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Repost from

magistrate for anyone over on this list who might be interested.

I made a bingo generator!

...okay, this is nothing which does not already exist on the internet, but I was bored and I wanted to build it. I plan on adding functionality that will pre-load lists of things like tropes, kinks, genres, dramatic situations, etc; problem is, first I have to generate those lists, or find someone who's already generated them who'll let me use them. XD

At some point, I may also add support for 3x3, 7x7, even 9x9 grids, and other fancy stuff like that. Maybe even styling. In the mean time, if you find yourself desperately needing a Bingo card this Holiday season and unwilling to google a generator, here you go! Let me know if you see any bugs. ;)

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From:

ysabetwordsmith

What kinds of lists would you like? I am good at making lists.

Are you going to code for this to allow mixing different categories for more variety?

From:

magibrain

I was thinking mostly about lists which are good as writing prompts – themes, dramatic situations, tropes, kinks, etc. (Though, I realized at some point while making this that it could be used as a kind of "Unfuck your Habitat" motivational tool, as well; you could easily stock a list with things like "Wipe down stovetop" and "make bed" and "clean out fridge" and set up some sort of system to reward yourself for Bingos, etc.) I was thinking that quotes with attributions might also be cook, but I feel like that might be far too wide a field.

...you know, I hadn't thought of coding it to allow for multiple categories, but I bet I could figure out how. *g* I don't have a lot of experience in jQuery, which is what handles loading pre-made lists, but part of the fun is learning new things! And jQuery is quite approachable.

From:

perfectworry

I would so play "apartment cleaning" bingo.

… I know what I'm doing tomorrow.

From:

magibrain

Awesome! :D

Hopefully this is a tool that will get a lot of use in creative ways! (And if you want to nominate any lists of cleaning tasks, feel free to. ^_^)

From:

magibrain

There! It should allow selection of multiple lists, now. ...of course, the list I had for testing and debugging purposes was my own list of fiction kinks, many of which probably don't make sense to anyone but me, but they worked fine as a proof of concept.

(There's still a bit of cleanup to be done, but I think the major functionality for this is in place.)

From:

ysabetwordsmith

>> I was thinking mostly about lists which are good as writing prompts – themes, dramatic situations, tropes, kinks, etc. <<

I have some that I originally wrote for a different bingo fest, that aren't going to be used immediately. And I can make new ones too.

>> (Though, I realized at some point while making this that it could be used as a kind of "Unfuck your Habitat" motivational tool <<

For that I recommend Goal-Fish:
http://www.goal-fish.org/

>>...you know, I hadn't thought of coding it to allow for multiple categories, but I bet I could figure out how.<<

I hope that works out.

From:

ysabetwordsmith

I have some lists for you. Get me an email address and I'll send them.

From:

magibrain

Awesome! Best place to send them is probably my magistrata@ Gmail address.

And thanks!

From:

ysabetwordsmith

I have sent the batch. There are 12 lists in it.

From:

magibrain

Received and uploaded to the site! You get your own section, now. :)

From:

ysabetwordsmith

Thank you for that. I have linked to it.

From:

fred_mouse

I have not the words to say how glad I am that you have made this - I've been looking for something similar for years. I, like perfectworry, intend to use this for housework, because I can only ever get a handful of my to do list done in a day, and this might be one way to winnow it down.