Map tiles and how

[Duboris]

If you came to this looking for a tutorial you're going to be disappointed.

In my most recent games I've developed a very simple, yet easy-to-remember method of doing maps and I've been looking to incorporate digital art into it, but, unfortunately, I've been having some glaring issues. First off, is my love for the 1 inch square, which is indefatigable. That said, I can't, for the life of me, find an easy way to incorporate that into my maps without painfully placing every single individual square, and I'd frankly like to fix that.

Now, here's what I'm in the middle of looking for. A simple square placer. That's it. Something I can just put tons of squares on and call it a dungeon map that I'll edit shortly in Paint Tool Sai by screen copying, or something. I've had almost no luck and would appreciate some assistance.

[JoeJ]

Use a drawing program, not a paint program.

Create a document that's the size you'll be using for your maps (8 1/2" by 11" for most printers), and use the line tool to draw a 1" grid. This shouldn't take more than a minute or so if you're familiar with the program. Save this document, then copy and paste it as a layer on top of whatever map you want to use.