Sci-Fi Background Generator
Fleshing out your sci-fi character…
This is a program I wrote loosely based on the Central Casting: Heroes of Tomorrow background generator.
UPDATE 2020: I finally went back into it and cleaned it up, wrapped it in CodeIgniter and Bootstrap. I also broke the process down into its stages so that it did not tax the server so much. After the first 3 stages where you select Genre, Species, Tech Level, it goes through each phase. These are listed below. At some point, I plan to combine some steps (like all the Birth related steps) into one, but that’s a little more complex than you think.
And to those annoyed by being required to log in, sorry. I needed to add a layer of security.
8/12/2021 – Sorry, I did not know it wasn’t working. I guess I did not fully test it out after the last change. It works now
1/8/2022 – I hade to place the app behind the log in screen to limit the access to REAL people. Bot’s were using it to do bad things so I had to do something
This has been very handy! Thanks.
I did not realize other people were using it. I primarily use it for my games, convention and home games. The output is a little cryptic but if you are familiar with Central Casting, it makes sense.
I decided to clean it up a little. Hope it works better for you
Is there any way we could see the source code for this ?
We’d like to rework a version to be more compatible with Starfinder ?
We can give you credit or other compensation for having done the hard work so far.
It’s not the code you would have to rework. It’s the database entries, which is a considerable amount of work.
If you would like, you can send me the preferred content you want in a document in table form. If you are familiar with Heroes of Tomorrow, the author placed the entries in table form, and you rolled on those tables. I can place those in the database and put together a version of your preference.
All my code does is read the tables, randomly pick something that table, and then moves to the next, recursively.
hey question why does it ask/ require character name and not put it on the back ground? i am doing back stories for my characters crew
SImple answer… lazy coding. If I find time, I will try to fix that.
actually its just under the background title i missed because i was half asleep
No I just added it 🙂
you are awesome. I found a copy of the central castings book as well i as a pc have oh 18 human space pirate crew. through a power of divine aura 1 minion/follower per level very low mental and social stats. (7 atm) as well as 6 newly attached employees rescued from a disabled ship that stayed with me and 6 ‘elite employees’ for a total of 43 backgrounds to create in a various tech level setting you have no idea how much this helps.
Newly updated to CodeIgniter. This will allow me to add more functionality
Sorry, I did not know it wasn’t working. I guess I did not fully test it out after the last change. It works now
Thanks for having this — I am a Traveller GM and it is nice to have it to help work out NPCs. Beats me digging through the Central Casting Sci-Fi book.
Glad you like it
Ron, what a lovely thing to allow people to use. I have had the Central Casting books for donkey’s years, but my, this takes the pain out of rolling up backstory.