Sneak Peek - Road to the Castle
Added 2022-08-11 16:08:01 +0000 UTC
Hey everyone and happy Sneak Peek Thursday! For those of you who are new here, I showcase a small portion of my upcoming map which will be released on Monday.
For today's sneak peek, I am showing you the crumbling guard towers and drawbridge heading toward Castle Ravenloft!
Like the western gate, this map will be another large map coming in on an 80x60 grid. A majority of this map will be focused on the winding road twisting up through the mountain peaks of Barovia leading to the castle. The road is narrow, barely allowing a single carriage to fit through it with sharp turns as it moves about the dangerous switchback road.
You will have plenty of room to run encounters here, or just foreshadow the castle for your players as they make their way up the road. The jagged cliffs look out over the seemingly bottomless chasm below filled with mist while jagged looming grey rock hangs overhead to the left of the map.
Hope you enjoy this preview and stick around until Monday for the release!
Cheers,
DM Andy
Comments
That is a really great idea! I do have an Adobe plan access to After Effects which I believe I might be able to use to animate them. I've never used it before but more than happy to play around and see if I can get something to work. I'll add that to my project board for a future state and if I can pull it off I'll go back and update my maps to included animated versions :)
Andy D'Amato
2022-08-11 21:46:21 +0000 UTCLooks good Andy, can't wait! Hey! I just had a thought in looking at this sneak peak. Any thoughts on adding animation to your maps? Subtle swaying of the bridge chains, rolling of the mists below, for example on this one in particular. Anywho... Could be a cool thing for future roadmap of the patreon. I'd definitely kick you a few more buckaroos for an animated tier =)
Einjuden
2022-08-11 21:33:09 +0000 UTCHaha that's awesome!! Glad you are excited :) Just to set proper expectations, this is not the castle proper, but the road leading to the castle all the way to the draw bridge and it ends right there. The next map in this series however.... ;)
Andy D'Amato
2022-08-11 21:05:07 +0000 UTCPretty certain the noises I made seeing this could only be heard by dogs. My wife certainly gave me an odd look haha
Dungeon of Terra
2022-08-11 20:52:09 +0000 UTCI'm ready to be amazed Andy, no pressure! 🤣
Chuck
2022-08-11 18:33:36 +0000 UTCMe too! I hope I can exceed everyone's expectations :)
Andy D'Amato
2022-08-11 17:14:18 +0000 UTCI am so excited to see what you do for ravenloft!
Andrew Martinez
2022-08-11 16:30:13 +0000 UTC
