Trying to gauge interest in new battlemap-making software

[heruca]

Woohoo! 104% funded, with 2 days remaining.

KS Update 3 mentions a new awesome reward.

[Trenloe]

Woohoo! 104% funded, with 2 days remaining.

That was a very pleasant surprise when I checked progress earlier today. Congratulations!

[heruca]

One of the goals of my current Kickstarter, which launched yesterday, is to add support for exporting MapForge maps in UVTT format.

Following up on this, I wanted to announce that MapForge v1.3.5 was released to the general public (i.e., non-backers) yesterday. It adds the UVTT export feature.

Another goal is a better way to manage the hundreds of content Add-Ons, so you can easily enable the Add-Ons you need for your current map while disabling anything that isn't needed, to maximize memory usage and speed up the workflow.

And MapForge v1.3.6 should be released later today (but for backers only, for now). It adds the Add-On Manager.

[heruca]

GMs of Modern Day and/or Post-Apocalyptic tabletop RPGs who want to make great-looking isometric maps should check out this crowdfunding campaign (it's my first time on BackerKit!).



A quick glimpse at the content Add-Ons being offered:


And even if isometric mapping isn't your thing, this campaign is also a great way to pick up a MapForge license at a discount, in case you want to make top-down or hex-tile maps, instead.

The campaign is about $1000 from funding, and ends in 23 days.

[heruca]

Here's a sample map I'm starting to put together using those assets. Wanted to make some multi-story buildings by stacking wall segments vertically. I hope to post a more complete version of the map next week.

[heruca]

By the way, the above-mentioned BackerKit campaign is now in its final week. Currently 76% funded. Worth noting that 82% of the backers thus far have pledged for EVERYTHING.

[heruca]

Happy to report that the BackerKit campaign finally reached the minimum funding goal last night.

Now in its final 34 hours.

[heruca]

The 14 products produced by that BackerKit campaign have now been released. You can see them here.

[heruca]

Thanks to their recent Kickstarter campaign, Black Scrolls Games is producing three new geomorphic tilesets, collectively known as the "Secrets of the Wild" series.




The goal of this Kickstarter campaign is to get all three of those tilesets ported to MapForge's convenient Add-On format.

And as a bonus, if you missed out on Black Scrolls Games' "Cities of the Black Scrolls" series of MapForge Add-Ons, now's your chance to get them at a discount. If you've already purchased some of the sets, and you'd like to complete your collection, this is a great opportunity to do so.




Campaign link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...pforge-add-ons

Note: It's been a while since fantasy-themed top-down mapping content was the focus of one of my Kickstarter campaigns (most of my recent campaigns focused on isometric content). But if this campaign proves that there's still demand for top-down fantasy mapping content, I'll be sure to port more such content in future crowdfunding campaigns.