The T-Builder line uses PDF layers and form controls to let you lay various bits on top of a basic background. The desert pack lets you place three different types of walls, two different types of pits, and several varieties of doors, pillars, plants, chests, and such on a sandy base layer. The system is not difficult to use once you get the hang of it, but it’s slow and cumbersome even for a skilled user. The results are serviceable, but not nearly as nice as those produced by an artist creating a specific tile. Still, the ability to customize is welcome. The instructions try to help users master the T-Builder system, but the English composition/translation is occasionally very poor (“If you want to rebuild a lower layer, turns off they what there are higher” and the like). You can’t save your work; this is not the publisher’s fault (and the publisher warns about this in the instructions, even highlighting the statement in red), but it does highlight the inherent limitations of publishing such a tool as a PDF.
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