If you want, you can find more assets I've done here:
https://talesbazaar.com/author/76561197998840002/profile
https://talestavern.com/userprofile/22/



You can find a full youtube playlist on how to get started until uploading a slab here:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL5K8NQZ2OibCujR85T41BK2bNWE5AfLt


Each video has timestamps/chapters to help you get the right information quickly but I woukd encourage you to watch everything as a lot of tips are given :)

The playlist goes through:

The video below is the first video in the Series about the interface and camera!

Preview seems bugged: https://youtu.be/FuCwvnp10ww

0:00 - Introduction
2:22 - Notetaking Begins

Be flexible
Be creative
Write it all down

5:22 Basic Sketching Example
6:26 Castle Willehm Sketch Example

7:45 Modular Houses Sketch Example

8:14 Tutorial House Sketch Example
10:15 Asset Preparation (in TaleSpire)

Lay out all the assets in advance for easy access

12:20 Planning for scale
Start with a small build

13:03 Height Management
Don't build directly on the ground
Make your board big enough for navigation
Add cutout views if possible
Use a second board for different levels/underground

16:20 Recap

0:00 - Introduction

0:32 - Macro to Micro

Layout foam floor for basic shape outline

0:57 - Shaping the Terrain

Exterior wall to frame it
Foam base to get your base elevations (leaving room for your actual dirt/flooring)

3:33 - Primary (Hero) Asset Placement

Block out it's base shape
Add base walls for feeling of space to work on.

5:47 - Stairs!

Add your stairs early as they are harder to add later
Place and use them to provide separation and work with your flow

7:38 -Tips

Reminder to start at your entry point
Start with basic shapes first

8:10 - Outro

0:00 Introduction

0:50 Adding interest

Pull walls in or out (intrude/extrude) to make them more interesting

3:44 - Adding the Cellar

Shift-mousewheel to change elevations

4:52 - Filling the Terrain
5:12 - Shaping the Path

Do path early since it's key

6:05 Breaking repetitions & patterns

Rotate pieces to show difference
Add windows to break the patterns

9:33 - Path Patterns and details

Break out tiles to allow injecting differing tiles
Look for patterns you can break
Find tiles without dark or obvious marks
Add in mixes of more recognizable patterns

12:35 - Terrain Pattern

Add height variations
Break lines
Working from top down is easier

13:52 - About linearity

Extrude/Intrude when using multiple assets that provide linear repetition

14:53 - First Tree Pass

Use trunks to quickly determine tree locations
Place in clumps
Larger trees towards the inside, smaller on the outside

15:55 - Outro

0:00 Start

0:12 Details and starting the Facade

Build details with a story in mind
Roofs get done last
Cover gaps


1:50 Floor details

Break up patterns


2:28 Furnishing & Breaking Space

Break up larger rooms


4:17 Tell a Story with your Space


4:42 2nd Floor Furnishing

Starting with the easier room and expand outwards


7:20 Roof Work

Build basics first
Then add details to make it interesting


8:13 About detailed assets

Unique assets are great to add, but don't put them close together as they will be easily seen as repeated


8:39 Space & Density

Account for space for users to move and play in


10:08 Terrain Details


11:00 Lighting

Place lighting last
Use it to illuminate or
Draw attention to specific locations
Look at different lighting from different time of day to get the feel for how daylight impacts your view.


12:28 Outro

0:00 Start
0:12 Explanation of clipping and examples

Assets can be clipped at same or different levels


1:00 How to clip

Use exclamation to turn it on
Shift and drag to pull through another item


1:09 Clipping warnings

Can impact performance


1:42 Recipes

Experiment to create new interesting patterns


2:03 Special Assets

Some assets can clip without clipping enabled


2:45 Z Fighting

This is when 2 assets are in the same space and it's not sure how to show it


3:08 Talespire Aesthetic

Some assets are not realistically scaled, especially compared to minis
Just accept this to move on
Some block spaces or issues can occur, especially in beta

0:00 Introduction

0:17 Cleaning your Build

Look for any holes, mistakes, z-fighting or aesthetic issues
Delete tiles that aren't useful to lighten the build
Touch up borders if it makes sense

0:56 Selection Tool

Left click and drag to select
Release button and mouse up to set height
Click to stop
Use bounding controls to resize the bounding box
Copy with Ctrl-C, Cut with Ctrl-X, Ctrl-V to paste

1:45 Save a build

You can paste into notepad to save a backup copy of your slab
It's an ugly block of text, that's ok

2:05 Copy Limitations

Maximum is around 30-39K. This is a windows clipboard limit

3:25 Best Practices
Square shapes are easier to select
You can prepare break points making it easier to share

3:40 Share a Slab

You can share on TalesTavern.com or TalesBazaar.com

4:15 Copy a Community Slab

Or browse those sites for slabs shared from others
Copy out the slab code by using the copy button
Then paste using Ctrl-V into TaleSpire

4:35 Outro

Here you can download the slab for the finished tutorial asset:



https://talestavern.com/slab/rich-house-board-tutorial-series/

I'll probably add more episodes as time goes by and I get requests by the community or find interesting topics :)

Here is a new tutorial on how to improve your forest building game!
Either by hand or with a neat tool, you can really tailor the process to your needs :)

The slab I produced for the example can be found here: https://talestavern.com/slab/alchemist-workshop/