The next update for 3D Virtual Tabletop for iPhone, iPad & Android is coming soon, so I thought I’d give you a little taste of what’s to come. It feels like everyone has been asking me when they are going to be able to put miniatures of different sizes on the map, and the answer is in this next version! Check out the screenshot. You can have bigger minis too, the dragons that are included with the app are now available in gargantuan size, which is 4x4 squares, they look great on the map, much more frightening. I can’t wait to put one of those big guys down in front of my group. This is good timing because the Pathfinder party that I am running has just got to 5th level so they’re going to be facing some tougher opponents, some of which are at least going to be large.
Another very popular suggestion that I’ve had is for putting down flat tokens. A lot of you like the top-down view, I know my group is a big fan of it for figuring out distance and area of effect. You can also use the flat tokens for things like throwing out a coin with a light spell on it, which isn’t appropriate for a stand-up pawn. Something I hadn’t expected, but which is really cool, is a message from a guy wanting to do starship battles, simulating a tactical display. It’s also necessary in this scenario to have the minis stay pointing in a particular direction, and not to face the camera. That’s what they now do, you can place them facing the way you want, and they will keep that heading. This goes for stand-up minis as well, you can see in the top screenshot that the elf that is facing away from the camera, towards to the ogre, is shown in greyscale, this lets you know that you’re looking at the back of the figure, but still gives you the detail to know who it is.
Hopefully this update will be out in a week or so, I’ll let you know when it hits.
The map in these screenshots is from DramaScape.