How Artifax Mapper gets built — algorithms, design decisions, dead ends and the occasional victory.https://artifaxstudio.com/en-ushttps://artifaxstudio.com/blog/popping-in-and-out/https://artifaxstudio.com/blog/popping-in-and-out/A small bit of polish in Artifax Mapper: stamped props and scatter areas now pop in when they are placed.Sun, 27 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevlogpolishanimationscatterKeith Perhachttps://artifaxstudio.com/blog/repeating-tiles/https://artifaxstudio.com/blog/repeating-tiles/Why seamless textures work for grass but not for stone floors, and how Artifax Mapper uses seeded random tilesets instead.Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevlogtilestexturesdungeondraftKeith Perhachttps://artifaxstudio.com/blog/dungeondraft-materials/https://artifaxstudio.com/blog/dungeondraft-materials/DungeonDraft saves painted materials and caves as a coarse grid of on/off bits, and why Artifax saves surfaces as paths instead.Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevlogdungeondraftmaterialsmarching squaresfile formatsKeith Perhachttps://artifaxstudio.com/blog/let-there-be-light/https://artifaxstudio.com/blog/let-there-be-light/How directional lighting and shadows work in ArtifaxStudio, from raycasting against walls to tracing prop outlines with marching squares.Sat, 16 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevloglightingraycastingshadowspixijsKeith Perhachttps://artifaxstudio.com/blog/tokyo-drifting/https://artifaxstudio.com/blog/tokyo-drifting/How I got textured stroke borders to turn corners cleanly, from a failed fan geometry attempt to a one-triangle bevel, plus two border bugs.Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevlogrenderingstrokesgeometryKeith Perhachttps://artifaxstudio.com/blog/living-in-a-material-world/https://artifaxstudio.com/blog/living-in-a-material-world/Where map materials come from: the tile sets and sprites of old 2D games, and the four kinds of assets Artifax builds maps with.Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevlogmaterialsassetstilesspritesKeith Perhachttps://artifaxstudio.com/blog/maps-are-like-an-onion/https://artifaxstudio.com/blog/maps-are-like-an-onion/Why everything on an Artifax map became a layer, and how rotating nested groups ended up being the hardest part.Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevloglayersgroupsrotationarchitectureKeith Perhachttps://artifaxstudio.com/blog/artifaxstudio-map/https://artifaxstudio.com/blog/artifaxstudio-map/The first devlog for the Artifax mapping software, covering why I'm building it, the core design goals, and the licensing plan.Mon, 22 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMTDevlogdesign-goalsmappinglicensingKeith Perhac