2018-03-12 Describing Hexes

On Google+, Zak asked for a tool that would generate both a map and a description of said map.

Well, I have Text Mapper which creates beautiful maps, but I have no random tables to describe those maps. But I can work on that. And perhaps you can help?

=> Text Mapper

If you feel like contributing to this, feel free to leave your contributions in a comment on this blog, or tag me on Google+ or Mastodon, or contact me some other way.

=> contact me some other way

Here’s my example map:

=> Image 1 for 2018-03-12 Describing Hexes

The map description looks like this:

0101 dark-green trees village
0102 light-green bushes
0103 light-green bushes
0104 light-green bushes
0105 light-green bushes
0106 light-green forest-hill
0107 light-grey mountain
0108 white mountains cliff1
0109 white mountain
0110 light-grey mountain
0201 dark-grey swamp
0202 light-green bushes
0203 light-green bushes
0204 green forest
0205 light-green fir-forest
0206 light-green firs thorp
0207 white mountain cliff1
0208 white mountain
0209 light-grey mountain
0210 grey swamp
...

=> More...

If you want, you can copy and paste this description into Text Mapper and it should regenerate the map shown above.

=> Text Mapper

The random tables look like this:

;mountain
1,the air up here is cold
1,snow fields make progress difficult
1,there is a hidden meadow up here, hidden from view from below
1,steep cliffs make progress practically impossible without climbing gear
1,nothing grows up here except for a few patches of lichen on gray rocks
...

=> More...

As you can see, the format is simple:

• a semicolon introduces a new table
• each line in a table consists of the relative probability, a comma, and some text
• if the text has something in square brackets, that is in turn looked up in a table

I tried to use the format used by Abulafia.

=> Abulafia

And it works!

Take a look: Hex Describe.

=> Hex Describe

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The work is ongoing. Let me know if you want to contribute.

– Alex Schroeder 2018-03-14 12:50 UTC

I think I’m done with all I wanted to do. The monster entries were based on the monsters in my H&H Ref Guide.

=> H&H Ref Guide

– Alex Schroeder 2018-03-14 22:14 UTC