Dort VTT Update: Dungeon Drawing, Dungeon Generator
Hey everyone! Since our last post we've been heads-down on the scene's map tools. Here's where dungeon drawing & generation stands now:
Dungeon Drawing
The scene's map tool lets you draw a dungeon directly on the canvas. Rooms double as walls — they block light and line-of-sight in the dynamic lighting engine automatically.
Render style toggle:
- Dyson — stylized hand-drawn look: hatched walls, wobbled edges, parchment floor fill. Best for scenes built entirely with the drawing tool, where the dungeon art is the map.
- Blueprint — clean thin outlines only, no fill or hatching. Best for scenes that already use a background image — it just lays the walls over your existing map without covering it up.
Set per scene, switch anytime without redrawing.
Room creation tools:
- Rectangle — drag to place a filled room; overlapping rectangles merge into one shape
- Brush — paint freeform rooms with a circular brush
- Thin Wall — click-to-add interior wall segments, right-click to finish
- Stairs — drag the base line, click to set the apex direction
Dungeon Generator
One click to generate a whole dungeon, then keep, regenerate, or hand-edit it. Three algorithms:
- TinyKeep (scatter) — scattered rooms connected by corridors
- Symmetrical Tree — branching, symmetric layouts
- Cave (seed growth) — organic blobby caverns
Each algorithm exposes its own knobs — room/area count, room size, corridor width, extra loops, wall roughness, plus algorithm-specific ones like symmetry, spawn radius, or shape roundness. Generate → preview → Accept.
Once accepted, the result is just regular dungeon drawings — edit it exactly like a hand-drawn one: extend it with the room tools, erase parts.
Bonus: Token Art
Built-in SVG token icons from game-icons.net ship with the app (fantasy, sci-fi, undead, monsters, NPCs, and more). They're recolorable per token — set a background and a main color. The picker has separate Built-in and Uploaded tabs.
What's Next
Next version I'm planning to add visual environment props you can place on the scene — beds, chests, altars, and the like — to dress up rooms beyond bare walls.
If you know good free, copyleft-friendly asset packs for this kind of thing (props/objects/furniture, any style), please drop links in the comments — it'd be a huge help.
Dort is a free and open-source virtual tabletop. Feedback and bug reports welcome!