Captain's Starlog 202306.3 - Interstellar Explorer Theme, Summer Maintenance & More

Hi everyone,

It's time for another Captain's Starlog update and to go through some recent releases and what we have been up to lately.

I'll try to keep this short and to the point and follow up with separate updates when necessary.

Wrapping Up the Proteus Outpost Theme

The Proteus Outpost theme took longer to finish than I had planned. We had two more maps planned for it, but I decided to drop those for now, and if we make them later, we can add them as updates to the theme pack.

I have one more splash art, and the Foundry module updates are still coming. I expect these to be done on Monday and released on Tuesday at the latest.

In total, this theme pack includes 8 maps with variants and 2 splash art illustrations.

You can find the complete list of contents here.

Next Theme: Luminary-Class Interstellar Multirole Explorer

Based on a recent poll, the next theme will be Luminary-class multirole explorer. This spaceship will have three decks, as most of you wished. The results were almost tied between the explorer and the mercenary cruiser, so I decided that we would make some deck and hull variants for three different configurations:

• Science ship with extensive laboratories and research facilities
• Military cruiser with heavier armament, shield generators, and quarters for marines or mercenaries - whoever might be manning this ship.
• Explorer with facilities and loadout balanced possible hostile conflicts and long-range survey missions.

If we can fit it into our schedule, we will also make a small deckplan that can fit inside the Luminary-class spaceship. A poll is included at the end of this post. 

So, more deckplans are coming again, and we plan to stay in space for a while now. 

(read: more deckplans and space stations coming after the Luminary theme :) )

Maintenance Mode: Asset & Patreon Overhaul

Besides working on new maps and assets, we will go through all the PNG assets and dungeondraft custom asset packs. First of all, we are giving them a little visual overhaul and organizing the packs better. 

In addition to assets, there will be updates on Patreon collection posts and tiers. My goal is to make things clearer and content easier to find. 

Modular Tiles Coming

Modular tile sets have been on the wishlist for a long time, and next week we will release our two first tile sets. 

• Outpost tileset included corridors and rooms for space stations and spaceships with a more rugged and industrial feel. 
• Cyberpunk Apartments includes a set of premade apartments (propped and unpopped) and a tile set for the corridors.

These are both already done. They need to be cut into tiles and prepared for release.

The Future of Foundry Modules

Last but not least, here is some news for all the Foundry VTT users. 

For the past two months or so, we have been working on some changes to our workflow on the background and preparing for a bigger shift in our focus. 

Now that Foundry VTT v11 is out, I will start working on the Foundry VTT module updates. Like the two latest modules, the old modules will be updated into Adventure documents. This phase will also add audio playlists, audio sources, and journal notes.  

We are also looking into making the maps so that some or all of the props are made using the Foundry's tiles tool in Foundry. This should allow a greater degree of customization even while playing. I'm unsure if we will implement this with Luminary deckplans yet, but we are working toward this direction.

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That's all for now. Big thanks for your support! You make all this possible :)

Cheers,

Miska