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 »

First of all, Inkwell Ideas will have a booth at GenCon in the Entrepreneur’s Avenue area!  As you’d expect, we’ll have Hexographer, Dungeonographer and the Coat of Arms Design Studio for sale.   And we’ll be running demos of each. …

Help Me Design My GenCon Swag Read more »