Incline GRIDMONGER — a new free & open-source cRPG mapping tool

[Rincewind]

Fancy and handy tool. Without the ability to make screenshots the usability gets very limited though.

Screenshots? You mean an "Export map to PNG" feature? That will be added one day. You can create screenshots all day now too, like you can of any program

It depends on what you use the program for, though. You absolutely don't need an "export map to image" feature to map a game while you're playing it. So not sure why the lack of it is such a deal-breaker for you. But yeah, export to image will be added at some point.

 

[S.torch]

Yep, I mean PNG exports. Sometimes I use the program to make my own maps, not just recreate maps of other games. There are other softwares for that but this one is lightweight and not bloated. And comes with handy tools.

When maps are complete I like to look at them whilst writing down stuff. Captures do the work but big ones can be a chore. Also I like to share them to other people to see what I'm talking about.

 

[Zoo]

These aren't doors, but moving floors - think conveyor belts. Stepping on the first tile with the arrow moves you (and potentially also spins you) to the last tile in the sequence. Similar in effect to a teleporter but not quite the same (since you see the motion).

I see. I haven't encountered moving floors in the cRPG I played to date, but seems like a worthy addition to the upcoming new release.

These will be special floor types that can be rotated.

EDIT: Just published a YouTube video specifically about Gridmonger. Enjoy me getting literally everything about your lovely little program wrong.

It's a very good review, there's nothing factually wrong in it.

Also congrats for getting the spirit of the program and working *with* it, not against it. To quote you from the beginning of your video:

"I map not because I must, I map because I like to map."



I will probably put a link to this on my front page, it's really well done.

The "moving floor" can be a slide or an avalanche like in Might and Magic.

 

[Red Hexapus]

I also recall water slides in the Funhouse in Wizardry VII, but it would be nice if someone confirmed, as i haven't played it in a long while.

 

[Rincewind]

peterb

Allowing zoom levels up to 50 as per your request in your YouTube video comment, plus another teaser of the searchable notes list pane:

 

[peterb]

My old man eyes thank you!

 

[Rincewind]

Teaser. Searchable/filterable notes list pane on the left, and a new toggleable overlay thingy showing the linked cells (the blueish lines).

Hoping to get this out before the end of August.

 

[Rincewind]

My old man eyes thank you!

Well, good news, I've figured out an easy way to do full UI scaling. So I'll add an option to either use the OS-level DPI setting of Windows (default), or a user-selectable arbitrary scaling factor. This is 130% (but on a Retina MacBook, so technically 200%, then 130% on top of that).

 

[Rincewind]

Okay friends, Gridmonger v1.2.0 hit the shelves today! I've addressed most of the wishes/requests from this thread, then some. The new release also contains a number of important bug fixes (I found some nasty bugs that could rarely corrupt your map files).

Check out the changelog for details:

https://github.com/johnnovak/gridmonger/blob/release/1.2.x/CHANGELOG.md

You can download the new version from the Gridmonger website:

https://gridmonger.johnnovak.net/

Enjoy fellas!

 

[flyingjohn]

That is cute and all but i am enjoying my grid cartographer cracked version.
It stopped working.
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[peterb]

Okay friends, Gridmonger v1.2.0 hit the shelves today! I've addressed most of the wishes/requests from this thread, then some.

You released this literally on the same day that I began my play through of the PS1/Llylgamyn Saga Knight of Diamonds, so I am making good use of those teleport lines - thank you!

 

[Rincewind]

Okay friends, Gridmonger v1.2.0 hit the shelves today! I've addressed most of the wishes/requests from this thread, then some.

You released this literally on the same day that I began my play through of the PS1/Llylgamyn Saga Knight of Diamonds, so I am making good use of those teleport lines - thank you!

Nice, enjoy You got your global interface zoom and conveyor belt (arrow) floor type too. Also, I put your video on my front page as it's a nice overview of the program and you understood its spirit.