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Introducing Dungeondraft Environments (BIOMES)

Hello folks!It's been a minute, but I've been working on one of the most significant updates for my Dungeondraft assets, with a goal to take mapmaking in the software to the next level. CH - Biomes are a collection of 9 packs that make it possible to flip the environment / the location of any map you are working on by simply switching out one Biome pack for another.The packs contain about 500 new assets with mainly lots of new terrain textures, paths and expanding some nature objects (al...

1000 new Dungeondraft objects + Foundry update!

Heya folks!The past month I've been working my but off on getting started on a massive conversion on Dungeondraft Base files and just getting the high-quality objects you need for all your maps (updating some of the old ones that are not up to the quality of my current series).We've got 1000 objects, 21 walls and 42 portals in this update on CH - DungeondraftAutumn has assembled a pretty awesome map for the Crossland Patreon (more on this in a new post), where you can see many of these a...

Dungeons Pop Kickstarter is LIVE!

Hey all you fine folks!Our pop-up battlemap Kickstarter is live now!You can back it right HEREDUNGEONDRAFT UPDATEAlso working hard on a huge Dungeondraft update, as I've mentioned I'm working on a complete redesign of the original Dungeondraft assets. The patterns and roofs are out already, next on the list are hundreds of objects - doors & windows and walls.I'm obviously not just working on the base assets alone, but also incorporating interesting art that can be used to build more ...

Dungeons Pop Kickstarter coming soon

Dungeons Pop KickstarterHello everyone!So for the past couple of months I've been working double shifts, working on a passion project with a buddy of mine to create these pop-up battlemaps. I had always planned on doing a bundle of maps at some point to release for print, but when Jon suggested we do this instead I really loved the idea and I've been working like a madman to design these instead of just a book of maps.The idea would be to have them as a Kickstarter to see if people are i...

Contest Winners

Haven't posted the winners from the last mapmaking contest! As mentioned anyone who made a map for that contest will receive their free upgrade in content, so if you haven't received that yet, hit me up on discord to make sure you get it!Take some time to check out the USERMADE MAP GALLERY yourself and take a closer look!FIRST PLACE - ZOETROPEWins a series of custom DD assets!Nile-inspired desert camp (plus night & river of blood variations)SECOND PLACE - SIARKAOnce upon a time, in this ...

Dungeondraft v0.3: 80 New Patterns + Tokens

Hello everyone!The past 2 months have been pretty wild on my end, I've been working double time creating a tonne more assets for Dungeondraft and working on a side project (more on that later). The assets for dungeondraft will finally be a bundle (full overhoal) of all the dungeondraft base assets. It's been on the list of things to do for some time, now I'm making my way through.I started with roofs and floors, including a bunch of color variations that adds up to 80 new patterns to...

Worldmap Assets (Tutorial + Free Assets)

As mentioned in my previous post I made 300 assets for you to create your own worldmaps in Dungeondraft! To adjust the tools to make this possible I included a little tutorial here to help you understand how I went about doing that!These assets are obviously available in the catalogue, but you can also download them for free on my website!LIST OF ALL OBJECTSPeople have asked me to update the objects lists for all my packs so you can see what is in them. I updated the DUNGEONDRAFT page of my webs...

Mother of all Updates

Hello, one and all!It took longer than expected, but I've finally done it. This latest update contains 200 Topdown assets, 300 Worldmap assets, 600 Isometric assets, 200 animated assets, and much more!Let's get to it!DIRE WOLF UPDATESI've updated two asset packs called Death & Desert and Mechanisms. Death features just a couple more skeleton and bone-based assets for you to use in your maps and Mechanisms features a massive dragon, turtles, a couple of things I used for my OGL map an...

Brosha and the Orb of Gratuitous Leeching

Hey, all you fine folks!As a special thanks to you, and everyone out there who has made the TTRPG space such a great environment to work in, I thought I'd address the whole DnD OGL debacle with an adventure! If you read between the lines very carefully you might spot my personal thoughts on the matter!This one goes out to Luke/Limithron who put the idea in my head of doing another one-shot and honestly it's been the perfect outlet these past couple of days!This adventure will also come a...

20 New Character Tokens + 200 Variations!

The second update of today is that I've finally finished the character tokens I was working on. I've been working together with Edwin to get him to create these tokens using my painting techniques in Photoshop so that we get similar results. Hopefully, this will mean that we can start releasing them on a steady basis again because I do really love these designs and would love to have one for each creature type featured in the Monster Manual.In general, when I do tokens, you'll have l...

