Разработчик: urksoft
Описание
Features
- Hand-painted art
- Export maps as high-res JPG
- Save/load maps
- 29 hex types (92 in total with variations)
- Add labels
- Add borders, roads, rivers, and bridges
Поддерживаемые языки: english
Системные требования
Windows
- OS *: Windows XP
Отзывы пользователей
This is a decent little program that can be used to make maps for all sorts of purposes.
It's a mapmaker that doesn't allow you to select the size of the map other then a number of presets. EG. 15, 21, 23, hexes wide and you'd select some other number for height.
However you can't select any numbers other then those presets. For example because the game doesn't have the preset number 16 you can't print it out on an A2 (23,16) piece of paper assuming you want the hexes to be 1 inch wide. In addition the preset numbers don't account for an A3 (16,11) or an A4 (11,8) sized map. This means that when you'd print the map there would be stretching.
There's no way to change the controls. This would be fine if the WSAD on the map wasn't inverted or you could move the map by clicking and dragging (while holding the space bar for example like in Dungeondraft) but you can't or even if you could use the arrow keys.
You can't change the colour for the road drawing tool. It's Cardboard brown like it or not, this means that you can't draw a river onto the map. You can't increase the thickness of the road it's that tiny line thin and no way to represent a stone road.
You can't edit the text once it's been placed down. You can move it around the map and place it where you want but if you make a spelling mistake then you'll have to make an entirely new text and then place that down.
You can't twist the hexes during creation so that they are rotated to have the northern point where the tips of the hexes are.
The border tool only has one colour and you can't have two borders clashing with each-other otherwise they merge into one border.
You're unable to put a scale down or a compass down on the map without using the text tool and making it manually.
The text only has one font.
It only exports as JPEG. PGN is higher quality and the only good thing about this app is the little sprites for the hexes being used. They are cute but would look dreadful over a large JPEG (A1 and higher) being printed out.
You can not lower the quality of the image to save space when it is being exported. This is useful for uploading files to places such as Roll20 where it has a limit to how large the image size can be.
You can't zoom in to the point where you're able to make accurate drawings with the road tool with a mouse and keyboard (which is a skill that I've somehow developed after years of map making for DND).
The tile presets are limited. They do not include... Ruined cities, monuments, small towns, farms, bridges (you have to use the bridge tool which isn't big enough to go over an ocean tile), shallow water (a water tile which is a lighter colour). Any form of Desert tiles, Swamps. Waterfalls, No continuous mountain ranges (Each mountain is in its own separate hex that peaks then goes to grassland at the bottom of the hex). And other things but this is getting a bit too long.
You can't put icons on the tiles. This means that you can't mark a place which has a resource or anything.
The game is poorly designed and basically still in a beta state. The controls are reversed which was jarring to me the moment I even tried playing. And when looking around for a settings button to change this there was no settings at all. Then there is a lack of being able to upload my own images for custom tiles. Then there was a lack of just tile selection as a whole, extremely bare bones there. This game despite being $3 should be completely free, I've seen 3D 10 minute games put more effort into their game then this program. And not to mention there is an extreme lack of updates to keep the tool up to modern standards. It honestly should be put into a pre-release state instead of it being listed as a "full" and "finished" product.
I'm marking it as not recommended, but only if you are looking for a good mapping tool. This is an boring bare-bones, entry level hex mapping tool.
There is no option to import new tile assets, and it only exports maps as JPGs.
Cheap and easy to use was able to make a world map in under 2 hours.
Only real issues I have with in its current state are:
Needs more options for labels (Size and colour)
Not enough variation in tiles.
Good software, could use some improvement. It wouldn't hurt if there were more desert/tundra city textures, or a road made for desert, as the current one is far too close to the color of desert. You can use the "snow" road option, but then you have a teal blue on the sand. Also, if you accidentally hit "new map" while working on a map, you're gonna have a bad time, as there is no confirmation box. I do enjoy this, but it has room for improvement. Worth the price.
Дополнительная информация
| Разработчик | urksoft |
| Платформы | Windows |
| Ограничение возраста | Нет |
| Дата релиза | 16.01.2025 |
| Отзывы пользователей | 50% положительных (6) |