This makes me want to implement a programming language as an alternate tabletop magic system. Maybe give my players runes to experiment with and let them figure out it's a programming language.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

"Ahhh shit, they opened the XOR gate! Quick, someone check the blood sacrifice box and find out if the cat is dead or alive!"

[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Already have a Minecraft mod like that based off an anime with that premise. You program magic spells into a gun.

[–] qaz@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Link for those that are interested: https://modrinth.com/mod/psi

[–] PolarKraken@programming.dev 8 points 1 month ago

Someone was posting a week or two ago having done something kinda like that. Something to do with magic circles or similar, looked rad.

[–] match@pawb.social 5 points 1 month ago

Give them Noita programmable spells and wait for them to TPK

[–] lemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 weeks ago

I think Ra has a magic casting system that is a programming language.

[–] Redkey@programming.dev 29 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"... [it] isn't actually necessary... the whole spell falls apart without it for some reason."

That's peak cargo cult ~~programming~~ spellcasting right there.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

I had some commented out test methods. I deleted them. The program failed to compile. I put the test methods back, still commented out. Worked fine.

I don't question the machine spirits.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Vibe Casting

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think vibe casting would be when you summon an imp for a few minutes with instructions to work on the big spell, summon another imp and tell it to do the same.

Likely to produce a much more literal development hell.

[–] dangling_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

“Hi spellGPT make me a teleportation spell to DragonLanding. Provide accurate incantation and ensure that the destination is safe and free from any magical barriers or hostile creatures before I arrive.”

creates a portal to hell

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

SpellGPT is an archdemon, and it's pronounced as written, not as an acronym.

Presumably it has money, sex and power as bait instead of on-demand musical fanfics and light conversation, because fiction isn't that dumb.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What would be the equivalent of this in magic?

[–] Redkey@programming.dev 10 points 1 month ago

A potential ley line blockage that's cleared by a ritual performed every winter solstice by a hobbyist spellcaster who lives on a farm in the middle of nowhere?

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 2 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of the Spell-checker machine in the X-Men Inferno story.