{"id":6150,"date":"2010-12-31T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T05:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/?p=6150"},"modified":"2010-12-26T14:43:01","modified_gmt":"2010-12-26T12:43:01","slug":"making-a-space-map-for-sci-fi-rpgs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/?p=6150","title":{"rendered":"Making a space map for Sci-Fi RPGs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been looking real close several times at the Serenity RPG. I got the Serenity PDF in the Gamers supporting Haiti bundle after the Haiti earthquake, and I&#8217;ve looked at it several times thinking this is a game I must make adventures for. The game is not only good, the design of the book is extra ordinary great with lots of color pictures and maps. So I finally decided to start to make something for this game, and I decided to start out with a little star map of a small part of the &#8216;Verse, where I will place my adventures.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Today we&#8217;re gonna let <a href=\"http:\/\/www.filterforge.com\/?affiliateid=200100725\" target=\"_blank\">FilterForge<\/a> work hard, and the library is filled with great space-oriented filters that I haven&#8217;t bothered with yet. Filters for space, nebulas, planets, just about anything you need for a good space map. So we start out with a space background, rendered in FilterForge with a filter I downloaded from the library.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6158\" title=\"space001\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, I created a nebula using another filter.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6157\" title=\"space002\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And we need planets and moons, so using a few different filters for that, I got some planets and moons. A dark arid planet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6156\" title=\"space003\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"358\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And another strange planet with some atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6155\" title=\"space004\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here is another one.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6154\" title=\"space005\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And a star or sun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6153\" title=\"space006\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, I started to assemble everything using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.omnigroup.com\/applications\/omnigraffle\/\" target=\"_blank\">OmniGraffle<\/a>. And here is the basic map.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6152\" title=\"space007\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"560\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Using FilterForge again to make a Frame, and then adding some more text using OmniGraffle, I think I got a pretty good star map.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6151\" title=\"space008\" src=\"http:\/\/4eyes.code66.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/space008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"630\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think this map is up to the standards of a Serenity supplement. I&#8217;m happy with this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been looking real close several times at the Serenity RPG. I got the Serenity PDF in the Gamers supporting Haiti bundle after the Haiti earthquake, and I&#8217;ve looked at it several times thinking this is a game I must make adventures for. 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