5 BEST Map-Making Software for Writers, GMs and Worldbuilders!

Summary

In diesem Video stellt Janet von World Anvil ihre fünf Lieblingsprogramme zur Erstellung von Karten für Welt- und Regionenbau vor. Sie gibt einen Überblick über deren Funktionen, die Art von Karten, die sie erstellen können, sowie die Kosten. Programme wie Project Deios, Inkarnate, Wonderdraft, FlowScape und Campaign Cartographer werden dabei erwähnt. Janet teilt ihre Meinungen und gibt kleine Bewertungen zu jedem Tool ab, um den Zuschauern bei der Auswahl der besten Software für ihre Bedürfnisse zu helfen. Die vorgestellten Programme bieten verschiedene Stile, Funktionen und Preismodelle für Weltkartenliebhaber.

Takeaways

• 🌍 Project Deios: Browser-based and desktop options with a freemium model, creating maps from star to city levels, with procedural generation for quick maps.
• 💻 Inkarnate: Browser-based map maker with free and paid versions, best for medieval fantasy but lacks sci-fi assets.
• 💰 Inkarnate costs: Free version available, paid version for $5/month or $25/year offers more features and allows commercial use.
• 🖼️ Wonderdraft: Downloadable, one-time purchase ($29.99), great for fantasy maps but limited for city or sci-fi maps.
• 🎨 FlowScape: 3D modeling software for creating animated scenes and maps, versatile and affordable ($10).
• 💾 Campaign Cartographer: Downloadable software with old-school UI, costs around $38-$44, best for world and region maps.
• 🗺️ Wonderdraft customization: Allows use of custom assets for personalized maps.
• 📊 Subscription models: Both Inkarnate and FlowScape follow SaaS models with continuous updates and improvements.
• 🧭 Map variety: All programs support different types of maps (world, region, city), but only FlowScape provides 3D scene creation.
• 🎮 Gaming focus: Most software, especially Inkarnate and Wonderdraft, cater to TTRPG and fantasy worldbuilding needs.

Q & A

Welche fünf Kartenerstellungsprogramme werden in dem Video besprochen?

Die fünf Kartenerstellungsprogramme sind: Project Deios, Inkarnate, Wonderdraft, FlowScape und Campaign Cartographer.

Warum wird Project Deios als Nummer eins genannt, obwohl es noch nicht veröffentlicht ist?

Project Deios wird als Nummer eins genannt, weil es speziell für Worldbuilder entwickelt wird, eine Vielzahl von Kartenarten unterstützen wird und sich direkt in World Anvil integrieren lässt.

Welche Arten von Karten können mit Project Deios erstellt werden?

Mit Project Deios können Sternenkarten, Globuskarten, Weltkarten, Regionalkarten, Stadtkarten sowie Kampfkarten für Gebäude und Szenen erstellt werden.

Was ist die größte Einschränkung der kostenlosen Version von Inkarnate?

Die kostenlose Version von Inkarnate erlaubt es nur, kleinere Karten (1024x768 Pixel) mit etwa 100 Assets zu erstellen, und die erstellten Karten dürfen nicht kommerziell genutzt werden.

Für welche Art von Genre eignet sich Inkarnate am besten?

Inkarnate eignet sich am besten für mittelalterliche Fantasy-Settings und Rollenspiele, da es eine große Auswahl an Fantasy-Assets (z. B. elbische, zwergische und orkische) bietet.

Warum könnte Wonderdraft eine gute Wahl sein, wenn man schlechte Internetverbindung hat?

Wonderdraft ist eine herunterladbare Software, die offline funktioniert. Das macht es ideal für Benutzer mit instabiler Internetverbindung oder für diejenigen, die unterwegs Karten erstellen möchten.

Welche Kartenarten können mit Wonderdraft erstellt werden?

Mit Wonderdraft können hauptsächlich Welt- und Regionalkarten erstellt werden. Stadtkarten sind möglich, aber das Programm ist nicht speziell dafür ausgelegt.

Welche Vorteile bietet FlowScape im Vergleich zu anderen Programmen?

FlowScape ist ein 3D-Modellierungsprogramm, mit dem dynamische 3D-Szenen erstellt werden können. Benutzer können verschiedene Perspektiven wählen, um detaillierte visuelle Darstellungen von Regionen, Städten und Gebäuden zu erstellen.

