Worldographer 2025 Released!
Last month, we fully released Worldographer 2025 which had been a beta for most of a year. Download it here. In truth it was just as stable as the pre-2025 version for quite a while now. See our New in …
New Upcoming Feature: World/Kingdom Road Generator
Time to show yet another new feature in the next big update: a road generator for world/kingdom maps! With this small tool, you’re able to give it a road color, road style (whether you want straight lines, curved lines, or …
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New Upcoming Feature: Improved Empire/Nation Generator
Time to show off another new feature coming up in the new major Worldographer update! The existing generator to place an empire or nation on the map is arbitrarily limited to have just 5 cities or towns. In the next …
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New Upcoming Feature: Colored Control Points
This feature coming in the next large update to Worldographer is pretty minor. But it is just one example of a slew of minor improvements that make collectively make a big difference! When drawing lines, in Worldographer you can create …
New Upcoming Feature: Setup Terrain & Feature Categories
Back to highlighting some of the new features to look forward to in Worldographer’s next big update! When you add custom features & terrain to the software, you’ll get to pick a category for each. You will also be able …
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New Upcoming Feature: Add Battlemat Rooms Instantly!
Wouldn’t it be cool to pick a room type and a few features of that room (size, doors, windows, furniture style) and then click on the map where you want that room and it auto-magically added it? In the next …
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New Upcoming Feature: More Pre-Set Rotate Options
Back with news about another new feature in Worldographer! This isn’t earth-shattering, but it is an example of a minor change that adds up to a big UI improvement… Now next to the Feature’s Rotation spinner is a drop down …
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How To Access The Icons Built Into Worldographer
Occasionally we’re asked where the icons are within the Worldographer download and how to get them. The easiest was is: Download the Java/Jar version of Worldographer from the Download page. Rename the end of the file from .jar to .zip …
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Worldbuilding 101: Start With What Is Essential & What Is Inspiring
Over on the main Inkwell Ideas site, we have a new post about Worldbuilding. It isn’t Worldographer (or fantasy map-making) specific, but I do think folks who use Worldographer would like it. The key points in the article are: Spend …
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“Importing” a Donjon Fantasy World Map Into Worldographer
Recently someone in our Discord asked for help importing a Donjon fantasy world map into Worldographer. While we don’t have a direct way to import their maps (nor do I think they provide the raw data) you can trace the …
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