Things have been a little slow posting here because I’ve been busy putting together this project.  I’m very excited to give Kickstarter a try with such an interesting (in my opinion) project.  I’m also very excited to have several other …

DungeonMorph Dice Kickstarter Project Launches Read more »

A couple of days ago I announced the first version of a completely new and different city map generator.  This city generator is much more dynamic than my prior city map generator from a few months ago.  However, at the …

New Random City Map Generator Fixed(?) Read more »

A couple of months ago I put together a template based random city map generator.  Then a few weeks ago I did a random village generator (using SVG graphic in that case.) But I always wanted to do something much …

Toward a Truly Random City Map Generator Read more »

Last month’s Hexographer update (and yesterday’s) included some features to make it easier to create Traveller style sub-sector maps in Hexographer.  Specifically the updates made it easy to add “feature decorations” (small icons or text) placed at different clock locations …

Creating Traveller Style Sub-Sector Maps in Hexographer Read more »

Thanks all for the wonderful feedback on this project!  I’ve updated it with a second village template that is quite a bit different from the original.  In addition, both map templates have one extra road that is added to the …

Random Village Map Generator Update Read more »

Last night I finished a first cut of a new random village map generator.  It uses SVG graphics, so some browsers (Internet Explorer, of course) don’t support it.  I’ve tested it in the current version of Firefox (on a PC …

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As part of testing the latest release of Hexographer (now available; see this post for some details) I’ve put together a giant hex map of Africa.  This represents about 2-3 hours of work in Hexographer.  I wasn’t worrying about being …

New Giant Continent Hex-Map: Africa Read more »

While searching for new and different styles of map icons, I came across a bunch at the open clip art web site. One set that really stood out (especially because there were many in the same style) were created by …

136 Public Domain Region or City Map Icons Read more »

Here is a sample image showing new art & features coming soon to Hexographer: line art for terrain map items (mountains, hill, forests, etc.), Perspective icons for villages, fortresses, cities, ruins, etc., and the ability to draw polygons and ovals.

Last night I posted the updated version of Dungeonographer, my indoor (for dungeons, caves, buildings, etc.) map software project, and today I revised it again slightly. The latest version is “.96” The reason for the two quick updates: The new …

Dungeonographer Map Software Updated; Beta Almost Complete Read more »