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Triangle Grids (2022)

Grids are great for tactical gameplay of turn-based games because they allow discrete movement steps. That means that you can bind positioning to other resources such as movement points, action points, food, etc. Grids divide the infinite variety of movement options into a few specific ones, which can be considered separately by the player’s tactical mind. The most popular grid types are hexes and squares. But what about triangles?

Hex grids look nice with natural environments instead, improving the realism of curvy things, such as islands, mountains, small roads, etc. In Colossal Citadels I made walls and houses follow the triangular grid and I love how these procedurally-generated castles turned out: Unfortunately, this approach is not a panacea: it’s not that beautiful for movement, because a moving unit can cheat a little bit and cover up to two times more tiles than in previous distance measures!

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