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    Map Twitter Bot that Generates Town Maps + My Take

    I recently came across this twitter bot, metropologeny, that uses algorithms to generate city/town/hamlet maps. (It's by the same guy that wrote this bot, Uncharted Atlas, that generates random fantasy world/region maps.

    Anyway, it creates some really interesting layouts with excellent and inspiring use of negative space.

    I decided to fill one in, so now you all get to see it.


    Here's the original.

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    And here's my take.

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    It's a super quick and rough version. I didn't spend a lot of time or care cleaning up little blemishes, since it was just for fun.

    Anyway. Enjoy!


    <EDIT>: I forgot to mention that I used a couple of the tree tokens from Mike Schley's recent project, Schelyscapes. I know they don't 100% match with the style I used in the actual city part, but it seemed like a good idea to experiment with them a little bit. </EDIT>
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    I saw that recently, pretty neat.
    Lovely map you've made there!

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    Thanks! It was fun.

    Depending on time, I might do a little series.
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    The creator of the bot is mewo2 and he's a member here. Take a look at this thread posted a few days back. You should leave him a comment as I think he's interested to see how people use the bot.

    I like what you've made, especially the river/canyon part.
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    Thanks, @ChickPea! I reached out to @mewo2 on Twitter before I used the map, and showed it to him afterwards. I didn't, however, know he was on these forums! That's cool!

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