Yesterday we made a couple of improvements to our new web-only Coat of Arms tool: 15 more charges as well as the ability to resize and reposition ordinaries (chevrons, bars, etc.)  Coming next are likely furs, more charges, and a …

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I’ve been tinkering a bit with a redesigned coat of arms tool we’re calling Heraldographer. We already create the Coat of Arms Design Studio which has free and pro versions, but even the free version of that must have Java …

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We’ve been able to rebuild our Java-based city map editor/generator Cityographer so it doesn’t require Java to be installed and configured. The program lets you instantly create a city map and details (residents, store inventories & prices, etc.) You can …

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Inkwell Ideas is pleased to receive two 2014 ENnies nominations!  Our thanks to the judges, our supporters, and the freelancers who helped make this happen. Cityographer is nominated in the “Best Software” category. Cityographer lets you instantly create a city …

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Inkwell Ideas is pleased to announce the release of Cityographer 1.0!  The project has been in open beta for about a year. With the addition of one final feature and several fixes it has reached the 1.0 milestone. You can …

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The Coat of Arms Design Studio by Inkwell Ideas has received a few recent updates: 20 new symbols have been added.  These were added in two sets of 10 each. The graphics library has been replaced with something much smaller.  …

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Following up on our Hexographer update a few days ago, we’ve just released an update to Dungeonographer.  The changes are similar: Shapes (polygons and ovals/circles) now have two more possible layers: above text and above map items (but below text.)  …

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We’ve just released a minor update to Hexographer.  Here is the list of changes: Shapes (polygons and ovals/circles) now have two more possible layers: above text and above map items (but below text.)  There were already options to place shapes …

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As we did last year, I want to take a step back and go over Inkwell Ideas’ 2013 and 2014 plans. But before we get into all of that: Happy new year! Overall, 2013 was financially probably flat or a …

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As I was creating the Creature and Encounter Card Decks (coming soon!) I created a slew of new maps using Dungeonographer (and some others with Hexographer too.)  7 of the new Dungeonographer maps were tavern or inn floorplans.  As I …

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