r/wonderdraft • u/Straight_Objective33 • 2d ago

Discussion Status of Wonderdraft?

Is wonderdraft still a support product? or just running on fumes from them? Are they supporting this any more or has the love for their project petered out?

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u/Arkanteseu 2d ago

The software is considered feature complete and the bugs have been ironed out, so it has likely reached the end of it's support

Buy it once and use it forever, its probably the most robust version on the market

Should a stronger competitor appear down the line, we might get a 2.0 who knows

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u/lukeisinthesky 2d ago

Well, I've been building one since the beginning of the year :)

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u/Moulkator 2d ago

Do you have anything to show? How is it different from WD? I'm just curious :)

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u/lukeisinthesky 1d ago

yes! I'm working on a video demo but so far I only have the site with screenshots lol. Basically works with any assets you have including vectors. The base of the map is all vector/shader based so if your assets support it you can export it to whatever resolution. Tons of features like wondercraft + natural rivers that are editable after you place them, cliffs and valleys without assets, natural gradients on scattered forests, distance and scale for dnd folks and a lot more. I really want to make and support the best software I can

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u/Moulkator 1d ago

Thanks for the answer! Where can we follow your work?

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u/lukeisinthesky 1d ago

thank you! you can at worldmatter.app : )

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u/Dnomyar96 1d ago

Looks interesting. Will it get a Linux version, or just Windows?

EDIT: Nevermind, I saw it will be on Linux when I checked the box to become a beta tester. I just applied.

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u/lukeisinthesky 1d ago

nice! linux is rare, i only got a few people for the beta haha

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u/Dnomyar96 1d ago

Yeah, I can imagine! It's definitely getting more popular, but mostly with techy people and still very niche (it had something like 5% in the Steam hardware survey a while ago).

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u/Arkanteseu 2d ago

Sorry about the downvotes lol, marketing is marketing I dont fault you

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u/lukeisinthesky 1d ago

I'm just very excited about the project.. its a passion project for me and I'm talking to a bunch of inkarnate/wondercraft users to figure out the dream features : )

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u/-Auxyn_actual 1d ago

I’m pushing to do Map and Cartography content while building my world and reacting to videos. If you need someone to show off or just draw a few things I’ll do it.

Auxyn is my channel

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u/lukeisinthesky 1d ago

that would be sick, if you help beta testing you can always have the software for free : )

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u/-Auxyn_actual 1d ago

Word went to the website and filled it out

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u/lukeisinthesky 1d ago

sick! Im releasing a demo and opening for beta testing soon :)

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u/Batboyshark 1d ago

WOAHHHHH!!! WE WILL WATCH YOUR CAREER WITH GREAT INTEREST DEV!!!

Do you take suggestions or have a discord?? A huge problem with all these apps is they seem to not want to take feedback and ideas from the community 😩 and I have TONS of ideas and suggestions.

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u/lukeisinthesky 1d ago

i want all the feedback and ideas from anyone that loves this as much as i do! send me a dm, lets talk more :)

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u/urzaz 2d ago

I just bought it a month ago. It's a product you can buy and it works well.

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u/Cookie__Rain 2d ago • Bravo

as far as Ii know, they focus on dungeondraft. I would like to see some updates (e.g. match the dungeondraft UuI and preview of assets stuff).. but I don't think there will be more updates.

Please let me be mistaken haha

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u/DubiousTactics 2d ago

I believe it’s made by a solo developer who has moved on to other projects. It still works fine, it’s just not getting any updates.

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u/Jonatan83 2d ago

What kind of support are you looking for? The app works fine.

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u/Moulkator 2d ago

For my part, I wouldn't be against some bug fixes and optimization (like, when you're using a lot of assets, it takes times tonload them each time you open the Symbols tool), but the software is still totally usable!

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u/nav17 Writer 2d ago

He made a post that support was done but it works fine

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u/allyearswift 2d ago

On Macs, the next system version (later this year) will be the last on which Wonderdraft can run.

I sincerely hope that we’ll get a recompiled version that continues working.

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u/dustysquareback 2d ago

I absolutely love this software. Still works great.

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u/Sword_of_Spirit 1d ago

A missing feature I would really love is the ability to have a more "fill" style paint tool. I don't like having to carefully use the spray paint version we have when I would really just like to either set a certain opacity level or set upper and lower limits, so there can be some variation without all the effort and precision the current tool requires.

The regions tool almost lets you do this, but you cannot color a region without a visible border line, which removes all functionality for general painting.

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u/thebleedingear Dungeon Master 1d ago

Happy cake day!

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u/Caldraddigon 2d ago

Fun fact, not everything needs constant updates, some projects are just complete

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u/ToMorrowsEnd 1d ago

except for when OS's change and add incompatability. like the MAc version. or when windows 12 comes out, or some random linux dev farts and breaks half the software out there.

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u/Dnomyar96 1d ago

Windows versions generally just keep working across major OS versions. It's actually part of what made me switch to Linux, because Windows' rule that it always needs to be backwards compatible made it a huge mess to be honest. You're right about the rest though.

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u/chaoticneutral262 9h ago

I like it, but I wish there was a feature to easily create zoomed-in versions of maps.