Was ist der Hauptnachteil von Campaign Cartographer?

Der Hauptnachteil von Campaign Cartographer ist die altmodische Benutzeroberfläche und der Mangel an Unterstützung für moderne Betriebssysteme wie Mac und Linux.

Was ist ein gemeinsames Merkmal von Wonderdraft und Campaign Cartographer?

Beide Programme unterstützen die Verwendung eigener Assets, was den Benutzern mehr stilistische Optionen bietet.

Welches Programm wäre am besten geeignet, wenn man ein Science-Fiction-Setting kartografieren möchte?

Keines der genannten Programme ist ideal für Science-Fiction-Settings. Inkarnate und Wonderdraft haben hauptsächlich Fantasy-Assets, während Project Deios und Campaign Cartographer ebenfalls eher für Fantasy-Welten gedacht sind.

Outlines

00:00

🌍 Einführung in Kartenerstellungssoftware

Janet von World Anvil stellt fünf ihrer liebsten Kartenerstellungssoftwares vor. Sie gibt einen Überblick darüber, welche Karten erstellt werden können, was die Programme kosten und bietet eine kleine persönliche Rezension. Besonders für Weltenschöpfer sind Karten ein unverzichtbares Werkzeug. Selbst ohne künstlerisches Talent oder viel Zeit bieten diese Programme großartige Möglichkeiten, detaillierte Karten zu erstellen, die das eigene Weltbild wiedergeben.

05:04

🚀 Projekt Deios: Die Zukunft der Kartenerstellung

Projekt Deios ist noch nicht veröffentlicht, wird aber als ultimative Kartenerstellungssoftware angepriesen. Mit einem atemberaubenden Kunststil und einer Integration in World Anvil ist es für Weltenschöpfer ideal. Es wird sowohl browserbasiert als auch als Desktop-Anwendung verfügbar sein und ermöglicht die Erstellung verschiedenster Karten – von Sternkarten bis hin zu Stadtkarten. Besonders spannend ist die Möglichkeit der prozeduralen Kartengenerierung. Obwohl es noch in der Entwicklung ist, soll es ein Freemium-Modell haben, bei dem man die Software vor dem Kauf testen kann.

10:09

🖼️ Inkarnate: Browserbasierte Kartenerstellung

Inkarnate ist eine browserbasierte Kartenerstellungssoftware mit einer kostenlosen Version, die eine begrenzte Anzahl von Assets bietet. Für 5 US-Dollar im Monat erhält man Zugang zu einer Vielzahl an Ressourcen und die Möglichkeit, Karten auch kommerziell zu nutzen. Janet mag den Kunststil von Inkarnate nicht besonders, und die Schriftarten sind ebenfalls problematisch. Trotzdem ist Inkarnate eine gute Option für Fantasy-Autoren und TTRPG-Spieler, die mittelalterliche Karten erstellen möchten. Es fehlen jedoch Sci-Fi-Elemente.

15:11

🏞️ Wonderdraft: Downloadbare Kartensoftware

Wonderdraft ist eine herunterladbare Software für 29,99 US-Dollar. Sie ist offline nutzbar und ermöglicht die Erstellung von Welt- und Regionskarten. Janet lobt die Anpassungsoptionen, bedauert jedoch, dass man sie vor dem Kauf nicht testen kann. Obwohl sie nicht für Stadtkarten konzipiert ist, zeigen Nutzer, dass man auch solche Karten mit etwas Aufwand erstellen kann. Für Fantasy-Genres ist Wonderdraft sehr geeignet, für Sci-Fi eher weniger. Optional können eigene oder zusätzliche Assets hinzugefügt werden.

🏙️ FlowScape: Mehr als nur Kartenerstellung

FlowScape ist ein 3D-Modellierungsprogramm, das für 10 US-Dollar erworben werden kann. Es ermöglicht die Erstellung von 3D-Szenen und eignet sich hervorragend für Weltenschöpfer, die verschiedene Perspektiven auf ihre Karten darstellen möchten. Das Programm ist besonders nützlich für die Erstellung von Regions- oder Stadtszenen, kann aber auch auf eine kleinere Skala für Häuser oder einzelne Räume verwendet werden. Die Software läuft offline auf verschiedenen Plattformen und ist ideal für die Erstellung immersiver, interaktiver Inhalte.

