Tutorials

Guides, when they're real

Every tutorial links to a real, written guide — no placeholder tiles for features we haven't shipped.

Shipped tutorials

Each tile links straight to a Documentation section grounded in today's editor—use in-app Help (H) for the exhaustive shortcut cheat sheet rather than trusting static tables.

Basics · 3 min

Orient yourself before touching the brush

Understand what RPG Map Editor is optimizing for—battle readability, tabletop grids, stamped props, and PNG exports—not engine trivia.

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Workflow · 5 min

Terrain, stamps, and grid discipline

Sketch cover, chokepoints, and navigation first. Terrain carries the playable read; stamps reinforce story beats.

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Cloud · 4 min

Saves, tabs, and conflict safety

Dirty-map autosaves, manual saves, and why an HTTP 409 is your signal to reconcile—not panic.

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VTT · 5 min

Flatten to PNG without surprises

Prep maps for imports the boring, reliable way—verify grids inside your chosen VTT; we ship pixels, not vendor-specific integrations.

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Lands with the feature

These tutorials ship the week the underlying tool does. Until then there's nothing to click — and that's the point.

  • Walls & line-of-sight Phase 3 — walls tool
  • Dynamic lighting for dungeons Phase 3 — light tool
  • Exporting for Foundry VTT Phase 3 — verified VTT package export
  • Continent-scale world map Phase 3 — token & symmetry tools

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