Indie Hackers Reviews

Roll20 Reviews

1. Nolan

   almost 4 years ago
   When it works, its mediocre

   As a DM for homebrew games, I used Roll20 for 2+ years. When it works, its OK. When it doesn't, its frustrating. I use a lot of custom rules and they are simply not supported due to a lack of modularity within the system. A simple variant of Proficiency Dice in 5e is outlined in the rules, and even it is hacky and not well supported on Roll20.

   The format feels like it was made two decades ago, and the web console spits out warnings and errors left and right. There has even been some conspiracies / drama with some of the higher-ups at Roll20, showing a lack of leadership.

   Please, let's let Roll20 die. Support another system.

   👍 Pros:    Can purchase modules like curse of strahd and tomb of annihilation|Free for dms and players|Use with a variaty of systems|Many features

   👎 Cons:    Not modular enough for me|Hacky programming|Ugly|Features feel clunky and slow|Some features do not work well at all|Buggy
2. Diego Herrerías

   almost 4 years ago
   Not very easy to learn

   Not easy to learn, not friendly controls

   🏁 Competitors: digitald20.com Digital d20

   👍 Pros:    The most famous

   👎 Cons:    User experiance|Design|Costly pro plan

Indie Hackers mentions (75)

• keeping the momentum going:

  - make use of sites like this and indiehackers.com, etc... To hear from other people in a similar situation. Source: 6 months ago

• Why does this subreddit have such low engagement?

  But as far as I know, indiehackers.com and X with #indiehackers or #buildinpublic hashtag. Source: 6 months ago

• Need advice, product graveyard – how about my new idea

  Just a personal website is a good place for that. But there are things like https://indiepa.ge/ or your personal profile on indiehackers.com - even though it may not be so much for "graveyard purpose". Source: 8 months ago

• Community for Solo founders

  I am a Solo founder and looking forward to meet like minded people. Most of the time I turn to indiehackers.com for inspiration but have found very few Indians on it who have made it big as a solo founder. So I was wondering if there is any other forum where Solo founders meet and discuss / share their challenges / learnings to help each other. Source: 8 months ago

• Ask HN: Tips for Solopreneur?

  Check out https://indiehackers.com, a community for "solopreneurs". - Source: Hacker News / 9 months ago

Roll20 mentions (334)

• Friend screwed 3/4 of the table out of 1/2 the game.

  There are other options: https://roll20.net/. Source: 6 months ago

• Looking for a DND/TTRPG group

  I've used roll20.net up until now. They have a find group feature and a virtual table top with character sheets and dice roller included, so everything you need to play virtually is all on the one site. Source: 6 months ago

• I’m here to giveaway $1,500 in RPG goodies to celebrate 1 Year of Roll20 x DriveThruRPG! [Mod Approved]

  1 Year Roll20 Pro Subscription ($109 value!) – use it yourself or give it to your GM! Source: 7 months ago

• Looking for advice on running DnD game on stream!

  There are plenty of D&D software programs out there that are free and paid versions. Many of them with the ability to have friends join and interact with the table. As basic as Tabletop Simulator to Fantasy Grounds (both on steam that I have experience with, not an endorsement). roll20.net being a popular browser based version. Source: 7 months ago

• I'm looking for someone to teach me how to Play DnD

  I have made a character on roll20.net that maybe border line iffy/OP, so I may have to make one that's not. My free time can be a bit unusual at times(it's 12:24AM as I write this)so someone who has similar free times as I do(if your interested let me know and we can talk times), basicly I've been listening to a DnD podcast and I think it sounds fun and I want to try it out Edit: I'm in PST timezone in... Source: 7 months ago