Heroscribe Enhanced Skull

Changes in HeroScribeEnhanced-1.0, by 2011 Jason Allen.

Using OpenJDK 11 and maven.

Made for home use.

What's new in this version of Heroscribe?

• Add your notes to the quest
• Install and remove Icon Packs from https://www.heroscribe.org/icons.html with a single click

Examples

• Everyone's a Suspect: xml, pdf
• Barak Tor - Barrow of the Witch Lord: xml, pdf
• Journey to the Bottom of the Crypt: xml, pdf

How to download

Go to the releases section and download the package depending on you OS (for Linux the .deb and for Win and Mac the .zip)

Running HeroScribe

Zip bundle

Unzip the bundle and run

java -jar heroscribe-enhanced-skull.jar

Postscript is required for PDF generation.

Debian package

Install the debian package in your system

# apt-get install default-jre-headless ghostscript
# dpkg -i ../heroscribe-enhanced-skull_1.9_all.deb

In your desktop, go to Applications -> Graphics -> Heroscribe Enhanced Skull

Building

Requirements

• OpenJDK 11 - https://jdk.java.net/archive/
• Maven - https://maven.apache.org/

Using asdf (Linux)

The project includes a .tool-versions for asdf. See https://asdf-vm.com/ for how to use asdf.

Build

Zin bundle

In the project's root folder:

make

This will create a target folder with a file called heroscribe-enhanced-skull-bundle.zip, which contains the HeroScribeEnhanced ready to use.

Debian package

gbp buildpackage --no-sign --git-ignore-branch --git-ignore-new

This will create the debian package in the parent directory. e.g: ../heroscribe-enhanced-skull_1.9_all.deb

Links

• The original HeroScribe: http://www.heroscribe.org/heroquest.html

• The original HeroScribe Enhanced (archived): https://web.archive.org/web/20170209065300/http://www.propvault.com/heroscribe/

Legal

HeroQuest Copyright 1989, 1990 Milton Bradley Company. All Rights Reserved. Nothing on this project is intended as a challenge to the rights of the Milton Bradley Company/Hasbro, Inc. in regard to HeroQuest.