Time Dice

Описание: 0:00 d4

1:00 d6

2:00 d8

3:00 d10

4:00 d12

5:00 d20

6:00 d%

How to Use Time Dice

Time dice are similar to random dice, in the sense that they have the same numbers that standard polyhedral dice contain, such as 1-4 for a d4, 1-6 for a d6, etc. However, unlike random dice, the outcome of time dice is determined by the time on which the user stops them. The dice count up rapidly, from the lowest number to the highest. Then, like a pendulum, swing back to the start by counting down to the lowest number. This creates a cycle, which is represented by a bar moving up and down. Typically, the goal is to stop the bar at the top, to get the highest number, except for certain games where getting the lowest is better, in which case the player will try to stop when the bar reaches the bottom, to get the lowest number.

Time dice can be used to replace any random dice. However, random dice can still be used for, appropriately, random events, while time dice can be used for events involving skill. To change the difficulty, the time dice can be sped up, to increase difficulty, or slowed down, to decrease difficulty. An audio cue is provided in one version of the time dice for when the bar reaches the top, and a different one for the bottom, to help people that are visually impaired, or for those that like an audio cue with the visual cue. The background of time dice can also be customized to your liking. Just take the standard video and adjust the opacity in video editing software so that the text is still clearly readable, while showing a video of your preference in the background.

For those interested, the standard time dice video (not sped up or slowed down) is 60 frames per second, with frames chosen for the total dice and each individual number to try to maintain as much consistency as possible between the total time for each of the dice, and to provide adequate difficulty. Below are the values, in frames, used for the total (how long it takes to go from one end of the bar to the other) and each individual number.

d4 = 24 total = 6/number
d6 = 24 total = 4/number
d8 = 24 total = 3/number
d10/d% = 20 total = 2/number
d12 = 24 total = 2/number
d20 = 20 total = 1/number