March 13, 2023

Celestial Gate - Our First Ever Release!

Hey everyone!

Thank you so much for the support you've shown this project so far! We've been working very hard in the background trying to get this project just right for all to enjoy. It's been several months in the making so please let us know what you think. :)

This is the scene version of our Celestial Gate battlemap. Follow that link if you want to grab the battlemaps to go with it!

We wanted the scene to feel like you're peaking through the birch forest to this mysterious glade of ancient stones beneath the dappled light.  We're really happy with how this one turned out and we really hope you enjoy the animated versions too for your games.

How will your players activate the Celestial Gate and what will happen when they do?

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For this release, we collaborated with the talented Arcane Anthems so you'll have some beautiful, magical background music to combine with this scene!

They wrote a wonderful track for the Celestial titled Dark Delirium Ethereal Mystery which you can download for free. You can check out the rest of their RPG music library here.

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Get this week's scenes using the links below:

Celestial Gate - $1 Rewards - Day & Night Variations

Celestial Gate - $5 Rewards - All Variations

Celestial Gate - $10 Rewards - Animated Scenes

Celestial Gate - $10 Rewards - VTT Modules 

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This week's scene variations

Celestial Gate - Animated - Czepeku Scenes (YouTube)

Comments (41)

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Miriam Cox · April 24, 2023

I use this location extensively in a game I run--thank you SO much for this beautiful art!

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Czepeku Scenes · May 1, 2023

It's our pleasure! We hope your players enjoy it!

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Dungeons & Rapeize · April 7, 2023

This is awesome, i'm even thinking about using them as a dinamic desktop background. So beautifull, you are the best

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Czepeku Scenes · April 8, 2023

Thank you. I might even do that myself!

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Axis Mundi · March 24, 2023

These are great! Is it possible to get animated webp versions of these? I've tried using one of those free online converters but the image quality takes a significant downgrade.

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Czepeku Scenes · March 27, 2023

Hi Axis, I'll ask our animator to see if the quality remains when exporting them on our end! Is there an issue with using the MP4 beyond file size please? Just interested to know the reasoning.

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BigHeartedGuy · March 14, 2023

As if your maps weren't mind blowing enough... this is amazing

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Czepeku Scenes · March 14, 2023

Thank you so much!!

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Druid · March 14, 2023

Looks great! Just used these to make a cleaner landing page for my VTT. I can’t wait to add future scenes!

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Czepeku Scenes · March 14, 2023

Great idea! We've got a lot in the works so you'll have many more options soon enough!

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ZorkFox · March 14, 2023

Hooooooly crap! This is even better than I expected! :D

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Czepeku Scenes · March 14, 2023

Thank you so much!

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Mirriky · March 14, 2023

These look incredible! I cannot *wait* to use these

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Czepeku Scenes · March 14, 2023

Thank you! Enjoy!!

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Winnie · March 14, 2023

Ya'll are insane for this. Truly one of THE BEST mapmakers Ive ever seen!!!!

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Czepeku Scenes · March 14, 2023

Thank you so much!

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Rob Leonard · March 14, 2023

Exactly what I was hoping for! Love all the variants and the animated versions are really well done. Having all these options is so useful, allowing me to choose just the right look and feel for what I need. Looking forward to more...cheers!

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Czepeku Scenes · March 14, 2023

Thank you so much!

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AliceInMundaneLand · March 13, 2023

This is incredible! Wasn't expecting animated ones, blown away! :D

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Czepeku Scenes · March 13, 2023

Really glad you like them! Thank you!

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Ren · March 13, 2023

Gorgeous! Well done, can’t wait to use these in Alchemy

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Czepeku Scenes · March 13, 2023

Thank you!

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tart_afterdark · March 13, 2023

I love it :3

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Czepeku Scenes · March 13, 2023

I'm so glad!

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Oliver Volland · March 13, 2023

Animated Map doesn't work: {"errors":[{"code":902,"code_name":"AttachmentNotFound","detail":"Attachment with id 13254102 was not found.","id":"c70ece63-786e-5e98-90d4-1b459b6a34a9","status":"404","title":"Attachment was not found."}]}

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Czepeku Scenes · March 13, 2023

You're right! All working now!

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Worpus · March 13, 2023

Just used this animated map last night for a session, players loved it. They're still around it investigating, so now I can throw this up too! This is just too sick.

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Czepeku Scenes · March 13, 2023

Perfect timing!!!

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Eduardo Ramirez · March 13, 2023

Hell yeah my players were just about to enter this map

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Czepeku Scenes · March 13, 2023

Awesome!

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Alfredo Gallardo · March 13, 2023

These are fantastic!

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Czepeku Scenes · March 13, 2023

Thank you!

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Zachafinackus · March 13, 2023

They look great! Just a heads up, the animated scene hyperlink on this post doesn't go anywhere or download anything, just leads to a 404 page.

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Hilary Koss · March 13, 2023

what Zack said! Excited to use these, too but yep, just a broken link to tweak

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Artemisthemp · March 13, 2023

Those are beautiful, do appears the Animated Scene is missing

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Alex J Waddington · March 13, 2023

I would like to specifically thank you for the projection variant. That moment literally happened in my campaign and I can now share a perfect visual! Since they return to the portal occasionally, the other variations are also very useful.

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Czepeku Scenes · March 13, 2023

Thank you so much! That's exactly what we'd hoped!

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Remora Jewel · March 13, 2023

These are stunning!!

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Czepeku Scenes · March 13, 2023

Thank you!

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Doran Teverovsky · March 13, 2023

Gorgeous!

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Czepeku Scenes · March 13, 2023

Thank you!