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<blockquote data-quote="mirrorcoloured" data-source="post: 5500822" data-attributes="member: 6671912"><p>Using other things as inspiration is great for reasons pointed out above. I've done what Pergentile suggested but with Dwarf Fortress. Also if you have/could get any of the Civilization games they would work well. The map editor feature allows you to create a world and then edit as you see fit.</p><p></p><p>Or you could get a big bin/tank, and put some water in the bottom. Then, get a bunch of clay, and put it in. Move it around and shape it to form whatever landmasses you want. Have a camera on hand <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>On a more micro scale:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.stargazersworld.com/2009/02/27/roleplaying-city-map-generator/" target="_blank">Roleplaying City Map Generator</a></p><p></p><p>This is a nice little program that creates pretty detailed city maps. It has lots of parameters to tweak, and you can always just spam create until you get something you like. Fast and accurate.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.mathemagician.net/town.html" target="_blank">http://www.mathemagician.net/town.html</a></p><p></p><p>Handy online tool for generating a healthy amount of detail about the residents of a city. Makes all the npc's you'll need, as well as shops (complete with names, owners/employees, opening/closing times, prices). You obviously don't need all the detail, but if you have a computer during the game it makes for some nice detail/flavour.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mirrorcoloured, post: 5500822, member: 6671912"] Using other things as inspiration is great for reasons pointed out above. I've done what Pergentile suggested but with Dwarf Fortress. Also if you have/could get any of the Civilization games they would work well. The map editor feature allows you to create a world and then edit as you see fit. Or you could get a big bin/tank, and put some water in the bottom. Then, get a bunch of clay, and put it in. Move it around and shape it to form whatever landmasses you want. Have a camera on hand ;) On a more micro scale: [url=http://www.stargazersworld.com/2009/02/27/roleplaying-city-map-generator/]Roleplaying City Map Generator[/url] This is a nice little program that creates pretty detailed city maps. It has lots of parameters to tweak, and you can always just spam create until you get something you like. Fast and accurate. [url]http://www.mathemagician.net/town.html[/url] Handy online tool for generating a healthy amount of detail about the residents of a city. Makes all the npc's you'll need, as well as shops (complete with names, owners/employees, opening/closing times, prices). You obviously don't need all the detail, but if you have a computer during the game it makes for some nice detail/flavour. [/QUOTE]
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