Background & Foreground

The Map of your Space is essentially a sandwich: the bottom bread is the background, the middle layer is the characters and objects, and the top bread is the foreground. 

When you create your Space starting with one of our templates, we have created the background (and possibly a foreground) for you already. In the Mapmaker, you have the opportunity to upload your own background and foreground, or to download the existing background or foreground.

Select the hamburger menu, then select Background & Foreground to view your options for uploading and downloading backgrounds and foregounds.

Upload Background

To upload your own background or foreground, in the Mapmaker, select the hamburger menu in the top left corner. Then select Background & Foreground, followed by Upload Background.

When you select Upload Background, you have the option to Draw your own background or Upload a background.

You have two options:

• Draw your own background: If you select this option, your existing background will be deleted, and the Walls & Floors background painter will open. If you accidentally select this and your background is now white, choose Cancel in the Top Nav Menu. Read more about the Walls & Floors background painter.
• Upload a background: If you select this option, select your background image file from your computer.
  • Image should be no larger than 3200 x 3200 px
  • Maximum file size is 3 MB

Upload Foreground

To upload your own background or foreground, in the Mapmaker, select the hamburger menu in the top left corner. Then select Background & Foreground, followed by Upload Foreground.

When you select Upload Foreground, you have the option to Remove foreground or Upload a foreground.

You have two options: 

• Remove foreground: If you select this option, your existing foreground will be deleted. If you accidentally select this, choose Undo in the Left Nav Menu. 
• Upload a foreground: If you select this option, select your foreground image file from your computer.
  • Image should be no larger than 3200 x 3200 px
  • Maximum file size is 3 MB

Download Background or Foreground

Downloading your background or foreground is helpful if you want to edit the image in a third-party image editing app, share your background with a mapmaking community, or get a backup copy.

To download your background or foreground, in the Mapmaker, select the hamburger menu in the top left corner. Then select Background & Foreground, followed by Download Background or Download Foreground.

The downloaded image opens in a new tab. Right click to save the image to your device.

We have recently changed access the Walls and Floors painter tool while we make improvements to it.

Here's what we've done: 

• We are turning Floors & Walls back on in its current state, but we are now explicitly putting it behind the space-wide beta features toggle. 
  • If you want to use Floors & Walls, you can enter your Grapes menu, go into Settings, select the Space tab on the top, select the Space Preferences tab on the left, then you can toggle on "Beta features".
• Specific folks and particular rooms that were already regranted access the week of October 17th will continue to have access to the walls & floors feature
• Please use this feature set at your own risk! While we are making a few updates to the feature, our teams haven't planned for a complete overhaul of the functionality for some time.

The Background Painter is a powerful tool in the Mapmaker that allows you to draw your own walls and floors in your Map. 

To use the Background Painter, open the Mapmaker. Select Walls & Floors in the Top Nav Menu. A warning message displays. 

When you select Walls & Floors in the Top Nav Menu of the Mapmaker, a warning message displays.

Select Yes to open the Background Painter.

If you previously had a background and use the Background Painter, the background image is removed, and you see only the tile effects and objects that remain.

Select Walls or Floors. We recommend that you start with drawing the walls first and then fill in the floors after the walls are built.

To use the wall tool, simply drag your mouse in a straight line (note that it should only be one tile tall for the walls and the tool auto-creates the depth). You can create corners, intersections, etc. as well! 

Using the floor tool is even easier! Simply drag your mouse across the Map and the floors will fill in. 

To place walls, draw down and across. To place floors, drag the mouse across the area. When you're satisfied, select Done in the Top Nav Menu. The Mapmaker will display with the Background Painter closed. If you're satisfied with your changes, select Save.