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I doubt I will use this blog much, but as a place to store project notes and ideas I think I shall. Over 30 years ago I developed a campaign world larger than Judges Guild or Greyhawk. Now I am trying to digitize these maps by redrawing them in gimp. No scans allowed! Huge project for just the world is the same size as the Earth, and I am starting there. At the same time (more as a hobby effort) I am writing a book about my efforts to design the world, and digitize ...
Just recently I posted my map on a forum to see what others thought should be changed. I'm going to have to change a lot.... The mountains aren't a big deal. The Rivers however... Wow. That is going to be a big project to do. Also I'm looking for some way to make my map bigger, as to show more detail when zoomed in. This way I can get the most out of every pixel. Well, wish me luck. :\ ...
I thought I'd set out my stall as far as TreeThing is concerned. So... what's the plan? Well, first, a little history. As many old-timers here might know, TreeThing started out as the "Automatic Forest Generator" and was programmed by Fluesopp. It was a very simple program that took a png image and covered the non-transparent areas with trees. He very kindly made it open source and I used this as a springboard to start developing the idea in greater detail ...
Hey there and welcome to Tumbleweed - an empty little part of the web that you are probably the first, and maybe only, person to visit. I'll own up from the start - this will probably be updated infrequently. It is a little known fact (although known very well to my family) that I am an expert at starting things. Finishing them... not so much. But as I doubt there will be hordes of internet users hanging on my every word and desperate to find out what has been happening with me then ...
So, I have uploaded a few maps from my first D&D world. These were free-hand maps, as back in the middle 80s there was no mapping software available. I am in the process of learning Campaign Cartographer 3, and I hope to have something to show you all soon.
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