World Builder and Nation Builder

[Alisanos]

Several years ago there were a couple of programs available for free on the internet. They were called World Builder and Nation Builder. I can no longer find these programs. Does anyone know where they can be downloaded? Thanks in advance.

 

[Transit]

I think this might be one of the programs that you're looking for:

World Builder is a shareware program to draw maps of worlds. It uses continental drift and true meteorological computations to provide realistic maps including mountain ranges, rain shadows and rivers. You can use World Builder to invent worlds for roleplaying games or as background for fiction, or you can use it to learn about earth science processes. The current version of World Builder is 1.3, released on June 12, 1998. It is available on Windows-95, Windows-NT, Linux Intel and Sun Solaris platforms. The WWW site is: http://www.best.com/~jendave/builder/world/index.html Copyright 1998 by David L. Allen

David Allen's website is gone, but the file still resides in ftp.funet.fi

ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/doc/games/roleplay/programs/pc/wb13win.zip

He also wrote Nation builder. Using the Internet Wayback machine to look at his old site, it looks like Nation Builder was only distributed to people who emailed him a request.

http://web.archive.org/web/20030310024110/http://jendaveallen.com/builder/nation/index.html

 

[Alisanos]

Thanks for your response Transit. I was able to DL World Builder at the site you listed.

If you or anyone else knows where Nation Builder can be found, I would appreciate the info. I sent an email to the addy listed on the archived page. Doubt I will get a response though.

 

[Transit]

If the email address works out and you manage to get a copy of Nation Builder, I'd love to get it too.

 

[Alisanos]

Well Transit, it has been 2 days and I have not received a response. I don't think I will be receiving Nation Builder any time soon. If I stumble upon it, I will let you know.

 

[EDJ]

Builder programs.

Hell, I have both of these. Ping me with an email and I'll send them to you.

Regards,
Ed

 

[Fargoth]

Just what was Nation Builder supposed to build? Obviously some sort of nation, but how detailed?

 

[Alisanos]

Nation Builder would take the map that was generated in World Builder and then populate it with cities, populations and even brief historical descpriptions of the various cities. It was not very detailed but I found it very usefull when starting to make a new campaign world. I always found that it would provide just enough information to get my imagination going.

 

[Alisanos]

EdJ - I received your email and tested both programs. Everything worked great. Thank you.

 

[Transit]

EDJ - I got your email as well. These programs look like they will be really useful for designing a campaign world.

For a couple of years now there have been threads here and on the Wizards board from people looking for these programs. I think everyone had just about given them up as lost forever.

Thanks again EDJ!