Role playing game software and accessories
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 »