ysabetwordsmith: Bingo balls (bingo)
ysabetwordsmith ([personal profile] ysabetwordsmith) wrote in [community profile] allbingo2014-01-15 05:14 pm

News: Bingo Card Generator is now crowdfunded

The bingo card generator by [personal profile] magibrain now has a "Donate" button at the bottom of the page. If you find the tool useful, please consider tipping the codewriter.  The generator is still free to use.


You can use this tool to make customized cards using your favorite motifs, which you can play in [community profile] allbingo if you wish. The menu offers a whole bunch of premade prompt lists for plot, characterization, setting, etc. and there are also lists for non-writing things like music and art. Click the list(s) you want and the prompts appear in a box so you can edit them. You can also put in your own lists from scratch. The generator then produces a card complete with image and code.

I think that the bingo card generator is a terrific addition to the diversity of crowdfunding.  ("Other Project" is a category in the Rose & Bay Awards for crowdfunded projects.) It's also one of several things I've seen recently that come from people writing code for fun to produce things helpful to other creative folks.  Tools like this can save a lot of time so that people don't have to do these things by hand.  This is a trend I'd like to see flourishing. Crowdfunding and crowdsourcing are already influences in the programming field. If we encourage this by promoting, using, and sponsoring the projects then we'll have a higher chance of getting more goodies.  Visit the [community profile] crowdfunding  community for more information and projects from this business model.

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