Undertowners!
So this weekend I played with the Roll20 application. First impression: it's a pretty cool tool. I put in the City Lights Coffee House (and Accorded Neutral Territory), and made some observations based on the experience:
- The application has a library of tokens, tiles, etc, that is really great. It doesn't have all the shapes I need (for example, I couldn't find a quarter circle to do the stage) but it certainly has a lot. I'm also sure the collection will grow as more users contribute (i.e. after it becomes available to the general public).
- I encountered some initial difficulties because I couldn't find some things (like the "delete" option for objects). In other words, the application has a bit of a "learning curve," but nothing dramatic. Also, players shouldn't have to worry about that.
- After drawing the map (minus the stage) the first time, I closed out and then re-opened only to discover that my stacked objects had changed their ordering. This is an issue that has already been raised, and is being worked.
- The page options menu is not persistent; in other words, if I set a scale for the grid, the disable it and later re-enable it, the grid doesn't remember my last setting.
- There is no current ability to flip graphic objects. It would be handy for things like doors.
None of these, by the way, should interfere with your experience because players don't (in general) have to concern themselves with making the maps and such. I may be asking some of you to try logging into the game soon. I'd like to get your feedback from a player perspective.
Mij