🖥️ Campaign Cartographer: Old-School Kartenerstellung

Campaign Cartographer ist eine alteingesessene Software zur Erstellung von Welt- und Regionskarten für PCs. Der Stil erinnert an alte Microsoft Paint-Designs, ist aber vielseitiger. Es gibt zahlreiche vordefinierte Stile, die für unterschiedliche ästhetische Vorlieben geeignet sind. Campaign Cartographer kostet rund 38 US-Dollar in Großbritannien und etwas mehr in den USA. Zusätzliche Module wie City Designer und Dungeon Designer können separat erworben werden. Janet findet die Software ein wenig retro, aber sie ist bei vielen Benutzern sehr beliebt.

🔗 Interaktive Karten in World Anvil integrieren

Nachdem man eine Karte erstellt hat, beginnt der Spaß erst richtig, indem man sie in World Anvil einbindet. Dort kann man Pins setzen, um die Karte interaktiv zu machen und den Spielern oder Lesern die Möglichkeit geben, mehr über die Welt zu erfahren. Interaktive Karten bieten eine großartige Möglichkeit, die eigene Welt zu präsentieren und die Neugier der Nutzer zu wecken. Janet ermutigt die Zuschauer, ihre Lieblings-Kartenerstellungssoftware in den Kommentaren zu teilen und erinnert daran, den Kanal zu abonnieren.

Keywords

💡Worldbuilding

Worldbuilding bezeichnet den Prozess des Erschaffens einer fiktiven Welt für Romane, Spiele oder andere narrative Werke. In dem Video wird betont, wie wichtig Karten für den Weltenbau sind, da sie den Lesern oder Spielern helfen, die geografische Struktur und die Schauplätze einer erstellten Welt zu verstehen.

💡Projekt Deios

Projekt Deios ist eine kommende Kartensoftware, die laut der Sprecherin das ultimative Werkzeug für Weltenbauer sein soll. Es bietet vielfältige Kartenerstellungsfunktionen, darunter die Erstellung von Sternenkarten, Stadtplänen und Schlachtkarten. Es wird besonders hervorgehoben, dass es in World Anvil integriert werden kann, was die Benutzerfreundlichkeit steigern soll.

💡Inkarnate

Inkarnate ist eine browserbasierte Kartensoftware, die kostenlos in einer eingeschränkten Version und mit einer kostenpflichtigen Version für erweiterte Funktionen verfügbar ist. Sie wird besonders für Fantasy-Weltenbau empfohlen und erlaubt die Erstellung von Welt-, Regions- und Stadtübersichtskarten. Es fehlen jedoch Sci-Fi-Assets, was für bestimmte Genres eine Einschränkung darstellt.

💡Wonderdraft

Wonderdraft ist eine herunterladbare Kartensoftware, die sich auf die Erstellung von Welt- und Regionskarten konzentriert. Sie bietet viele Anpassungsmöglichkeiten und erlaubt es den Nutzern, eigene Assets hinzuzufügen. Ein großer Vorteil ist, dass die Software offline funktioniert und eine Einmalzahlung erfordert, im Gegensatz zu Abonnement-basierten Programmen.

💡FlowScape

FlowScape ist ein 3D-Modellierungsprogramm, das zwar nicht speziell für die Kartenerstellung entwickelt wurde, aber durch die Anpassung von Perspektiven Karten auf verschiedene Arten darstellen kann. Es wird besonders für Weltenbauer empfohlen, die visuelle Darstellungen von Regionen, Städten oder Gebäuden benötigen.

💡Campaign Cartographer

Campaign Cartographer ist eine Kartensoftware mit einem alten, retro-inspirierten Benutzerinterface, das an frühere Grafikprogramme wie Microsoft Paint erinnert. Es ist darauf ausgelegt, Welt- und Regionskarten zu erstellen und hat eine große Fangemeinde aufgrund seiner langjährigen Präsenz auf dem Markt. Allerdings ist es auf PCs beschränkt und nicht für Mac oder Linux verfügbar.

