v0.55 OUT

Hello everyone!

I've updated the files from v0.5 to v0.55. Changes include:

• Experimental forest tile overlays in green and autumn colors
• Autumn grass background tiles

FOREST OVERLAY WORK

As I've briefly mentioned on Twitter, I was looking to create trees for folks to add to their battle tiles. Single trees within the hex border felt too small, given that the characters and monsters fit within the hex space as well. This would imply that trees are 6ft tall, which felt a bit too small for my tastes.

I went back to the drawing board and I decided to do forest tile overlays. After some experimenting, I decided it would be worth the effort to separate the trunks from the actual forest tops, and the result is shown above. I think it came out really well. I stuck with a dark overlay border for where the forest overlay lays over background tiles, to maintain the look and feel of other tiles in the set. Not shown here, but people will be able to lay down multiple hexes of forest, and then just fill in the bottoms with the appropriate angled trunks. I did my best to make trunk overlays that accommodate different hex angles.

Potential work for future forest updates:

• Pine tree type
• Middle trunk overlays (creating more height)

AUTUMN LAND BACKGROUND TILES

When I recolored the forest tiles for autumn, I didn't like the trees on any of the pre-existing backgrounds I created. So, I put together a yellow/orange style grass type that goes well with the autumn trees. They're listed on the bottom of the "land" tiles, numbers 50-62.

NEXT STEPS

I think I've done enough basic background work for the moment that I plan to focus on more character and monster types. I personally think there could be some exciting ideas for a larger vertical 2 hex (think giants), or a square 4 hex grouping (like a dragon). More to come. On major numbered updates (v0.6, v0.7, v0.8) I'll be raising the price up 50 cents, so depending on the amount of additional characters I add in on the next update I may bump the cost up to reflect the additional value.

Thanks everyone for supporting this pack!