fantasytowngenerator

Development Update - December 2022

Added 2022-12-13 00:20:30 +0000 UTC

Hey everyone, hope you're all doing well. First off, I want to say a big thank you to all my patrons, your support is greatly appreciated. As there are quite a lot of you now (almost 50 patrons, and roughly 7k users!), I think it would be a good idea for me to talk more more regularly about what I've been working on.

So, since my last post (May), the main things I have implemented are:

Custom races / religions
Full map editing
Government generation controls
Folders
Temporary settlements that don’t need an account
Ability to share settlements with a public access link
Building render overhaul to give them more depth
Trees
Farmland and forests overhaul
Edit controls to move and swap buildings
Re-roll building option
Ability to draw initial rivers and oceans before generating a settlement
Ability to generate rivers that can branch

Most of those have been around for a while now, so let's take a look at the most recent one - drawing the initial rivers and oceans.

Go to the landscape tab of the create settlement form:

Change ‘Water configuration’ from ‘Generation’ to ‘Manually drawn’:

Click the draw button, and then draw rivers and oceans to make something like:

Rivers are bodies of water that can be crossed with a bridge, while oceans cannot be crossed.

Click save, and then generate the settlement, and get something like:

As part of this feature, more complicated water layouts are now possible, like lakes, branching rivers, and islands - some of these are also now generated when the generate river / oceans options are selected! I think this results in some pretty cool looking settlements, and can’t wait to hear what you think about it!

As always, any and all feedback is welcomed!