💡World Anvil

World Anvil ist eine Plattform für Weltenbauer, die es ermöglicht, interaktive Karten, Charakterdatenbanken, Handlungsstränge und mehr zu erstellen. Viele der in der Video erwähnten Kartenerstellungsprogramme können in World Anvil integriert werden, um eine nahtlose Verbindung zwischen Karten und dem narrativen Inhalt zu ermöglichen.

💡Freemium-Modell

Ein Freemium-Modell beschreibt eine Geschäftsstrategie, bei der eine Basisversion einer Software kostenlos angeboten wird, während erweiterte Funktionen gegen Bezahlung freigeschaltet werden können. In dem Video wird erwähnt, dass Project Deios ein solches Modell haben wird, was es den Nutzern ermöglicht, die Software vor dem Kauf auszuprobieren.

💡SaaS

SaaS steht für 'Software as a Service' und bezieht sich auf Software, die über das Internet bereitgestellt wird, anstatt als lokale Installation. Inkarnate ist ein Beispiel für eine solche Software, da es browserbasiert ist und durch ein Abonnement finanziert wird, was kontinuierliche Updates und Verbesserungen ermöglicht.

💡Dungeondraft

Dungeondraft ist ein Kartentool, das von dem gleichen Entwickler wie Wonderdraft erstellt wurde. Es ist speziell für die Erstellung von Dungeon-Karten ausgelegt und stellt eine Ergänzung zu Wonderdraft dar. Beide Programme sind jedoch getrennte Produkte, die einzeln erworben werden müssen.

Highlights

Introduction to the topic: Janet from World Anvil discusses her top five favorite pieces of region and world mapping software.

The importance of maps in worldbuilding: Janet acknowledges that worldbuilders love maps, emphasizing their value in creating immersive worlds.

Project Deios (Coming Soon): Described as the 'last word in map-making software for worldbuilders,' with features like integration with World Anvil, procedural generation, and various map types such as star maps, city maps, and battle maps.

Project Deios will have both browser-based and desktop versions, offering flexibility in how users can interact with it.

The pre-order store for Project Deios opens in two weeks, and it will have a freemium model, allowing users to try it before buying.

Inkarnate: Browser-based map-making software with a limited free version and a full paid version offering more assets and features.

Inkarnate is better suited for fantasy or medieval settings, but not ideal for sci-fi maps due to limited futuristic assets.

Inkarnate's paid version allows for commercial use, and it's subscription-based at $5 per month or $25 annually.

Wonderdraft: A downloadable map-making software with a one-time purchase, offering more visual customization and offline capabilities.

Wonderdraft is particularly useful for world and region maps, though city maps can be created with some effort.

FlowScape: Described as a 3D modeling tool more than a traditional map-making software, but it's useful for creating 3D animated scenes and screenshots for maps.

FlowScape allows for a variety of perspectives and scene types, useful for novelists and tabletop gamers to depict scenes visually.

FlowScape costs $10 and runs on Windows, Mac, and Linux, offering high flexibility at an affordable price.

Campaign Cartographer: An older, downloadable software with a retro UI. It focuses on world and region maps but offers additional modules for cities and dungeons.

Campaign Cartographer has a higher price point of $44.95 in the U.S., and allows for importing custom assets, but its outdated interface might not appeal to everyone.

Transcripts

Greetings and salutations! I'm Janet from World Anvil and today I am gonna take

you through my five favorite pieces of region and world mapping software! I'm

gonna show you a little bit about what kind of maps they can make, I'm gonna

give you a little bit of information about how much they cost, and I'm gonna

give you my opinion in like a little micro review! Are you ready? It's time to

LIGHT UP THE FORGE!

it is of course a truth universally acknowledged that worldbuilders love

MAPS! We do we can't help it we love ourselves a little bit of mappiness and

map making software is a really great way to create your own Maps!

