Hex Mapping

Many role-playing games use hex maps. Traditionally, D&D used hex maps for the wilderness and Traveller used a hex map for sectors and subsectors. They are everywhere.

This project collects the various tools I have used to work with hex maps. All of them are web applications (CGI scripts) written in Perl 5 and the maps are always SVG documents.

old-school-hex

This application takes an ASCII art representation of a map and turns it into a black-and-white hex map.

Example input:

 n " " .
n-n O-. .
 n-"-" .

text-mapper

This application takes a textual representation of a map and produces SVG output.

Example input:

0101 empty
0102 mountain
0103 hill "bone hills"
0104 forest

uwp-generator

This application generates a random UWP list suitable for Traveller-style Science Fiction games.

It generates output like the following:

Tavomazupa       0103  D85D000-0           Ba Wa
Xeqqtite         0107  C858651-6       S   Ag Ga NI
Baziezoti        0108  C467100-7           Lo A
Zuzinba          0109  D350697-3       S   De Lt NI Po
Titutelu         0202  C75B988-6           Hi Wa

svg-map

This application takes the UWP of a subsector and generates a map for you. If possible, it also adds communication and trade routes based on some heuristics. You should install the uwp-generator in the same directory such that the "Random Map" button works as advertized.