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Show HN: Dungeon Map Doodler – Free D&D map maker

126 points by toddr123 6y ago

Shared404 6y ago
A great tool, I used it a fair amount while running some D&D games for family. If I were to make one request, it would be the ability to export to PDF, with the ability to choose paper sizes. I wind up fighting with getting the maps sliced up in other programs in order to get sizing right (EDIT: For printing).
- toddr123 6y ago
  Thanks, I'm glad it's worked well for you! That's a really good idea, and something I'll make note of. I've never played around with creating PDFs from javascript, but it sounds like a fun challenge
xwdv 6y ago
Any chance for some kind of tile set support for better walls and textured floors?
- toddr123 6y ago
  If you switch to the Hatching tool, you should see a select box for Floor Style. Changing that value will change the floor to various different textures. There isn't exactly a way to do walls like that, but using a second layer, you could choose a different floor style and draw around your floors. I'm hoping to make it possible to add your own floor and hatch styles in a future update.
throw0101a 6y ago
In the same theme, and if one needs some help in seeding ideas, previous discussion about One Page Dungeon Generator: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21362382 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21362382 Also, Medieval Fantasy City Generator: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17925666 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17925666 Azgaar’s Fantasy Map Generator: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21099344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21099344 A tutorial on generating maps: * https://mewo2.com/notes/terrain/ https://mewo2.com/notes/terrain/ And (American-style) City Map Generator: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23901242 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23901242 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4734208 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4734208
reificator 6y ago
Unfortunately it seems it's unusable in Firefox. It probably looks and works really well in Chrome. https://imgur.com/a/0mKPg7e https://imgur.com/a/0mKPg7e
- toddr123 6y ago
  That’s weird, it looks like you’re getting some old code, or possibly the css didn’t load correctly. Can you force a refresh with Ctrl F5 and let me know if that fixes it? I do most of my testing in Firefox, so it should definitely work, haha
  - reificator 6y ago
    Yeah I remember it came up on HN previously, but that was several months ago so I'm surprised it stuck around in the cache that long. Hard refreshing fixed it, thanks. Sorry about that.
    - toddr123 6y ago
      No worries, glad that worked! I have support for offline mode, and even though it's set up to try and get resources from the network first, it seems to often pull from the local cache even when it shouldn't. I'll have to try digging into that issue some more
      - reificator 6y ago
        The biggest difference maker for me is using hashed filenames for non-html resources. That way even if the html caches too long it's at least a coherent experience, and if anything else caches too long who cares, the user doesn't see it anyway. I don't know what your pipeline looks like or if you're already doing that, but if not it's worth a look.
- eightails 6y ago
  It's working fine for me on FF 85
rightbyte 6y ago
Nice work. It is refreshing being able to save to my harddrive given all this cloud BS nowadays.
apalmer 6y ago
This is really cool!!!
vegadw 6y ago
I have this tool in the list here https://opinionatedguide.github.io/design/generative-art/ https://opinionatedguide.github.io/design/generative-art/ if anyone wants to see more things like it
dang 6y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24188557 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24188557

126 points by toddr123 6y ago

A great tool, I used it a fair amount while running some D&D games for family. If I were to make one request, it would be the ability to export to PDF, with the ability to choose paper sizes. I wind up fighting with getting the maps sliced up in other programs in order to get sizing right (EDIT: For printing).

toddr123 6y ago
Thanks, I'm glad it's worked well for you! That's a really good idea, and something I'll make note of. I've never played around with creating PDFs from javascript, but it sounds like a fun challenge

xwdv 6y ago

Any chance for some kind of tile set support for better walls and textured floors?

toddr123 6y ago
If you switch to the Hatching tool, you should see a select box for Floor Style. Changing that value will change the floor to various different textures. There isn't exactly a way to do walls like that, but using a second layer, you could choose a different floor style and draw around your floors. I'm hoping to make it possible to add your own floor and hatch styles in a future update.

throw0101a 6y ago

In the same theme, and if one needs some help in seeding ideas, previous discussion about One Page Dungeon Generator: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21362382 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21362382 Also, Medieval Fantasy City Generator: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17925666 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17925666 Azgaar’s Fantasy Map Generator: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21099344 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21099344 A tutorial on generating maps: * https://mewo2.com/notes/terrain/ https://mewo2.com/notes/terrain/ And (American-style) City Map Generator: * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23901242 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23901242 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4734208 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4734208

reificator 6y ago

Unfortunately it seems it's unusable in Firefox. It probably looks and works really well in Chrome. https://imgur.com/a/0mKPg7e https://imgur.com/a/0mKPg7e

toddr123 6y ago
That’s weird, it looks like you’re getting some old code, or possibly the css didn’t load correctly. Can you force a refresh with Ctrl F5 and let me know if that fixes it? I do most of my testing in Firefox, so it should definitely work, haha
- reificator 6y ago
  Yeah I remember it came up on HN previously, but that was several months ago so I'm surprised it stuck around in the cache that long. Hard refreshing fixed it, thanks. Sorry about that.
  - toddr123 6y ago
    No worries, glad that worked! I have support for offline mode, and even though it's set up to try and get resources from the network first, it seems to often pull from the local cache even when it shouldn't. I'll have to try digging into that issue some more
    - reificator 6y ago
      The biggest difference maker for me is using hashed filenames for non-html resources. That way even if the html caches too long it's at least a coherent experience, and if anything else caches too long who cares, the user doesn't see it anyway. I don't know what your pipeline looks like or if you're already doing that, but if not it's worth a look.
eightails 6y ago
It's working fine for me on FF 85

rightbyte 6y ago

Nice work. It is refreshing being able to save to my harddrive given all this cloud BS nowadays.

apalmer 6y ago

This is really cool!!!

vegadw 6y ago

I have this tool in the list here https://opinionatedguide.github.io/design/generative-art/ https://opinionatedguide.github.io/design/generative-art/ if anyone wants to see more things like it

dang 6y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24188557 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24188557