Playing with the object layer in Tiled

The latest tutorial gives a brief view of using object layers to break free of the grid as well as Tiled's ability to layer within a layer for different elements

Tiled is an open source program that we contribute to every month to support the development team. Check out Tiled at mapeditor.org for more information.  The program allows you to save your maps in jpg and png formats for easy export/import into VTT's like Roll20. Hop on over to Roll20.net as well to see all of the innovative tools the team there has created to your online virtual tabletop experience. 

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Happy Mapping!

Roll20 and PayPal

Roll20 now accepts PayPal! That is all...back to your regularly scheduled programming

Inventory Sneak Peek

Just a few items from our latest Roll20 marketplace set, submitted today for approval by the team. Fingers crossed, we look forward to seeing these little beauties in the marketplace soon. Sixty-eight inventory items, each with four different backgrounds: playing cards, banners, bannered tokens and as map tokens, are in this set. 

Some inventory for your map

Working with Aaron C. Meadows of Roll20 API fame, we decided to try our hand at creating inventory...

...more soon. Stay tuned!

Scene Additions - Set 6: Caves; Set 7: Castles - are now live

The latest Scene Additions sets, set 6: Caves & set 7: Castles, have been submitted to the marketplace for approval. Click on the individual pictures to bring up the sets on Roll20's marketplace.

(/1/2015 update: We are qued, waiting approval!

Testing set 7: Castles in Scene Additions style

Testing Scene Additions Set 7: Castles this past evening, and quite happy to see it working pretty flawlessly in Tiled. Now to test the design elements in Roll20 and get ready to upload for approval.

Hmm...I may have to do a few more ruin tiles...broken window, door on floor, and the cut stone column...and maybe break apart a few of the upper walkway pieces as well. As always, once you see one thing, there are ten more things you can add to a set. hahaha

Old World Style in Tiled Lesson 2: Using set 3 as an alt continent base

Old World Style set 3: Cracks & Contours is a bit of a sleeper hit. It is complimentary to the other sets, seems a bit boring on its own, but when used in connection with other Old World Style sets, can add a whole other level to your map making.