Hey guys, I have never programmed in my life, but I now want to make an app for rpgs.

The main idea is to make a dice roller, inside a character sheet storage.. It's just supposed to help me store and edit my stats and let me roll and and add stuff.

Best case scenario would be using Termux for this, since it's supposed to run on older smartphones.

I'd love some guidance where to start!

I recently got the tokyo nova fan translation. It's already a somewhat streamlined game. I would like to know what I can and cannot cut out of the system in your opinion, without ruining it.

This is more about mechanics than flavour, since the end goal is a more supernatural or gunshoe style system that can do anything.

The skill check system is something I have decided to keep, because it just works perfectly. The classes are something I am not sure about, as are the tarot scenes.

I might switch out the combat for something more blackjack or poker. Likely blackjack, with different target numbers, depending on the attack style.

To extend on the blackjack combat: My idea is that a regular gun does for example crit damage on a 21, mid damage in 16 to 20 and no damage or low on everything below. A 22 and above is automatic failure, but I am not sure how to utilise that.

Mine are Knocklebones, cockroach poker and zombie dice. Maybe Stratego.

But I want something new. Something that I can play with my larp group.

I very much enjoyed the original Bang! and it's additions. I want something that feels like the shooting dice equivalent to Bangs! Poker. How good is the dice version and are there other games that are better but share the direction?

I do a lot of Roleplaying and need some games for in-between and "gambling" for the others I play with. I don't want my players to learn a long and massive game. Something that feels a bit medieval and uses dice of 55/32 card decks would be perfect. Like Gwent or Zombie dice. Maybe where you can cheat?