Some small progress to this project today.
1.
First of all, I moved from "dndbattlegrounds.net" (now defunct) to
https://akbattlegrounds.net with the "ak" standing for
Alex Kierkegaard's Battlegrounds.
This was something I've been thinking about doing for a while, for two reasons. One, it just looks and sounds cooler. And two, I don't want to be hit with a takedown request by WotC when this thing blows up as the second-coolest thing on the internet (no prizes for guessing what the coolest is).
I've switched as many links to the new domain as I could find on
Insomnia, but I am sure I've missed a bunch. Don't bother alerting me about them for now, save it for when I've gone through everything carefully and need help catching the last few.
So that's the first piece of progress I accomplished today.
2. The
second piece you can see by going to the site. It is the quote with which my "Ultimate Edition Core Rulebook" will open. All my books open with a quote, and this one will be no different. It's just that this quote will be mine because no one else has written anything that conveys the scope I am going for with this project. I am quite literally going for the best artwork ever, so the quote must be megalomaniac to the point of insanity and I think
Orgy §1464 does the trick, if I may say so myself (and I may, since the internet is deaf and dumb to everything I am doing). So keep in mind that that quote will NOT stay on the site's frontpage forever, it will eventually be moved to the book. The frontpage will of course be written all in-universe for maximum immersion.
3. And finally the
third piece of progress is a semi-final background for the frontpage which, if your screen is high-res enough, should look something like this:
I mean... have you seen a more epic start screen ever? And it's not even done. Nowhere near. Try to imagine it when the "Ultimate Edition Core Rulebook" cover goes on, and proper lore text, and maps and illustrations from the campaigns, the game's soundtrack CD (called
Battlecry btw, which matches
Battlegrounds perfectly) etc.
P.S. If your screen is low-res, the background will be screwed. I am not sure if I can fix this, but I'll try. Ultimately though I will optimize for 4K if I have to pick a res for best results. Problem is, I am not working on a 4K screen right now, just 1080p, so I can't yet test this properly. I will be able to soon though, so don't bother showing me how it looks on your screen. (If your screen is 1080p, you can probably see the site in its proper dimensions by zooming out to 50% with your browser... That's how I took that screenshot.)
P.P.S. More coming soonish. And it will blow your fucking mind.