Have a poorly drawn, hastily created mockup heavily inspired by Crazy 8x8! This isn't at all final or even WIP yet, it's just thrown together to give an idea of what I want. If it's not what you want, cool! Please let me know!
I didn't even do a good job at a mockup, because it doesn't show off beds, barrels, chests, and I didn't even throw a little arena fight in there to show that I'm not doing creature graphics. Please read the details below.
![](https://i.imgur.com/8XN5ClO.png)
With the promise of better graphical support built into the game rather than as a hacky memory editing library, it looks like I'll finally be able to get a little fancy someday. The two rooms on the left are meant to be engraved.
Q: an old fashioned "church of ASCII" version?
A: yes.
Q:18x18 version?
A: yes, but not custom drawn. Doubled from the 9x9, just like I do now.
Q: fancy landscape tiles?
A: yes, if supported.
Q: tiny item tiles, like beds, barrels, wardrobes, screw pumps, stairs, and more?
A:
yes, if supported.
Q: sexy graphical maps?
A: yes, if supported.
Q: arabic-inspired and cyrillic-inspired variants?
A: depends on the art style I end up with and how tedious it is to have them as options. If you think I'm doing separate tiles for anything but the font though, you're insane.
Q: custom workshops?
A: probably not, but maybe (if supported). I don't want to go crazy.
Q: straight wall variant?
A: see previous answer.
Q: serif font?
A: no.
Q: creature graphics?
A: definitely not, not 9x9. I'll probably drop support for dwarf graphics and stick with dorfletters.
Q: multiple z-level view (see the z-layer below you)
A: if supported and if I can do it in a way that doesn't look terrible.
Q: rectangular menu font?
A:
heresy maybe.
This is all speculation. I'll believe things when Toady releases them. Until then I'll see what I can do to quietly prepare. Don't hesitate to ask questions below.