A hex world WIP (and WIP app) - personal project

[torstan]

Here's a little in progress project so far:

Hex proof of concept. Trying out isometric hexes (conveniently the base has a perfect 2:1 aspect ratio in iso!):
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Working out the basic coding to get the hexes displaying
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Multiple terrains - plus infinite panning, and the UI workfow to allow picking multiple terrains
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Roads and rivers. Rivers run down hex edges, roads run through the middle, solves any conflicts nicely!
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Proof of concept for placing locations. This might just work!
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[arsheesh]

This is really cool! Is this a personal project or a commission? Is it intended for distribution and/or sale at some point?

Cheers,
-Arsheesh

[Schwarzkreuz]

Dear Torstan, what is this Magic about ?
It reminds me slightly of Settlers of Catan.

[Ilanthar]

Impressive work Torstan! It's a dream for board gamers

[torstan]

It's a personal project so far. This is all proof of concept - the images are all likely to change (the buildings certainly will).

The magic is trigonometry, javascript/jquery, and - down the line - a little node+mongo for save/load.

Here's some more buildings to show the layering of locations:
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[Pixie]

Reminds me a lot the graphics used in Civilization V and an old strategy game from the deep 90's which used hex-mapping: imperialism.

[torstan]

A little more - showing region overlays and notes (and some bugs):

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[Schwarzkreuz]

Reminds me a lot the graphics used in Civilization V and an old strategy game from the deep 90's which used hex-mapping: imperialism.

Oh Hell, I played it infinite times... I simply loved it. Torstan`s game looks awesome as it is, if I imagine even more different tiles for each terrain type. WOW, just wow. I would buy an early accessgame on steam with this visuals!.

[torstan]

A little more progress on this:

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map.jpg

MoreForts.jpg

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[Galendae]

@Torstan-Those symbols are insanely good! I love the Dwarven site symbols. Excellent stuff! Wow! Quick question: Do you create these in a vector program, then resize as needed? What program do you use?