Of course if you are a talented artist (I'm not) or if you have loads of time to

learn (I don't) then you can hand draw your maps and they will be amazing - I

believe in you! But if you're like me and you're a big old art dolt, map making

software offers you a great opportunity to have creative and worldbuilding input,

make sure you have a map that looks like your world looks, and looks as you want

it to, but also looks good - it doesn't look like a big old pile of poop! That's what

my drawings look like... So let's kick off with map making software number one

Project Deios! (Coming soon!) So the reason that I have listed Project Deios as number one

even though it has not yet come out - and I'll tell you more about that in a

minute - is because it is designed to be the last word in map-making software for

worldbuilders. The art style is beautiful it's created by Caeora, the

artist who has drawn maps for Critical Role, the UI I- 've already seen the

mock-ups - it would be really straightforward and easy to use, you'll

be able to link all your maps together, you'll understand the scope as you wor

work and more importantly of course for me, it will integrate directly into

World Anvil. That's gonna be huge cuz that's gonna make a lot of stuff

easier with the interactive mapping features and the map creation features!

Project Deios will be a browser-based software but if you are a die-hard

downloadables fan you'll be happy to hear that there is also a desktop application

which will work offline so you can choose whether you want to work in a

browser-based system or in a downloadable desktop version. So what

kind of maps will Project Deios help you make? Project Deios will help you make star

maps, globe view maps, world maps, region maps... but I'm not done! It will also help

you with city maps, which is what I'm looking forward to the most, and if you

want to make scene maps and building maps you'll be able to do that as well

in the battle map editor. It really has all the bases covered,

again, this is why it's first even though it's not quite out yet. In addition to

creating your maps by hand and drawing them with paid tools you'll also be able

to procedurally generate them if you want to now I love that because it means

you'll have on the one hand complete control over the map

down to the tiniest little iota and on the other hand if you're in a hurry you

can procedurally generate something with a few clicks on a specs

menu. But here is the hitch - if you guys have been following world anvil you'll

know that Project Deios went to Kickstarter it went nuts it exploded it's currently

being built but it's not ready yet. So the reason that I mentioned this is

because the pre-order store is opening in two weeks

you'll be able to learn more there'll be more information circling about what Deios

is going to look like and once it's finally launched, which I cannot wait for,

it's gonna have a freemium model as well - so you're gonna be able to try it before

you buy it and see if you like it. But since it's not yet ready make sure

you check out the rest of this map making software video! See what I did there?

oh yeah! The second map making software that I have for you is Inkarnate!

Inkarnate is a browser-based map making software which means that it works

wherever you have internet access - now I freaking love that! There is a limited

free version with about 100 map assets which means you can go and try it

like right now if you want to - but stay with us,

learn more! And the full version offers you way more stuff as well. For me I'm

not totally in love with the art style of Inkarnate although it does have some

flexibility, and my biggest bug bear is the way that the lettering looks. But of

course if you are importing your maps into World Anvil you have a little bit

of leeway with that - you can use the interactive labels on the World Anvil

side to make you map interactive and then you can dodge that lettering all

together and get a slightly sleeker result for your map. So what kind of maps

can you make with Inkarnate? Inkarnate allows you to make world maps, region

maps and also distant view city maps - not really close up ones but you can get

like a good overall view of a city. It promises a variety of different styles

of assets - so elvish assets and Dwarvish assets and Orcish assets and

that's gonna be amazing for all the TT RPG GMs out there who are making maps

for Dungeons & Dragons style games, but also anyone who's writing fantasy - Tolkeinian

fantasy, lit RPG, any of those genres - this is gonna be potentially a good

solution for you. In addition a lot of the assets would be suitable for

medieval fantasy settings so fantasy authors who are writing medieval fantasy

or Renaissance fantasy will actually find this just fine to use. I will add that

they don't seem to have any futuristic or sci-fi assets so this might not be

the best resource for Starfinder campaigns, Star Trek campaigns or anybody

who's writing sci-fi. Let's talk quickly about how much Inkarnate costs! So

Inkarnate is a SaaS - that's a system as a service - oh yeah I knows the lingo...

