Tabletop Creator Update Recap

We are excited to share with you the latest advancements. Our commitment to enhancing your experience has led us to develop a series of updates aimed at making your creative journey smoother, more intuitive, and ultimately more fulfilling. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced game designer, these updates promise to significantly elevate your workflow. Let’s dive into what’s new and improved in the latest version.

We’re thrilled to announce some fantastic updates to Tabletop Creator, making your game design process smoother, more intuitive, and even more enjoyable. Here’s a rundown of what’s new, changed, improved, and fixed in the latest version:

New Updates Additions:

1. Enhanced Panel Customization: With the new {panel} variable, you now have more control over your panel names.
2. Icon Widget Selector: Easily access a wide range of icons with our new button in the text panel inspector.
3. Variable Tag Insertion: Adding variable tags has never been easier, thanks to our newly added button.
4. Font Customization: Change fonts with ease for selected text in the text panel inspector.
5. Simplified Saving: Save your projects in a single file with our new app setting, streamlining your workflow.
6. Access Logs Quickly: A new button in the app settings screen now directly opens the app logs folder.

Changes:

1. MacOS Shortcut Update: We’ve switched to using Command instead of Control for a more intuitive MacOS experience.
2. New Splash Screen: Enjoy a refreshed startup as we now use a free license of Unity.

Fixes:

Font Dropdown Issues: We’ve fixed the red font issue in dropdowns and ensured font names wrap correctly, no matter the length.

Improvements:

1. Automatic Font Refresh: The font selector dropdown now automatically refreshes the fonts used in your project, ensuring you always have your latest selections at your fingertips.
2. Enhanced Font Selector: We’ve improved the font selector dropdown by displaying your five most recently used fonts, making it quicker and easier to apply your favorite styles.
3. Organized Font Dropdown: To enhance navigation, we’ve added separators between different sections in the font selector dropdown, making it more intuitive to find what you need.
4. Simplified Number Variables: In the blueprint editor, number special variables will now be resolved as ‘1’, streamlining the design process and making previews more straightforward.
5. Precise Text Outline Adjustment: The input arrows for text outline thickness have been reduced to a 0.1 value increment, allowing for finer control and more precise text customization.
6. Informative Tooltips: We’ve added new tooltips to the font format buttons in the item editor text inspector, as well as in all panel path properties (including images, icons, and scancode). These tooltips provide helpful guidance, making editing more efficient.
7. Full Screen Shortcuts: Embrace a more immersive design experience with two new shortcuts for full-screen mode, catering to your preferred way of working.
8. Window State Memory Enhancement: Use the -disable_window_state_workaround command parameter to force the app to remember its maximized window state, saving you time and hassle when you reopen the app.
9. Platform Version in Logs: For internal improvements and better support, we’ve added the TC platform version (Steam or Web) to the Environment log.

These updates are part of our commitment to provide a user-friendly, versatile, and professional tool for all your game designing needs. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned designer, Tabletop Creator aims to streamline your creative process, allowing you to focus more on bringing your imaginative game ideas to life.

As you explore the impressive new features of Tabletop Creator, we highly recommend checking out our post titled “Create Your First Game with Tabletop Creator.” This guide is an invaluable resource for both beginners and experienced designers alike. It provides step-by-step instructions, creative tips, and insights into making the most of Tabletop Creator’s functionalities. Whether you’re looking to start your first project or seeking to refine your design skills, this post is a must-read to kickstart your game creation journey with confidence and creativity.

If you’re ready to take your game designing dreams to the next level you can download Tabletop Creator for free, and for more functionalities that will bring your game design to the next level Tabletop Creator Pro will revolutionize your game creation.