the ideal solution, obviously, would be to have my full multi-monitor PC set up at the table instead of a GM screen while somehow also being able to see all of my players while sitting down, and also it doesn't look hugely unwieldy and stupid

I wonder if the way to do it is to set my PC up with OBS and have it stream 1080p60 over LAN to a raspberry pi plugged into the projector. and then control the PC via remote desktop using my laptop or tablet. bit round-the-houses but it could work pretty well depending on latency.

mostly the maps are mp4 video files with a few static images. What would be nicest would be a way to seamlessly switch between them without a visible interrupt. which would let me do some useful game stuff, but more importantly: mid-battle jumpscares

it has been fun to finally set up and run a full-scale, full-length PF2e campaign though. I've run some shorter things before but this really feels like Doin' The Thing. It's a fair bit more work but I'm slowly getting my head arou-

SURPRISE, DIPSHITS! TARRASQUE!

on further investigation it transpires that there is no "real" option to mount this projector without spending £25 on an accessory that adds a tripod screw, so I just knocked up a secure, rock-solid mount to the crossbar with a bit of duct tape and four zip-ties. sorted

i also did a thing where I suddenly dragged a huge detailed tarrasque on-screen while the level-4 party had just survived a hard encounter. it was a great bit and I suspect my players will be just as delighted as me every time i do it, at least twice per session for the rest of the campaign.

improvements needed:
- an actual steady mount for the projector instead of a loop of paracord
- a setup where the projector does not need to be connected to two cables dangling over the table that jiggle the image whenever touched
- a less fiddly setup for managing the GM and player-facing displays

my players are all just out of shot, having a great time.

For me it was this one, and then the last one in the galaxy full of grates that flip gravity when you buttstomp them, where you just kinda have to blind-jump into an abyss and hope you picked the right exact spot to hit a star you simply cannot see

the mushroom men gave me two blurry photos of women for getting all of the shapes. The pink dress one is for getting 120 yellow shapes and the blue dress one is for 120 green shapes and two more yellow shapes. they got auto-saved to my Switch album with a note saying "here you go, dickhead"

but don't worry, there's an Even Ultimater Test which is the same thing but you only have one hit point. but it only unlocks once you collect 9,999 Star Bits, which you are absolutely going to have to repeat one level over and over to grind out

your reward for collecting all 120 power stars is that you get to root through every single level again to find another 120 stars, except this time you get to enjoy having no idea where any of them are. this unlocks the Grandmaster Galaxy and The Ultimate Test: a short level of medium difficulty

At high enough intensities, the x-ray beams overwhelm the electrons in your brain, converting your thoughts from electrical signals into x-ray frequencies. Your mind literally just shoots off into space at the speed of light. Heart-breaking every time.

Nuclear madness. Rutherford's Lunacy. The glowing screams. Total ionic dissolvancy. The Green Gibberings. Curie's Cackles. Geigervisions.