Gathox Vertical Slum process/tolls
Oct 10, 2018 9:47:27 GMT -5
Post by davidljohnson on Oct 10, 2018 9:47:27 GMT -5
Hi folks! A while back I made a lengthy blog post which became one of my most successful, where I detailed all the digital and some of the physical tools I use to illustrate, write, design, and lay out RPG books. I know it's a blog post, but it's also purely a resource. The digital tools are all free, open source, and cross-platform - even though I'm a Linux user, anyone can use these regardless of system. The blog post is here:
TL;DR
WRITING
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A master notebook, pref. graph paper notebook
Distraction-free writing: Focuswriter, PyRoom, Wordgrinder
Office suite and collaborative docs: LibreOffice and LibreOffice Writer
LAYOUT
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Fully-featured for page and book layout: Scribus
For quick one-sheets: Inkscape
ARTING
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Pencil and paper; sketchbook; canvas/board and paints (gouache, watercolor, acrylic, etc.)
Photo cleanup: GIMP
Digital drawing and painting: Krita, Mypaint
Vector Graphics: Inkscape
RUNNING GAME
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big burly binder
master notebook (graph)
session tracking sheet
whiteboard/really big paper
I'd be happy to talk at length here about any of these tools or offer suggestions to anyone who needs a tool to get RPG things done. Cheers!
