Can I have a dice?

Another fun thing to put on the micro journal:  making a dice.

Because why not?  A dice could be handy in many situations.  Back when I took my master degree, I was the oldest among my classmates (I mean, I am 6-16 years older from them), they are cool and friendly, but if there was a group assignment, who would want to be a group with an old lady who doesn't know the latest trend on tik tok? I believe my classmates are kind, they wouldn't leave me behind, but just in case...  I always bring a dice to made it looks like a fair decision, odd number means you get to be in group with this old lady.  

And it is not only for my own situation, back then I also work as a teaching assistant, and there were times when the students had to present their work but nobody wants to be the first.  So that's the time to roll a dice.  Somehow a random decision by the dice or roulette seems more fair than pointing a finger.

So of course, I ask my friend, Gemini AI to make a dice for my micro journal

here's the script:

#!/bin/bash

# --- PREPARATION ---

clear

echo "🎲 THE MAGIC DICE IS SHAKING..."

echo ""

# --- THE ROLL ANIMATION ---

# Rapidly cycle through numbers to simulate rolling motion

for i in {1..10}; do

    temp_roll=$(( ( RANDOM % 6 ) + 1 ))

    # -n prevents new line, \r moves cursor back to start of line

    echo -ne "   Rolling... [ $temp_roll ]\r" 

    sleep 0.1

done

# --- THE FINAL RESULT ---

# Pick the actual final number (1-6)

final_roll=$(( ( RANDOM % 6 ) + 1 ))

echo -e "   Rolling... [ $final_roll ]" # Lock it in

echo ""

echo "   The die hits the table!"

echo ""

# --- DRAW THE FACE ---

echo -e "\033[1;36m" # Set color to Cyan

case $final_roll in

    1)

        cat << "EOF"

   _______

  |       |

  |   o   |

  |       |

   -------

EOF

        ;;

    2)

        cat << "EOF"

   _______

  | o     |

  |       |

  |     o |

   -------

EOF

        ;;

    3)

        cat << "EOF"

   _______

  | o     |

  |   o   |

  |     o |

   -------

EOF

        ;;

    4)

        cat << "EOF"

   _______

  | o   o |

  |       |

  | o   o |

   -------

EOF

        ;;

    5)

        cat << "EOF"

   _______

  | o   o |

  |   o   |

  | o   o |

   -------

EOF

        ;;

    6)

        cat << "EOF"

   _______

  | o   o |

  | o   o |

  | o   o |

   -------

EOF

        ;;

esac

echo -e "\033[0m" # Reset color

echo ""

echo -e "   ✨ YOUR MAGIC NUMBER IS: \033[1;33m$final_roll\033[0m ✨"

echo ""

I didn't change anything from the script, as you can see, the Gemini AI is a little bit witty, it adds some conversation there and I kinda like it.  Just like usual, save it to .sh file, do that chmod +x thing and open the .sh file.

The dice on Micro Journal