Death & Desert v0.9: 200 New Assets + Contest!

Hello, one and all!I hope everyone had a lovely start to the New Year! The Christmas Holidays are always pretty busy at the Crosshead household with the little ones being home for 2 weeks, but I still managed to take some time here and there to keep working on the Desert (& Jungle?) assets for my latest asset pack!As you can see this update mainly features lots of exotic flora for you to use in these maps, but it also includes a large set of Massive Statues (including smaller versions of each) t...

Contest Winners (from way back!)

Some time ago, we did a mapmaking contest and I only recently realized (in all the chaos of the last months haha) that I hadn't put the maps online or hadn't posted the results here!Take some time to check out the USERMADE MAP GALLERY yourself and take a closer look!First Place - Shadow Creature 22Autumn actually won the original contest with the map you see in the main image of this post, but I didn't want to post it again! So instead here is another one of her cool maps!Second Plac...

Crosshead Focus (post-Crossland)

The goal of Crossland, the project I launched this month with a couple of artists, is to take some of the weight of creating content of my shoulders and clear up some room to refocus. What my vision was to basically clear space and focus a lot more on building assets, cutting down the time of the mapmaking part. Working with the Crossland team means we get to build those massive maps and worlds I always wanted to but didn't have the time for.Now what about Crosshead?I prefer to focus my time...

Death & Desert v0.7: 400 New Assets!

Hello, one and all!I just finished another update on the Death & Desert pack, it features one of my favorite updates (something I plan on updating more in the future) and that is layered & colorable patterns, including colorable walls. These should really take creating rooms to the next level with hundreds of ways to combine them all. The more I create, the more combinations are possible.Also featured in this pack are massive statues, broken pillars, and some throne designs. The statues in this ...

Update 3: Crossland Patreon

In the last update I've shared some of the isometric designs I've been working on (stuff you'll be able to download on this Patreon for Dungeondraft soon), and as mentioned these assets will also be part of a larger project I've been working towards for some time now. A collaborative project where we build a massive interactive world, that takes you from a world map, to isometric region maps into topdown maps with the click of a button.This world won't just feature maps, but ...

Update 2: Dungeondraft - Isometric & Premade buildings

For the past couple of months I've been working behind the scenes with a good friend of mine (who worked on art for the Witcher games) to bring isometric to Dungeondraft. Something I've been wanting to do for quite some time now (I've actually worked on this with 5 different people over the years, something I decided to hold off on talking about until I had something actually coming to fruition).The goal of this project is to build a big collection of buildings for you to create your...

Update 1: Death & Desert + Dungeondraft Fixed

Hello all you fine people!For the past month, I've been getting some messages about the new update on Dungeondraft not being able to load my asset packs. Now what seemed like a simple error came with some more issues than I had taken into account and it took me a bit longer to fix them. (Packing the files in the new version apparently made them unusable to older versions, for people who don't update their software, so that was a no-go).When I contacted Tom about these issues he had appar...

Update 4: Tokens!

This is an update for folks who don't check the discord. I've recently updated the token folder with an additional 100 tokens (that's 20 unique tokens plus all their variations)I'm also working on my next pack already, which is a character focused pack. An update to some older character designs, with a female and male version of each character.The pack also includes a bunch of helmets, a minor tweak that allows some more minor variations to the creations.CONTACTI plan on using th...

Update 3: Building your own ships (Tutorial)

To help you along in your journey to build your own ship, airship or spelljammer, I made this short tutorial with some tips and tricks! I've uploaded a full timelapse video, where you can see me built that big galleon (the Black Pearl) from scratch!You can find that video right HERECONTACTI plan on using the DISCORD CHANNEL for any questions, as usual, still having lots of issues with the Patreon chat or you can hit me up at crossheadstudios@gmail.comUPDATED LINKSYou'll find all the upda...

Update 2: Animation - Foundry & Free Content!

One of my biggest projects this month was a return to animation. The animated ships I made some time ago, were a first trial of figuring out how to add simple animations to my naval battlemaps to bring them to life. This time around I've made over 250 animated objects and creatures, that will allow you to turn any ship map you make in dungeondraft into an animated map on the fly!My animated assets and Foundry files, which include the massive royal airship and all its cannons, are only availa...

