Building a Procedural Hex Map with Wave Function Collapse

https://felixturner.github.io/hex-map-wfc/article/

#HackerNews #Building #Procedural #Maps #WaveFunctionCollapse #HexMap #GameDev

I've been using Obsidian for my notes for a while. I just published my first addon! Since I've been writing a novel for a while, I needed a quick and easy world editor in Obsidian. And well... there wasn't one that met my requirements. So I developed one myself and would like to share it with you. It's free, but I'd be happy if you "bought me a coffee". :)

Until it's officially in the app, here's my release:
https://github.com/Taroslord/Hex-Cartographer

#Obsidian #HexMap #Worldbuilding #TTRPG #IndieDev #Writing

So back when I released "so long, rio" I talked a bit about a solo rpg I'd done that inspired the art I did for the album. That was an original edition D&D game I did for most of 2020 and 2021 (by way of retroclone Delving Deeper, but true to the spirit of the game I changed how I did things every few times I sat down to play.) Definitely my longest-lasting persistent world; if I remember right I was on the 15th iteration of the same fighter. I think my last one I managed to get up to level 5 or so, which was a pretty major accomplishment to me. I still only partially mapped the first couple floors of the megadungeon located conveniently under the starting village and part of one page of overworld map.

Which is what I want to show you. I used the map making rules in Delving Deeper, interpreted to try to build reasonable trails and rivers while maintaining surprise to anything more than one hex further than I'd travelled. Drawing the terrain in the corners like I did was very satisfying.

#hexMap #OSR #ODnD #soloRPG

Another one of those individual scale / company scale battle maps.

Noteworthy here is the permanent Mist covering the area centred around the huge dead tree - the home of Fallen Nymph (Mist Nymph), who has transformed from a nature spirit into a twisted Mist entity.

#ttrpg #hexmap #maps #osr

"Math's stupid" - says the designer of an economy game.

#ttrpg #hexmap #maps #osr

Bore da! I see that the Welsh Senedd has got new constituencies for the 2026 elections; 16 in total, each electing 6 Members. So our old Senedd hex cartogram is out-of-date.

I've created a new hex layout at https://open-innovations.org/projects/hexmaps/editor/?../maps/wales-senedd-constituencies-2026.hexjson It's hard to keep a good shape/neighbours with only 16 hexes.

Are you based in Wales? If so, could you have a look and see what could be improved? (That link doesn't magically save anything so manually save any edits you make).

#hexmap #senedd2026

Schon vier Monate her, aber bisher an mir vorbei gegangen.

Andreas Åkre Solberg hat eine innovative Hexmap der deutschen Landkreise erstellt. Anders als herkömmliche Karten stellt sie jeden Landkreis gleich groß als Hexagon dar –ideal für Analysen, bei denen jeder Landkreis gleich bedeutend ist. #DataViz #Hexmap #GIS

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/andreassolberg_deutche-kreise-hexmap-activity-7294599723510906880-fgi3/