About to pull the credit card out
I play role-playing games. I am the game master most of the time. I like creating a worlds, story and plot. My one big weakness is map making. I can't draw to save my life. There have been times I have contemplated commissioning someone to do maps for me,..that would get pretty pricey. So I started to do some research and it seems Campaign Cartographer is the tool I've been looking for. So tonight I will be pulling out the old credit card and buying The World Builder Bundle.
Hopefully soon I will be posting my maps for others to critique. But for now I just want to say hi to the forum.
Hopefully soon I will be posting my maps for others to critique. But for now I just want to say hi to the forum.
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You'll be glad you chose Campaign Cartographer. Like you, I can't draw to save my life either, but with CC, I am able to actually create lots of quite decent stuff.
Oh, and I'm not a person who can draw either.
The tutorials are indispensable to getting that understanding.
My initial experience with CC2 went something like this. "Gee, I want to create maps like the ones I see on that software box (CC2), I guess I'll buy it and try it." Plunk down the credit card and get the software (CC2 and DD2). Go home install it, start to attempt to draw. Can't get anything to work as I want. Put down the software in frustration. Consider getting a refund. Take a two day break. Discover the manual (yeah, I'm a genius). Read over the tutorials. Attempt to draw again. Frustration ensues. Actually do the tutorials one at a time and in order (yeah, slow learner). Finally a drawing I like and no hair pulling....
I'm being a little facetious in my recounting of that story but let me tell you the tutorials turned what was a horrible experience into a wonderful one. So yeah, I swear by those tutorials.
Also, start with CC3 (the main program) and then work your way out (through DD3, CD-pro, etc...) until you have the maps you want. The CC3 add-ons (like DD3) build on the skills learned from CC3.