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I just posted Update #4: "Using your own artwork in MapForge, and the benefits of the Add-On format".

Thanks! It should also be useful for campaign maps and area maps, if tactical battlemaps aren't your thing.

Thanks for posting this, Maul. Here's the short project video, to give folks a better idea of what MapForge is all about. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJJrL51ZdaM&t=9s

Sorry, double posted by mistake.

Well, turns out that there WAS interest after all! I launched the Kickstarter campaign and it went all gangbusters on me. Funded on the first day, and things got so crazy I didn't even have time to post here about the launch. Sorry about that. Stretch Goals should be posted soon. Here's the...

Getting close now! The MapForge Kickstarter campaign will launch either on Feb 18th or Feb 20th.

I can now reveal the name of my mapping program: MapForge And, for now at least, this is the app's icon.

A list of virtual tabletop software suitable for playing RPGs can be found here. For playing boardgames, look here.

If you look at this page of user-created Dundjinni artpacks, I'll be porting the "Castle Walls" pack, the "Tavern Material" pack, and the "Campaign World" pack to my app's Add-On format. Those at a minimum, there will likely be more later on. And they'll be free Add-Ons.

Sword of Spirit, I think you're very much in the demographic I'm targeting. My user interface controls will not be themed (fantasy, sci-fi, etc), it will instead be generic, but it will be as attractive as I can make it. It won't be anything like the dry toolbar palettes you see in most of...

Vassal would be about my last choice for running an RPG session online. It's simply not equipped for improvisation, which a GM will need to do constantly, since players rarely do what is expected of them.

That would be bad. Disregard, then. My app prototype is coming along swimmingly. It shouldn't be long now until I can launch my Kickstarter and offer a download link for everyone to try the program out.

3ArmsSally, sorry, but my app won't help with your #2-4 requests. This won't be a virtual tabletop program (but it will compliment any 2-D VTT). DNblockhead, some good feedback, thanks. My intention with my mapping app is that putting together a map will feel less like work and more like play...

LOL @ your flowchart! Seriph Affinity should get you on their payroll. I know you did. I read all your reviews/posts about mapping software here on Enword. In fact, I was planning on asking you to take a look at my app when it's released.

I was expecting for people who were interested to post here, not people who weren't. I kinda figured that people who weren't interested would just move on to something else. You're lucky to have access to Photoshop. Most people don't, and many that do aren't good enough with it to create...

I'd say that back in it's day, Dundjinni had a fairly sizeable userbase, despite the fact that it wasn't particularly fast, nor super-easy to get up to speed on. DJ is, sadly, no longer viable to use on modern computers, and nothing much has really come since to replace DJ. My app, if it's to be...

I checked out the Affinity site. It appears that each program costs $50, so that's $100 total (unless there's a bundle deal I'm not aware of). So, not quite the $40 price you mentioned. In any case, I think it's a bit like comparing apples and oranges. I completely agree that if you take the...

This will be strictly for map-making, it will NOT be a virtual tabletop app, so that's a No for #4. It also won't be on Android (or iOS, for that matter). Price will likely be $25 during the KS campaign, and $30 afterwards (at least for the first year or two). But the KS will probably offer...

Wow, hundreds of views but no one has interest in new map-making software? Have I badly misjudged potential demand? Does existing mapping software already have you covered with all your mapping needs?

Sounds like you've never looked at Battlegrounds. It's ideal for use in face-to-face game sessions, using a projector or HDTV, and it has both manual and dynamic Fog of War. Requires a Windows PC.