Some updates, upcoming content & concept changes (Patreon)

Dearest patrons!

The last few weeks have been a rollercoaster ride, both physically and emotionally - and it still is - but I'm finally on the (cautios) upswing!Unfortunately, the healing process is taking much longer than I had ever feared or expected. Even though things are slowly improving, I still need many breaks. That means that while I can do a little bit again, everything is moving much more slowly than before (tendons really are stubborn :/), and I have to further push back some of my ideas and planned content.

That said, I was at least able to get some organizational work done, and I hope to get back to being more creative soon. Sadly, drawing and sketching are still a big challenge, but I’m exploring ways to create content without drawing new assets by hand for now - at least until my arm is a bit more healed.A huge thank you once again for your patience! Being part of such a great community means the world to me!And also, a warm welcome to all new patrons who joined last month! Normally, I write personal welcome messages to everyone who joins, but I had to put that on the backseat for now. So: I’m really glad you’re here! You can ALL always reach out if you run into issues, have ideas, or suggestions. Of course I am also very happy if you join me and the community on the a day at Discord server!.

So, what happens next?

Despite the current circumstances I still have a few things planned (and have outsourced a few things).

Here are a few things I planned that I hope you can look forward to:

A free FoundryVTT Module - open for everyone: This will come pretty soon and is finished so far, just needs to get published on FoundryVTT. Announcement for this coming soon!

An alternative to the cloud access through “paid posts”: These posts will be set up so that active patrons will also have access to them, which is why they will be structured according the tier levels. But these will be available for one time purchases as well.A friend of mine is starting with the latest content packs and will then work their way through the backlog of content packs and create new ones as new content packs are released. (I'll do a little poll though what file formats and resolutions you use before we publish, so these don't get too cluttered since we realized there will be a looots of files otherwise.)

Highway map (for all subbed Patrons):I have an idea for a smaller than usual, but hopefully still very cool, map where you can play on a section of a highway. Hope that I will be able to start working on that one soon.

City Style assets (for CreativeGMs and higher):Originally, I wanted to continue expanding the modular streets pack, but I received a suggestion to start an asset pack that would enable the creation of regional city maps. I think this is a great idea and want to create at least a small test pack so you can give me feedback on whether we should continue developing this idea.

New content for FoundryVTT (for Thorough GMs): When you read this, the a day at “0” module will be released for ThoroughGMS, which provides a few building blocks for integrating the LEVELS module and also includes many props that you can use to enhance your maps on the fly. (Like cars, helicopters, blood splatter and so on) (Thorough GMs can find the download link in the #0_FoundryVTT_Map_Modules folder on the cloud). There will also be an announcement regarding this and the first modules that have Levels integrated in the upcoming days!

Prefabs (and maybe rooms & buildings) from existing assets (for Thorough GMs): To give more options for super fast map making I want to create some more prefabs (from existing assets), so there are more options to choose from.

Some (minor?) changes to the Patreon in generalI really hate the current situation - not beeing able to share content with you - so I was thinking a lot about ways to optimize things on my front to hopefully be able to work some things out in advance in the future.To better decide what steps really make sense there will be a poll (or series of polls) coming in the upcoming days that will hopefully help me better understand what you really want and need. Based on these results I will look into options to change some things to my concept in general.

+ some more things that I'll need to see how they work out before I can announce them, but hope I will be able to do just that in the not too distant future.

And of course the "City Center" Content pack once I will be able to draw assets and so on.

This all will all still take a little time, but I hope you'll bear with me!I am trying to do as much as I can do, but hearing so many horror stories from people that reached out to me I also try to give it the time it needs to properly heal so I won't make it worse and have a year(s) long journey with pain. Thanks again to all of you!If you have questions or anything please feel free to reach out!Greetings from Ana