So it's purchased by subscription which makes sense for a browser-based

software like this it has persistent cost to cover - and the best thing about

subscription models is that they also help the software to constantly improve,

so that means that your product that you've invested in gets better and

better over time. The free version of Inkarnate map making software will get

you smaller Maps - so that's 1024 by 768 and about a

hundred assets to start with. In addition and this is super important for any of

you who are hoping to self publish your work or have it published in the

traditional sense - the maps from the free version of Inkarnate are only for

personal use, you can't use them for any published or commercial products. If you

spring for the paid version of Inkarnate you get bigger maps so they become 2048

by 1536, over a hundred assets and you can use your maps on commercial projects

without a hitch a subscription will set you back about five dollars a month but

if you try it for a month and you like it make sure you spring for the yeah a

fee of $25 - that's a saving of $35 a year! The TLDR is that Inkarnate is cheap and

cheerful map making software - you can make some really good looking maps on

this with a little bit of know-how, especially if you're happy with medieval

style fantasy assets or if you're sticking to geography only for sci-fi

maps, that would be another way around that sci-fi asset

problem. If you're curious the beauty is that you can go and make an account and

play with it right now for free! God I love that! And if you want to learn

more about it before you go check it out yourself I can recommend the full

Inkarnate review by WASD20 - that is Nate Vanderzee - he's awesome,

we love him, I've linked his review at the top and the bottom of this video.

That review is way more in detail than anything I could do in the scope of this

kind of video, so it shows in platform footage and the map making process and

Nate's really awesome so if you liked it! be sure to subscribe to his channel!

The third mapmaking software that I have for you is Wonderdraft! so Wonderdraft

is a downloadable map making software with a one-time purchase and it's

compatible with Windows 10 Linux and Mac. Like all the map making softwares in

this list you can use it to quickly create maps which look pretty damn good

You also have a lot of color and visual customisation options in Wonderdraft

and you can also generate some of your land masses, which makes things a little

bit quicker if you're not too fussy about how they look.

The benefit of the downloadable software is that if you have dodgy internet or if

you make maps when you travel this works offline so if that is you this might be

a good solution. The drawback of course is that because it's downloadable you

can't try this one out before you buy it like you can with some of the other

browser based software's and because it's not browser-based you can't just

pick up working on your maps from any computer - that means if you find yourself

working on different machines, say at home or at work or at your parents house

or at your house - you can't pick up your maps in the same way it's not as

convenient . The art style of Wonderdraft is - it's pretty fine it reminds me of

those sketchy Tolkenien hand-drawn maps, and the running requirements are

not crazy - my gaming laptop runs it just fine. So what kind of maps can you make

with Wonderdraft? You can make world maps and you can make region maps and

that's... that's it, that's the space, that's fine - at a pinch you can create city maps

but it's definitely not designed for this. So since I recorded the last part

of this Chica Mirada got in touch with me on Twitter and

showed me this - this is a city map obviously that was made on Wonderdraft

Wonderdraft so clearly it is possible, what I'd read from other spaces was not

correct. So I just wanted to give you that little update! If you want more and you

like Wonderdraft, Megasploot, the guy who created it has just released Dungeondraft

Dungeondragt, which is a dungeon mapping software - if you've seen Dungeon Fog it looks -

it's similar, but it's not part of the Wonderdraft program so you don't get

everything in one package. That said if all you want is regions and world maps

then Wonderdraft is for you! in terms of genre this one's a lot like Inkarnate -

it's really good for fantasy it's not got a huge amount of sci-fi stuff and

the artist aesthetic really reinforces that - that's sort of sketchy fantasy dreamlike

quality to it great for fantasy, but if you're doing military sci-fi this might

not be the one of you. So how much does Wonderdraft a cost? As a downloadable

software Wonderdraft has a one-time fee of twenty nine and ninety nine

dollars USD, that's a really reasonable price for a software that can make you

like UNLIMITED MAPPINESS - I think I think that's pretty good

Wonderdraft also has additional art packs that you could buy for five or ten

dollars but the beauty of this is that you could also use your own assets if

you want to - there's a thread that explains how to do this I'll put that in

the link below. The TLDR on this one is that if downloadable is the only way for

you - if you have dodgy internet if you just like downloadable products more -

then Wonderdraft might be for you - if you want to learn more about this map

making software again I have a video for you from Nate from WASD20 he has gone

through the map creating process in much more detail so if you're curious to look

and explore before you buy - which again I would recommend you can't try this one

out in advance - then go check that video out again - top bottom uh-huh! It's there!

