Category: Software

Heroquest Card Creator

Trent Davis45 Comments

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Back in 2002 I created an app for the board game Heroquest by Milton Bradley, which allows you to create your own cards for use in the game.  It proved to be rather popular, even with fairly limited functionality.

 

hq_f_artifactI haven’t played Heroquest in over a decade and I’m not really looking to get back into it.  I assumed that no one was interested in this app any more but I’ve noticed that I’m getting a lot of hits to this blog from other Heroquest-related websites so I decided to share these again.

You will need the following file.

HQCardCreatorSetup.exe

 

 

 

There are several things that I’ve always been disappointed with in this app:

  1. Only creates low-res images.
  2. Not able to import your own images.
  3. Card files are encrypted which just adds an unnecessary level of complexity to it.

I might be willing to make a new version that addresses these images.  If you are interested in that, please let me know in the comments below.  Otherwise, enjoy.

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Halloween sound effects

Trent Davis4 Comments

2009_halloween_08Many years ago I created a Windows program that would play random sound effects.  I packed it full of public domain sounds that I found online, along with a few that I made myself.

The way that it worked is that it plays through a list of sounds randomly, using predefined volume and panning settings that range from precise to random.  It can play up to 8 sounds at once, including an optional ambient track.  It definitely beats using a lame CD that loops the same old boring, stale sound effects.

I used this program with all of the haunted houses that I put together since 2006.  I’m proud to say that this program is still running strong and that this was the only thing for each of my haunts that I wouldn’t have changed.  In fact, it worked so well that I made a separate one a few years later that was aimed at indoor haunts.

These programs are completely free to use and are available at the links below.

 

SoundMachineSetup.exe

SoundMachine2007IndoorSetup.exe

 

Feel free to download them and give them a try.  I’d love to hear from you if you use them so feel free to leave a comment below with your thoughts, feedback and suggestions.