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Hex map toy preview

31st August 2008

Following on the earlier post I made about programming hex maps for games, I have taken a stab at a Java program that generates different sized maps. You can download the zip file here. If you've got a recent version of the JRE (1.5), this should work for you out of the box by double clicking on it. Otherwise, you can run it by unpacking the archive and typing "java -jar HexMap.jar".

This toy just generates hex maps according to adjustable parameters. Hit the "Repaint" button to see the glory.

In a future post, I'll be explaining the math and heuristics I used. I'll also make the source code available then. However, there are better implementations I have in mind for this. Eventually, I should be able to emit an actual game that uses this work. No time, no time. Sigh.

Tags: games, hex, java, programming