Map making software number four - is FlowScape! Now hang on, hang on a little bit

because because FlowScape kind of is and kind of isn't a map making

software - let me explain! FlowScape is a downloadable 3d modeling program that

allows you to make 3d animated scenes you can also resize the assets - now this

is super crucial: if you use little teeny-tiny assets you

can create a large region or a continent on your canvas, and if you use really big

assets then you can create a city or a single house or scene - it's all a matter

of perspective! Now I have to say that worldbuilders

especially World Anvil users are going to find this program to be gold

especially if they're eager for imagery: because it's a 3d modeling program you

can use different perspectives for your images, moving the camera around to get

the angle that you want so you can take a bird's-eye view as a screen shot and

then turn it into a map or an interactive map (oh yeah!) or you can record a video like

this one that I'm showing you right now to show your players and readers and

embed into your World Anvil article and if you include some epic music in that

that's gonna give a really great sort of overall impression of an element or a

space to your world. But it's also a great way for novelists and tabletop

gamers and all you gorgeous worldbuilders out there to get different

impressions of the same scene from street level - now that is epic, it's gonna

help your players and your readers really understand what you're describing

and it's gonna be a great way to generate a lot of different kinds of

images and assets for World Anvil worldbuilding articles - it's going to be great

to make anything from a region or a small continent down to a city or even a

single house or a scene. So how much does FlowScape cost? FlowScape costs ten

dollars and with all of these flexibilities that I've described that's

a really freaking reasonable price in my opinion. It's an offline downloadable

program which runs on Windows, Mac and Linux so you shouldn't have

compatibility issues and again it's not super heavy - my gaming laptop runs it

just fine. You can also buy it on Steam if you want to, but for some reason it's

a little bit more expensive there - it's 11 pounds 39 in your finest sterling or

that's like about 14.15 dollars. The last map making software that I have for you

today is number 5 Campaign Cartographer! Campaign Cartographer is a downloadable

map making software made by ProFantasy Software it runs on any PC but not on

Mac or Linux - now it's pretty old-school and the

UI is quite dated - when I was looking at the tutorials it made me feel really

nostalgic like old-school Microsoft Paint- that's that's not to say the

program is simplistic as paint, but I was definitely getting some retro vibes in

the way it looks on the editing and again like Wonderdraft, Campaign

Cartographer allows you to make world maps and region maps and and that that's

it that that's what you can do. The same company it has other map making software

that you could buy there's one called City Designer there's one called Dungeon

Designer and that covers, obviously, citys and dungeons or scenes, but they're

not part of Campaign Cartographer. What you can do in this which is quite cool

is there's a lot of different preset styles in the program and that gives you

a very diverse choice of aesthetics just by choosing through the different styles

So how much does Campaign Cartographer cost? Campaign Cartographer retails at -

okay so hear me out 29 pounds 95 which is about 38.15$ in the UK, but weirdly if

you change your website settings to the USA it is more expensive it costs $44.95

I don't know why that is, that might be a quirk of conversion that might be

something to do with additional fees if you pay from the USA, I couldn't tell you

that's what I saw on the website when I checked it out today. In addition to that

price they have additional upgrades which you can purchase which are kind of

like DLCs, but either way it's it's definitely the most expensive software

mentioned here so far. You can use your own assets like in Wonderdraft and that

gives you more stylistic options and this software definitely has some

diehard fans - they have a really big following, they've been around for a long

time a lot of people love it... that said it's not my favorite, it's a little bit

retro, wouldn't be my personal choice - that's not to say the maps look bad, it

does a great job at what it sets out to do - you can make maps pretty quickly

without any art skills, it is a absolutely legit map making software...

but it's not the one for me. So those are the five pieces of map

making software that I found on the market that make regions and world maps

Of course once you have the map that's when the fun really begins you put it in

World Anvil, you can drop in your pins to create interactive maps that your

players and readers can explore, you could track the journeys of your

characters and you can even link maps to other maps which gives a full scope of

your worldbuilding, and yeah it really throws everything into perspective

interactive maps are a great way for your players and readers to understand

your world and it's a really good way to get them hooked, like they want to

know more, they want to click through, they want to explore the pins, they want

to learn and that is awesome, that's where you want them to be! So whichever

software you use I wish you the happiest of mapping, if you have seen a useful one

that you didn't know about before then let me know, if you have a favorite one

that I have not talked about - PLEASE let me know, I am always looking for more

mapping software, for more cool things to show you guys, so throw all that in

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