I’m pleased to announce the beginning of an open beta of Dungeonographer, a map-making program.  The free version is on the Dungeonographer website which is linked below. I’ve posted about the project a couple of times over the past few …

Dungeonographer Map Software Open Beta Begins Read more »

This is the 10th post in a series of map icons, with one key difference from the prior posts: these icons are already in the new beta version of Hexographer!  (Free and Pro.) Previous posts with new icons couldn’t be …

Grazing Land, Grassland Hills and Poor Grassland Icons Read more »

This is the 5th post in a series of map icons.  Because each is just a 250×250 pixel transparent PNG you may be able to use them with many map software programs  or with general image editors.  As mentioned in …

Monster Lair and Waystation Map Icons Read more »

Kevin Chenevert at www.RedKobold.com has put together a number of new wilderness map icons for Hexographer.  Importing icons is a “Pro” feature in Hexographer.  But because like all Hexographer icons they are simply transparent PNG images, you can use them …

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This is the 4th post in a series of hex map icons.  However, these icons are usable with any map style and any map tool because each is just a 250×250 pixel transparent PNG.  As mentioned in prior posts, I’ll …

More Map Icons: Seagrass and Whirlpool Read more »

Those of you who like Hexographer may know that I’ve been working up a Dungeon mapping equivalent called “Dungeonographer” over the past two months.  It was something that I had considered for months, but when I received my 8th request …

Dungeonographer Project Update Read more »

This is another post in a series of hex map icons.  However, these icons could be used for any map style and any map tool because each is just a 250×250 pixel transparent PNG.  As mentioned previously, I’ll be adding …

Fungal Forest Hex Map Icons Read more »

A couple of weeks ago, I invited anyone to answer a dungeon mapping software survey as I continue work on “Dungeonographer.”  I wanted feedback (in an open-ended way) on what people like in similar tools and what they would like …

Dungeon Map Software Survey Results Read more »

Below are two more map icons (this time fitting a modern setting) that I’ll be adding to Hexographer in the next release.  But they are just transparent PNG images, so you can use them in many other tools and general …

Two More Map Icons: Oil Well and Factory Read more »

I’ve been periodically drawing a couple of new hex map icons that have the “classic” RPG look.  They are just transparent 250×250 pixel PNG images, so you should be able to use them in many different mapping tools (such as …

A Couple of New Hex Map Icons Read more »