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I see you say on your web site "I've found a way to use backgrounds in a way to replace some walls".
I actually had an idea that I think would be very cool - the ability to place a different backdrop on each side of each map square means that you can use them as walls and just place blank (empty) walls with different "blocked/locked/open" settings.
The idea would be to create a whole (small) adventure without using any walls. It would allow so much more detail and realistic surroundings, and would make placing furniture easy. It would be particularly good for present-day settings because you could photograph real places, and move around like the characters to make up the surroundings.
Of course the drawbacks are that the file size is probably bigger (though you don't need close-up, nearby, far-away views, only one per wall so I'm not sure about this) and of course the extra time and hassle. An adventure of this style would have to be pretty text-intensive and have a lot of problem-solving I think, because the maps would need to be quite small. Once the custom combat background art becomes a reality, they should work well together.
I'd be interested to see anyone have a go at this - plus I eagerly await your design, Manikus, to see what you've done.
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