Sci-fi / ALIEN resources
kalt_null
Traveler
I'm mostly running sci-fi games, and so naturally I'm mostly looking to use CC3+, et. al. to make sci-fi maps. Now I'm looking for more resources to add there. I'm especially looking for stuff that can help make maps, cities and "dungeons" for the ALIEN RPG. I was wondering if there's something out there... Like... A dropship, a power loader, alien hive tiles, that kinda stuff. I would almost be surprised if there wasn't...
Any advice is greatly appreciated. I'm new to this whole mapping thing and still trying to get my bearings.
Comments
There is not a lot, but there are some.
First, you probably want to get cosmographer. It not only makes star maps, but maps for ship decks. Some of the default stuff could work.
Second, the 2015 Annual has an alien star ship style. I think that is very much what you are looking for in terms of hive tiles and stuff.
Third, the 2012 Annual has two styles for sci-fi. Both are from HighSpace. The alien tiles should work well.
Fourth, the 2019 Annual has a scifi base
The 2020 Annual has a couple of styles, but I do not think they would work for your purposes.
What you may need to do is mix these with other styles to get what you want by using some of the dungeon or overland map styles to mix with these. It just depends on what you are trying to make.
Sigh. I wish I could purchase those styles individually.
Any advice for cyberpunk city / dungeon sets?
The Dundjinni Archives also have some Sci-Fi stuff in them
I'll take a look.
Just looking at stuff other people have made specifically for the ALIEN RPG, I'm seeing a lot of stuff for Dungeondraft. Are Dungeondraft assets easily usable with CC3+, etc.?
...and a whole other issue would be what if I just make stuff myself, but IDK how difficult that is...
CC3+ can use artwork in standard .png format, which is the most common image format for art assets. I don't know what Dungeondraft uses though, but I tried downloading a free resource, and it came packed in something that looked like a proprietary bundle that can't be used outside Dungeondraft. It looks like the actual file packed away inside it are png's, but I don't know how to extract them, nor the legality (it is probably against the eula)
You can draw your own quite easily in any bitmap app. GIMP and Krita are free. I use Affinity Photo and Designer myself, rather than paying rental for PS.
Importing them and making your own symbol catalogues is really easy. Remy has done a series of videos covering this here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLulP-cGMLxw4qTpXfilRHgbDUg8WvrEX2
According to https://github-wiki-see.page/m/Megasploot/Dungeondraft/wiki/Custom-Assets-Guide Dungeondraft file packs include two types of file. One file tells the program how to use the image. The second is the image itself. The images are PNG format. As such, you can use those PNG files in CC3.
You can search online for instructions on how to unpack the dungeondraft file type. There is also a program on github that does it for you.
I am not finding much in the way of Alien RPG map images online so I am not sure what you are looking for in terms of style. What I did find, I think 1-2 style packs would be able to do more than what I have seen so far.
CartographyAssets.com has many style packs to use. Many of them are free. You can just search for sci-fi. Those that cost most are usually 5 Euros or so.
DriveThruRPG has quite a lot of sci-fi and steampunk assets packs from various publishers for sale.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse.php?keywords=Sci-Fi+Token+Set&x=21&y=21&author=&artist=&pfrom=&pto=
Tokens are the keyword I needed to be using. I knew DTRPG had some, but I was only finding completed battemaps.
Ah! Many thanks, I had searched at DTRPG but wasn't sure if those are easy to use with CC3+