Update 1: Above & Below (1500 assets)

Hello all you fine folks!For the past two months I've been working on a massive pack that contains my first forray into the Underdark and a return to some ship, mainly spelljammer themed assets. The full pack is over 1500 assets that you'll find in both the Above & Below pack and the updated Seasons pack!The pack also comes with a bunch of mounts (both flying and grounded versions) and a bunch of farm animals!The underground section contains lots of crystals, mushrooms, rocky paths to cr...

Windmill [30x40] + 500 Assets!

Hello one and all!I've just finished working on another 500 new Dungeondraft assets and although I had planned on creating a couple of maps first (as is usual, to test things out) I've decided to keep it to one for now and already upload everything before I am off for a week on holidays with the family! When I return I do plan on finishing up those maps I had planned and finally coloring some tokens while I'm at it!This pack, an upgrade to the SEASONS pack (now at v1.0), features lot...

Contest Winners (& Asset Previews)

Hello, one and all!The discord users among you have probably already heard the news but the winners of last month's mapmaking contest have been announced! It was a super short contest, but one I'll be following up with another contest starting this Monday! So if you have any maps you'd like to share/submit, head on down to the Discord and submit your maps in the gallery (gridless and JPG versions preferably) to get a chance at winning a 250$ DnD giftcard (or one of my other prizes)!Y...

Fey Campsite & Seasons v0.9

Hey all you fine folks!Just finished a quick update to the Seasons pack with an additional 100 assets! This includes more patterns for your buildings, carpet paths with colorable decorations, crystals and a whole lot more that isn't even visible in these first maps I made with this pack! For those of you on the discord who have tested it out, I've actually just patched it so that the colorable assets are now actually colorable!I'm leaving on holidays for a week in the meantime, I wil...

Social Map Making Contest

For some time I've been wanting to get back to running a little mapmaking contest, and I'd like to run a little experiment for this month where instead of having a separate place to submit maps I just stop by the DISCORD CHANNEL where a lot of you have been sharing maps made with my assets for some time now and use those in these contests instead!For the backlog of maps, I plan on hitting the creators up personally to see if I can use them, but for future entries, all you have to do is m...

Update 2: Forest Tavern+Inn

The original update of this pack was planned for release a bit sooner, don't get me wrong in size it's actually as big as the Team Pack which took me months to put together (due to all the handpainted terrain textures), but I had hoped to release the first part of it before my big move to another city. (Moving closer to my family with the kids, so was a rather big event)Now to add a little bonus to taking a bit more time to iron out all the kinks in this pack (it will probably still have...

Update 1: Seasons & Terrains!

Hello all you fine folks!Last month I started work on a Underdark asset pack, running into a couple of issues with how I could get the most out of my terrains in combination with height paths (the wall edges of a cavern or Underdark passage). I had already finished up a couple of objects assets with Marvin, but well the centerpiece of this pack would mainly be those paths and textures.That's when I decided to roll it back a little and figure out how to get the most out of transitions between...

Free Foundry Multi-Level Adventure + Tokens!

Hey, all you fine folks!With the help of some amazing people, I've put together a little free 1st level adventure that includes a multi-level map for FoundryVTT (must install the levels module by theripper93 for it to work), some unique homebrew creatures with custom tokens, and 4 magic items!You can download the files for this adventure in the attachments down below and you can visit my WEBSITE for all the statblocks and info on how to run it!The adventure was part of a bonus reward I had p...

Update 7: The Bakery [20x20]

A small little map I made as an experiment for my city layout design. It sort of lines up with the bottom of the Inn/Tavern so you can actually expand it by placing it underneath. The lineup doesn't work perfectly as you might notice, but it should really do the trick.I might still do the armory design I had on my to-do list. For now, I'm going to finish up this quick tutorial video I'm working on and sketch out some tokens I still have on my list.CONTACTI plan on using the DISCORD C...

UPDATE 6: City Tavern-Inn Battlemap [28x30]

I also made a 4 level city tavern-inn that has a couple of hidden rooms and trapdoors to take you from one place to the next. It is perfect for an assassin or thief guild, with a little meeting space all the way at the top.There is even a stable located at the bottom floor, separate from the main building. The storage room grants access to the bedroom right above it (where you will find the hidden hatch).I'll do a more thorough write up on the map on the website. I plan on doing a couple of ...