The Backstage Pass

A design diary for Knightvision Studios

Archive for January, 2009

First screencast

Posted by knightvision on January 31, 2009

I wanted to get into screencasting lately and downloaded Camstudio and Super Screen Recorder.  Both work great.  My audio is a little off in the video and trying to get that straighted out.

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Draica Rising

Posted by knightvision on January 24, 2009

For the past two days or so, I wanted to develop the capital city of Lucidor. I started drawing on inspiration from how Brindisi, Italy is laid out and used that city as a template. Lucidor is an analog for Italy/Portugal in our world. I wanted to give some of the district names some Italian flavor so to speak.

Below are two maps. One shows the city with its unique monuments or prominent buildings. The other map shows the district names, which I’ve started to flesh out.

 

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Knightcast Episode 1

Posted by knightvision on January 17, 2009

I just completed, edited and uploaded the my Knightcast Episode 1 (branding name for my podcasts).

This episode covers the following topics:

  • My introduction
  • Overview of the Kingdom of Altalissia (Ebonyr campaign setting)
  • Web 2.0 – Synthasite.com
  • New Visionventure module: Sunken Shrine of Syraskis

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Supplement: Village of Brynmoor

Posted by knightvision on January 9, 2009

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I completed a rough draft tonight of my first supplement. This project will go with the last VisionVenture module, The Sunken Shrine of Syraskis.

 

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Name of Building: The Lucky Horse

Business Conducted: Horse and veterinary care

Owner: Lathai Raqu

Number and Type of Employees: 2

Description of Business:

2.

Name of Building: Burtel’s Hammer & Anvil

Business Conducted: Metal forging and crafting

Owner: Burtel Gasser

Number and Type of Employees: 2

Description of Business:

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Testing out Windows Live Writer

Posted by knightvision on January 7, 2009

I just downloaded Windows Live Writer. So far it has a great interface, easy to use and intuitive. Microsoft might have a winner here.

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New adventure module completed

Posted by knightvision on January 4, 2009

Today I finished up my latest VisionVenture module,  The Sunken Shrine of Syraskis. This adventure is for player-characters (PCs) of 3rd level using the Labyrinth Lord ruleset. You can download it for free from my website, Knightvisionstudios.com

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Yet another magazine cover

Posted by knightvision on January 3, 2009

I think this one looks better. Again, I’ll be creating a PDF magazine for the Knightcast podcast show notes.

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