Fantasy Map Generator

Fantasy Map Generator is an engineering thesis project created using HTML5, CSS3 (SASS) and JavaScript ES6. It's based on cellular automata model using Sanojian's cellauto.js library. This app uses Markov chain library for randomising names and HTML to Image for map downloading. You can check github page for the generator down below.

All squares (called cells) on the map have different states and properties. Cell can change it's state based on states and properties of all the surrounding 8 neighbors. For example river cell can only appear near a mountain cell, that's why the amount of mountain cells on the map affects the amount of rivers created. With settings menu you can adjust generation of some of the different cells, but results may vary as most of the cells have some sort of randomness involved in the generation.

- City names generation culture changes how names of the cities are choosen.
- Generation Speed affects how quickly the generation animation is played. This may not work perfectly on weaker devices like older phones due to performance issues.
- World Steps affects the shape of the world. More steps equals more polished world shape!
- Detail Steps affects the generation of every cell type (cities, rivers, mountains etc.). More steps equals more detailed map!
- Water Decoration generates some primarly visual cells on water like ships, water monsters or waves.
- Land Decoration generates some primarly visual cells on land like castles, lighthouses, mines or farmsteads.
- Sprawling Rivers makes river generation much more chaotic anc complex with many branching rivers and deltas.