Maybe a better name would be something along the lines of "Clan Manager". This kind of started out as a "what should I do to practice programming" thing, and I actually find the result quite useful.
I like to keep a somewhat balanced lair in terms of number of dragons of a certain breed or with a certain gene (pearlcatchers and capsule don't count) but with 50+ permas and more on the way, it gets a little out of hand.
For some time I tried using spreadsheets, but typing out every dragon was pretty tedious. There were also some amazingly coded spreadsheets offered somewhere, but somehow I felt they didn't quite suit my needs.
With the scrying workshop and dressing room allowing you to plan a dragon's look without even having a dragon like it yet, I feel having a feature that displays all projects together, shows the number of dragons with each gene/breed/element, and possibly allows you to keep track of the items you're missing to complete them would be fairly useful. With a share feature, it could even double as a wishlist.
It could be used for completed projects as well, mostly to be able to tell general facts about your lair. This part could arguably be added to the account settings information that shows total nests laid, food eaten and so on.
For projects, it would be nice if the total price of the genes and even apparel needed could be calculated for each one (considering only items that are available in the marketplace). That way, it would be easier to set goals, choosing which projects to tackle first, or looking for the ones one can afford, without having to refer to the Game Database for every item.
I'm currently using a sort of project planner I programmed using the IDE's widgets for the interface. I have very little experience programming (almost 2 years now, and only with C++), so it's probably not a very good solution to what I'd like as a feature, but for the moment it serves its purpose. I'd like to eventually add a way to keep track of what genes have already been applied, or what scrolls I've already bought, but I'm still figuring out how to get it done.
Anyways, here's a little demo of the program.
Loading a file fills the first table with each dragon's information, and the second one with every gene/breed/element count. There are different tables for Ancients and permababies, mostly because I prefer them grouped separately.
I tried to keep the dragon-adding interface similar to the scrying workshop's one, though I imagine this would not be needed in an in-game feature.
It would probably be easier if one could just select from one's saved morphologies to add to the projects section. That way one could differentiate temporary scries with ones that are actually goal to add to your perma lair, as opposed to having them all be included as projects automatically.
Let me know what you think of a feature like this! Would you use it? What would you like to be able to do with it? Is it even plausible to have something of the sort added to the site?
I like to keep a somewhat balanced lair in terms of number of dragons of a certain breed or with a certain gene (pearlcatchers and capsule don't count) but with 50+ permas and more on the way, it gets a little out of hand.
For some time I tried using spreadsheets, but typing out every dragon was pretty tedious. There were also some amazingly coded spreadsheets offered somewhere, but somehow I felt they didn't quite suit my needs.
With the scrying workshop and dressing room allowing you to plan a dragon's look without even having a dragon like it yet, I feel having a feature that displays all projects together, shows the number of dragons with each gene/breed/element, and possibly allows you to keep track of the items you're missing to complete them would be fairly useful. With a share feature, it could even double as a wishlist.
It could be used for completed projects as well, mostly to be able to tell general facts about your lair. This part could arguably be added to the account settings information that shows total nests laid, food eaten and so on.
For projects, it would be nice if the total price of the genes and even apparel needed could be calculated for each one (considering only items that are available in the marketplace). That way, it would be easier to set goals, choosing which projects to tackle first, or looking for the ones one can afford, without having to refer to the Game Database for every item.
I'm currently using a sort of project planner I programmed using the IDE's widgets for the interface. I have very little experience programming (almost 2 years now, and only with C++), so it's probably not a very good solution to what I'd like as a feature, but for the moment it serves its purpose. I'd like to eventually add a way to keep track of what genes have already been applied, or what scrolls I've already bought, but I'm still figuring out how to get it done.
Anyways, here's a little demo of the program.
Loading a file fills the first table with each dragon's information, and the second one with every gene/breed/element count. There are different tables for Ancients and permababies, mostly because I prefer them grouped separately.
I tried to keep the dragon-adding interface similar to the scrying workshop's one, though I imagine this would not be needed in an in-game feature.
It would probably be easier if one could just select from one's saved morphologies to add to the projects section. That way one could differentiate temporary scries with ones that are actually goal to add to your perma lair, as opposed to having them all be included as projects automatically.
Let me know what you think of a feature like this! Would you use it? What would you like to be able to do with it? Is it even plausible to have something of the sort added to the site?
