Version 1.3 - Linux & more

After releasing Mythic Hex Tiles a month ago, I focused on Hexxmap again and added some cool stuff and a bunch of fixes, including the native Linux support you all pressured me into, I mean inquired about. ;D Let's have a look!

Linux Support: Hexxmap is now available on Linux and tested with Ubuntu. I had to throw out some Windows-only libraries and switch to SkiaSharp and TextCopy to make it work. I also implemented a file browser myself, which took a bit of time, but in terms of look and feel it was worth the effort. The switch to a new rendering library also increased loading times as a nice side effect. The Linux version is available as a direct download of the files and as a .deb package. Thanks to Yochai Gal and Onno for helping me setting up and testing the Linux build.

Load & Save Grid Properties: the times where you had to copy in grid properties like tile size or displacement by hand are gone. The map properties dialog has two new buttons with which you can save and load map properties to respectively from file. Map property files for all of my tile packs (and HexKit tiles) are available from the get-go. Creating a new Mythic Hex Tiles map, for example, is as easy as loading the map properties file and starting to lay down tiles.

Shorter Loading Times: I improved the startup time and the manual texture reloading time, both significantly. Hexxmap also shows a cute loading screen with a rotating frog while doing so.

Mythic Hex Tiles Demo: a handful of tiles (light pine forests, dark pine forests, meadows, mountains) and some markers and locations, 5 each, are part of the demo files now when you buy Hexxmap.

Shoutout to Hexed Press TTRPG Talk for showing off Hexxmap to his audience (dialogs can be now moved by clicking somewhere in their header and moving the mouse!).

Beyond that, there were some minor additions and fixes. The full changelog is available here.

My next move is going to be a short instructional video on how to use Hexxmap and preparing a release on other platforms like DriveThruRpg, all while adding a bunch of requested features and fixing bugs along the way. As always, if you want to give feedback or say hello, you can reach me via mail or Discord.