One of my remaining tasks regarding the DungeonMorphs (a.k.a. dungeon geomorphs) project (aside from actually sending the dice–the main point of the project–as soon as I get them (which should be in just 2 weeks)) is to put together a …

Free DungeonMorph Battlemats Read more »

About two weeks ago I asked the people on my mailing list for some feedback in a short, two-question survey.  (It is also linked from the Hexographer and Dungeonographer websites.)  I felt the first question’s results may be useful for …

Advertising Survey Results for the Small Game Publisher Read more »

I don’t quite have a ship date yet, but I have the next best thing: specific completion percentages: 8 different dice designs are complete. (Meaning the manufacturer has made enough to cover the pledge rewards with some leftover for the …

DungeonMorph Dice Manufacturing Update (Early/Mid October) Read more »

I know many of you who have ordered DungeonMorph Dice are as anxious to get them as I am, so I checked in with the manufacturer for an update. They are completely done manufacturing two of the dice.  They are …

Late September DungeonMorph Dice Update Read more »

A couple of days ago I posted a couple of screenshots from a new project I’ve begun.  Today I’ve made enough progress that I have something people can try out.  [BTW, See the comments for updates.]  Here are the caveats: …

Icosahedral WorldMap Generator Read more »

[Updated: Try the tool by reading this post.] It’s not that my map generation algorithm in Hexographer itself is *BAD*…  instead, that approach is just meant to create a map for a kingdom, island, partial continent or at most a …

Previewing a New World Building Tool/Plugin Read more »

I’ve finally completed the last few mad-libs style backgrounds for my web-based superhero generator.  At last year’s GenCon (2010) I saw the Icons rules and loved them and thought the rules would make a great basis for a random character …

Web-Based Superhero Generator for Icons Updated Read more »

One of the reasons I created Dungeonographer was to have a robust random map generator with the ability to fully edit the map after the fact.  Somewhere along the line I got busy with other projects as well as different …

Dungeonographer Gets a (Free) Random Map Generator Read more »

Background Inkwell Ideas was at GenCon for the first time at GenCon 2011!  The primary reason for going was to promote & sell Hexographer, Dungeonographer and the Coat of Arms Design Studio programs.  While thinking of a free give-away, I …

Gen Con Wrap-Up (An Exhibitor Perspective) Read more »

Dungeonographer has reached its 1.0 milestone!  The last feature to add before marking Dungeonographer 1.0 was the “blue shift” function. If you have a classic line-art style map, when you choose File | Resize and Export as PNG Image (or …

Dungeonographer 1.0 Released; Classic Blue & Isometric Maps Made Easy Read more »