Hi everyone! Today we want to discuss a new feature that may not sound particularly exciting, but that in the long run will surely prove to be portentous: Steam Workshop integration. In a nutshell, this makes sharing Multiverse Designer creations (we’ll expand that later) incredibly easy, automatizing the whole process through Steam.
You won’t even have to close Multiverse Designer to upload or download anything: it will all be stored in the Steam Cloud. So, for example, while you’re creating a map, you can search among all the creations uploaded by the community, find a building that fits your needs, and download it with a click and place it on your map.
You will be able to download all kinds of creations from the community, navigating across different categories to find exactly what you’re looking for
And what exactly can be shared, you ask? Here's the full list:
- Maps
- Environments (aka textures)
- Lights / Map Global Illumination settings
- Faces (for the Character forge, like big noses, tatoos, clothing…)
- Character sheets
- Avatars (the visual representation of a character + their character sheet)
- Criteria rules
- Campaigns
We want to stop for a second to highlight the last two. To begin with, it means it will be as easy as it gets to download sets of rules. Multiverse Designer will release with some sets of rules already pre-implemented for you to use, but we expect to implement more in the future – and on top of that, we also expect that some users will create sets of rules with Criteria for their games. This is great news for everyone, because we cannot possibly cover every single game in the market; that’s where the community steps in, and why having easy-to-use sharing features is important. Maybe your favorite game is relatively small (compared with titans like D&D) and we haven’t implemented its rules… but there’s someone else who already did, and you can download and use them!
Also, sharing campaigns is a big deal too: an adventure or campaign aren’t just a bunch of maps, but all the NPCs, events, and special rules associated with them. Sharing and downloading ready-to-use full adventures will be a key feature of Multiverse Designer further down the road.
Sharing will be as easy as ticking this box!
All this will be available very soon: we are working right now to have this ready for the next update. That’s all for today; as always, we invite you to join our community on Discord, wishlist Multiverse Designer on Steam(this is very important for us!) and follow us on Instagram and Twitter. See you in our next update!
PS: Friendly reminder to all backers, please redeem your Steam keys, and if you haven’t seen yours in your inbox, send us a DM through Kickstarter so we can send it to you. Have a nice day!