objects is wild. I love it
what an awesome project!! i need this :D
Would buy this, it looks super cool, I love it.
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Neat gadget that looks fun to design and make as a hobbyist, look reminds me of an old school Digivice. But just the feeling of dice is why I like them, most are polished resin or hard plastic but they almost have an ivory feel and have a fidget nature to clack around in your hands. I actually own a mahjong set for that reason, they are of similar finish and are just fun to fiddle around with.
This is so cool!!
Crazy cool!
The need for this is great for a dice goblin such as myself
Congrats!
adding your customs dice can step this up a notch but other than that this is awesome
Yes! Maybe next version I’ll add custom options.
This is so cool! Would love to see a coin flip added in a future version. Wish it was for sale!
Keep an eye out! I'm hoping to do a version as a kit!
Excellent work! I would love to try to make something like this.
No clue how viable or easy it would be, but an option to custom input dice sizes, to use like a d7 or a d13 would be a neat concept.
1:40 The name wasn't the only thing that changed, a fundamental gameplay aspect was removed. The Landlord's Game had an option for cooperative play, and that was removed in Monopoly.
So what I would add to this would be the ability to save a dice roll, then call it back up. I would also consider adding an option to have more total dice by instead of having each die be separate, have multiples of the same type of die ganged together.
And then maybe be able to designate one die as being separate from the dice that are the same, or else when you add a particular size die, you can have as many of that type as you want, but then you can add that same kind again as a second die so that you can see it separately
What a cool little tool, i love the design!
Thanks so much I’m glad you liked it!!
Now I also want a smart e-ink GM's Shield to pair with it (maybe with auto rollable tables?) awesome work btw!
I would definitely buy one for sure
i'm sorry to hear about the little fallback.
good news is the algorythm recommended one of your shorts to me last night, that's how i got here, so good luck!
been here since the beginning. still like christmas when a video roles around
Thanks for the support friend!!
I LOVE THIS
Neat! Gotta demo it for us in a game or campaign 🎲
It would be cool to add a feature that would add any modifiers to your roll
Good job !
What a great project!!! woulld be great to add a way to create dice with custom faces for game specific dice.
This is super dope
Cool project
an excellent dice companion for discerning individuals!
Thanks man! Appreciate the support as always!!!
What application did you use to design the GUI?
it looks like aseprite! its an app for pixel art!
@@scottangelides9237 I think you might be right. Thank you!
I can just hear the hardcore dice nerds now.
"ITS NOT RANDOM BECAUSE ITS DIGITAL."
Ah, it would be so awesome
Dice Goblin here... Could not care less that is digital I'm looking for the components to build one... No dice Goblin collection is complete without weird dice, got a spinning wheel dice from Kickstarter but need a digital one now ;)
Fair enough, thank you dice goblin for your dicey wisdom
@@splashuwu7501 oh no i have no wisdom to spare just greed... Greed for all kind of dice, electronic, mechanical, square, conical, virtual real... All sorts in the end dice are all that separate my characters from death :D
@@ArtemisEntreri81 fair enough lmao
The battery joke deserves a like :D