Recently, I began work on a rules-agnostic character creator, and realized I haven’t the foggiest idea how to code something of that size in Java. Luckily, there’s an easier option: I’ll begin with a simple lightweight viewer that understands the character sheet files created by the official character creator. Once that’s complete I’ll be able to mutate it into something that can generate files compliant with different loadable modules for things like Pathfinder or GURPS. At least, that’s the plan. As far as Wizards’ draconian copyright policy goes, I’m fairly certain this skirts any issues, as the viewer is only reading a file whose copyright should rest with the user.
I’ve started working in NetBeans, purely for the extremely functional RAD GUI toolset. Hand-writing interface code in Java seems like an exercise in the purest frustration, and I’ve resolved not to gripe at Java software with crummy UIs anymore. I now feel your pain.
The code is in Trac at http://tepidpond.com/trac, and I welcome any submissions or suggestions anyone might offer under a GPLv2-compatible license.
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