Cartographer - RPG World Maker 4+

I don’t really ever review apps but I had to with this and I apologize

I wanted to use this to create maps with mountain
ranges and rivers, lakes etc. the sliders seem to do whatever they want and even tho the flat looking maps can probably be useful, I will probably
Be using a different app to create my maps because, like I said, previously, there is no topography for normal maps even tho there is a feature that gives the ability to see a sort of topography that can’t be used in a campaign in any of these maps, also, there is the problem with the globe feature, having no features of its own. I was very excited when I saw the app in the store but once I began using it I developed a headache, I never write reviews, but these are things that should be worked on because there are a lot of tabletop gamers, that would love something like this to create worlds for their campaigns. I don’t know how often you look at the reviews and I’m not sure how long it would take to fix those mistakes, but if those mistakes are fixed, I would absolutely recommend this app to others and use it myself, even for a price of may be five or $10 because those features are well worth it.

Developer Response ,

Thanks for the honest feedback, and I'll see what I can do in a future update!

Add more to this

Hi! So, about the app. It doesn’t really do anything much other than make a map. No offense, it is pretty boring.

I would suggest to add a template to edit, a mode to be able to make a game out of it (like rise of nations, dummynations, etc.), and/or have an option to make country borders.

So just in general add more to it.

Poor Quality…

Can’t see water level changing on elevation map… whole reason I wanted that map… No other terrain options? I want to be able to customize the ecosystem according to various environmental characteristics. The 2D map doesn't have a oval edge around it, to show the planet’s curvature? There is no 3D look at the terrain/ map? No weather or ocean pattern analysis options? The zoom out on the planet needs improvement! No option for zooming in, or editing while in that mode. Can barely see it… I wanted to use this for writing stories, but it just didn't have the features needed to create more in-depth details necessary for world building.

Developer Response ,

The elevation map is a raw B&W heightmap, and thus doesn't show sea level, but the other styles all do. There's no oval edge around the 2D map because it's not necessarily a map of the whole planet, it could just be a region. The other features I'll add to my list for future updates, though. Thanks for checking out the app!