Mach Dice makes D&D dice slightly less nerdy (I think)
Mach Kobayashi’s virtual dice rolling simulator “Mach Dice” does what most of us thought could not be done – it makes rolling Dungeons and Dragons dice cool. Well, cooler, anyway. It even throws in some pseudo holographic goodness for good measure (and actually exists, unlike David O’Reillys phantom-app iHologram).
I’ve made no secret of my love MotionX Poker, and it looks like Mach Dice has bested even MotionX’s dice-rolling physics. While MotionX will roll the dice based on your shaking of the iPhone and the dice will bounce realistically into one another, Mach Dice will actually roll dice based on the angle of the phone, as well as perform some pretty cool perspective tricks based on the the iPhone’s accelerometer. Check out the video below to see the programming coolness.
Unfortunately, aside from the the actual dice rolling SIM, there is no real game here – Mach Dice is meant to serve as a substitute for physical dice, and that’s it. Of course, at only 99¢ it is a small price to pay for never being caught by a girl with a bag full of 20-sided dice.
August 24th, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Hey my wife and I (yes i’m married to a girl) both love d&d and we both carry around a bag of dice. you can never know when a good d&d session will break out.
August 24th, 2008 at 10:21 pm
ssj,
Actually, I’m fairly confident I DO know when a game of D&D will break out…
-The Doc
August 24th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
No, Mach Dice makes D&D dice slightly MORE nerdy (I think).
August 25th, 2008 at 11:51 am
Makes me want to play some D&D
August 27th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
SICK!!! Nice work!!!
October 15th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
I think instead of the whole thing being nerdy the whole point is the dice could be used for other things.
Sorry but I perfer my dice ol’school.