Process

8 min

What 214 tiles taught me about repetition

Players notice repeats in seconds. Here's how Lanternfall's tileset hides them.

A tileset is a promise that the world can go on forever. Repetition is how that promise breaks.

Variants, not copies

Every common tile has three to five variants that share an outline and change one detail.

Break the grid

Props that sit across tile edges do more to hide the grid than any number of variants.

05 · KEEP READING

More from the journal.

06 · WORKING ON SOMETHING?

Let’s make it look lived in.

Pull up a log. Tell me about the world you want to build.
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