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Digital Map Projection

Discussion in 'Game/SP News & Comments' started by chevalier, Mar 16, 2005.

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    D20 SRD has an interesting article for fans of pen and paper Dungeons & Dragons gaming. Here is an excerpt from what the author says about his creative solution to the problem of reconciling a premade map with the need to have players' viewpoint as limited as their characters' is:

    My gaming group uses a rather high-end mapping setup that has a profound impact on our level of enjoyment of the game. In fact, if for some reason we cannot use the setup, my spoiled gamers want to re-schedule the game session. Let me describe it…

    I scan in adventure maps and Photoshop out all for the DM-only information (room numbers, secret doors, traps, etc.) and create a mask layer. We then suspend a digital projector (connected to my laptop) from the ceiling, pointing directly at the game table. I project the edited map onto the game table and scale it to match our miniatures. As the players explore the map, I erase portions of the mask layer, revealing the map beneath.

    As you can imagine, this has really improved the gaming experience. We now have a visually appealing map to represent the adventuring environment, and the game-time consuming task of drawing a map is drastically reduced.

    Read the rest at D20 SRD. Thanks to Morgoth for letting us know.
     
    chevalier, Mar 16, 2005
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