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Jaunt: The Trickle
Publisher: Roan Studio
by Seth P. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/19/2021 17:57:33

A great looking and feeling map that oozes personality. Ideas of monsters and treasures to the stock the dungeon with come to mind immediately. However, and this is why I gave 3 stars instead of 5, the dungeon layout is not spectacular; in particular, the dungeon is fairly linear in design and doesn't seem to allow for much in-game exploratory "surprises" (ie, discovering a secret path, having multiple entrances to the dungeon, etc.) To Roan Studio: keep up the great work, but consider reading about "Jacquaying", which will up the quality of your work (IMHO).



Rating:
[3 of 5 Stars!]
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Jaunt: The Trickle
Publisher: Roan Studio
by Sebastien R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 04/06/2018 17:46:29

Looks absolutely gorgeous. Not sure how I'll use this in my game (can't really print anything this long, although I might not even need to) but it serves as a wonderful source of inspiration, at least. Maybe make a few horizontal maps, to change things up a bit? Anyways, really nice map with an old feel to it.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Jaunt: The Trickle
Publisher: Roan Studio
by alexander m. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 07/15/2017 14:00:20

The design is wonderful, but the technical layout is crippling -- the whole dungeon is on one "page" but that page has been extended to roughly 6 times the normal length of a portrait page.

the PDF is 32 meg per "long page" so my pdf viewer (skim on OSX) is dying under the load of rendering even one page of this.

I hoped that I could just print it and be done with digital problems, but since the dungon's page is abnormal ratio, I have the option of either having a natural zoom/ratio picture of the middle 20%, or rescaling it down to fit, resulting in an unreadable strip of art down the middle.

Note to Author

If you reformat it to make it usable, such as either of the following, I'll update my review. (The art deserves 5 stars)

  1. pdf with print-friendly page dimensions
  2. a jpg per dungeon (if you can't abide nasty page breaks in the art. This would allow client-side rendering to adapt to circumstances in a way the pdf format was designed to not do.)


Rating:
[2 of 5 Stars!]
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Creator Reply:
Hi Alexander - thanks for your feedback! These 'banner-style' maps are all drawn in segments, then pieced together (6 in total) to form the extra long map. As such, they can be printed as high res pdfs using the 'Multiple Pages' option while printing (Acrobat Reader). Each 'segment' is the size of a standard portrait page (8.5" x 11") and should match up when printed on a regular desktop printer. If one has access to a larger format printer or print shop and plan to print the entire map, then the large file size will ensure a better quality print (up to at least 200% without resolution loss). The product was designed with this in mind. That said, if a jpeg or png file will work better for you, feel free to send me an email ([email protected]) and I'll provide a link with these formats along with a smaller pdf (file size). I'm not sure if this completely addresses your issue, but thanks again for the feedback and it's something I will definitely keep in mind with future products, particularly these oversized maps. And I'm happy you like the art! - Randy M.
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