Track Initiative

As some of you know, by day I am a web designer/developer for an IT/Web Development company. I’m the “Creative Director” there, which means I do anything from designing and building websites, to creating print material, ads and more.

One of the cool things about my job is that I work with a friend (also my boss) who is also a gamer. He doesn’t play as much D&D as I do, but he has played it a number of times and does enjoy it.

Recently, we decided to set aside one day a week to work on something for the company that is of our own creation (as opposed to, say, creating websites for other people). We chose Tuesday’s and two weeks ago we got together to brainstorm ideas. During this meeting, most of my ideas were D&D related (of course) and by the next Tuesday (last week), we decided on one of them…

What we have decided to do was to create a web application allowing you to track and manage initiative. Obviously this is nothing new, but we also were looking for a smaller project idea that we could complete pretty quickly. Additionally, we felt like we could bring some added functionality to such a tool.

Below are some of the features of this application. Once we have the Kickstarter… started, I’m hoping you will consider checking it out and maybe even help fund it! If you have questions about it, hit me up on Twitter @theweem or email me at weem@trackinitiative.com.

You can also check out the website at TrackInitiative.com and follow the Twitter account (@TrackInitiative) for any news/updates!

Features

• Track the initiative order of all Players and other Combatants!
• Players don’t need to register. Simply set up a combat, then share a custom generated URL for the Tracker with them, or anyone!
• Drag and Drop to change initiative order, before and during combat – plus, quickly drag effects onto Combatants and decide when they trigger (start/end of turn) to remind the player!
• Track Initiative is a web application compatible with both Windows and Mac, as well as iOS, Android and Blackberry mobile devices, perfect for games played online or at the table where Players have various devices!
• Trackers always remember the last state they were in. Was your game interrupted? No problem! Simply revisit the custom URL at any time and pick up where you left off!
• Easy to use interface

Customize It

• Create and save effects like “Bleeding” or “Hampered” (or anything!) including selecting icons for them!
• Create Players and other Combatants and save them for use later!
• Create stat elements like “Armor”, attaching them to Combatants and assigning values to them.
• Because you can create your own Effects and Stat Elements, Track Initiative can be used with any Tabletop game that incorporates turns/rounds!