Heroscribe Enhanced Skull

What's new in this version of Heroscribe?

• Your quest notes correctly exported to PDF even if they extend to multiple pages
• Support ISO DIN A4 and US Letter paper size
• 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

Install

Debian/Ubuntu

There are two ways of installing the application: via debian repository and as a package.

I recommend setting up the debian repository, because you won't only get the application installed, but you'll get future updates right away.

If you don't want to set up the repository, then you can always install the package directly.

Repository

Set up the repository:

sudo apt install apt-transport-https
sudo curl -sS -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/adelolmo-archive-keyring.gpg https://adelolmo.github.io/andoni.delolmo@gmail.com.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/adelolmo-archive-keyring.gpg] https://adelolmo.github.io/$(lsb_release -cs) $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/adelolmo.github.io.list

Install the package:

sudo apt update && sudo apt install heroscribe-enhanced-skull

Package

Go to the releases section and download the package and download the debian package (e.g. heroscribe-enhanced-skull_1.10_all.deb)

First of all, install the dependencies and then the package itself:

sudo apt-get install default-jre-headless ghostscript
sudo dpkg -i heroscribe-enhanced-skull_1.10_all.deb

Windows, Mac and other Linux distros

Go to the releases section and download the package and download the zip bundle (e.g. heroscribe-enhanced-skull_1.10.zip)

Then extract the zip file.

Running HeroScribe

Debian/Ubuntu package

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

Zip bundle

Go to the directory where the application was extracted and execute java application:

java -jar heroscribe-enhanced-skull.jar

You still require to install Postscript for PDF generation.

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.

Zip bundle

In the project's root folder:

make

or

mvn package -DskipTests

This will create a target folder with a file called heroscribe-enhanced-skull_1.10.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_1.10_all.deb

Links

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

Changes in HeroScribeEnhanced-1.0, by 2011 Jason Allen.

• 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.