Appearance changes and first release approaches

I decided try out some different characters for rendering the map. I chose the lowest level of filled block for the floors and the solid one for walls. I like that the floors now show lighting more clearly (which will help when stealth is implemented) however I dislike that objects on the floor have different backgrounds. I tried to offset this by rendering a solid color gray background behind them, but that just made things hard to see so I'm sticking with black backgrounds for now. I may end up switching the floors back to periods if I feel like it's too ugly, but I'm definitely keeping the walls.

In other news, I spent the last few hours hard at work. I feel like I'm almost ready to release a public alpha version (0.1a I guess I'll call it). I checked off everything on my todo list for 0.1a except for in-menu item descriptions which I'll probably add in tomorrow. I also have a few other minor tweaks and features that I'd like to add, and I need to write up a quick manual and find a place to host the file.

Edit: If anyone is actually reading this and has an opinion on the new map graphics, I'd love to hear it.