Tabletop tooling
DND Puzzle
DND Puzzle is a collection of interactive puzzles for Dungeons & Dragons sessions. Players arrange the Nine Trickster Gods on a stone grid to match row and column sums, or route sacred water through a molten gold maze. One of my first projects written with AI assistance.
Live at dnd.seancansdale.dev
Why it exists
Running puzzles at the table shouldn't mean improvising riddles on the spot. I built these as DM tools — project them on a screen, let the party poke at them together, and keep the session moving.
How it's built
Next.js and React power the interactive puzzles. The Temple Entrance uses drag-and-drop tile placement with row/column sum validation. The Molten Gold Maze is a diamond-grid pipe-routing game. It was one of my first projects written with AI assistance.
What's interesting
Purpose-built session tools rather than generic puzzle apps — the art, mechanics, and UX are tuned for projecting at a D&D table. Simple enough to run mid-session, polished enough to feel like part of the world.
Highlights
- Temple Entrance puzzle — place nine deity tiles so rows and columns match ancient numerals
- Molten Gold Maze — co-op pipe-routing puzzle with portals and forge hazards
- Drag-and-drop tile placement with localStorage persistence between sessions
- Designed to project at the table during live D&D sessions
Stack
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- React
- Tailwind CSS
- Drag-and-drop UI