This is my new favorite map maker.

[@mightofmerchants]

Thank you very much for sharing my work! This is amazing! ❤

[@wiegraf-FNC]

THank you for creating such a great map making tool. I am producing my campaign maps at a much faster pace now. Keep the good work! Also. as a GURPS user the fact that you include hexagonal mode is amazing!

[@mightofmerchants]

@@wiegraf-FNC Glad you like my work! Thanks a lot for your feedback! :)

[@samhill6831]

Yea this things amazing looking. I’ll look into it for sure

[@mightofmerchants]

@@samhill6831 Thank you very much!

[@arimill1045]

Great work, if you ever need a hand I'd love to contribute!

[@duncbot9000]

A map tool that is a one-time payment, not a monthly subscription? Already better. I wouldn't mind needing to pay for DLC themed asset packs either.

[@duncbot9000]

Just discovered there is a demo so you can try before you buy!

[@DucksAndCatnip]

you'd love wonderdraft then

[@googiegress]

I can't imagine paying a monthy subscription for something like this. It's bad enough that Office does it.

[@duncbot9000]

@@googiegress I got hit by a nonrefundable $140 fee for World Anvil cus I forgot to cancel my discounted trial... I am so anti-subscription right now

[@hawkname1234]

@@googiegress It's not that crazy. Mapmaker technology has actually been changing a LOT in the last 10 years.

[@SigilWizardClassic]

I am always open to new mapmakers and I'm glad I'm getting a chance to see this one. I've got both Dungeon and Wonderdraft, but I've been looking for a good town mapping tool. So now I got all three.

[@williamjohnston5315]

I recently bought this. This is my favorite village generator. It is phenomenal.

[@mightofmerchants]

Thank you very much!❤

[@DinJaevel]

I have this and I really prefer the clean look of the maps. They give of that nice fantasy feeling of a map drawn in the light of a flickering candle and the birds flying over the fields, the smoke rising from the chimneys, well, I think it gives those details that let you think of a populated world. I also happen to know that the dev is definitely listening to his audience. It is a good mapmaker, getting better at quite a pace.

[@mightofmerchants]

Thank you very much!❤

[@PinkMawile]

Since it already has lighting and animation… I’d love to see this elevate to a full on VTT. No need for fancy macros, just dice and tokens. People can do the sheets and mechanics by hand. Just be cool to get the animated maps while playing.

[@neepers]

I use EVERY map maker, and this one is gorgeous. I love the monochromatic nature of it. It's now my #1! Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Earned my subscription.

[@FunFactFreaks]

Holy Crap. I thought I just went back a hundred years. That moustache is magnificent!

[@THEPELADOMASTER]

I have this software, and fixes and updates are constantly coming out. Really cool tool. I recommend it.

[@mightofmerchants]

Thank you very much!

[@64bitrobot]

I've had this one in my library for quite a while. I very much love the aesthetic it has when there's a map I want to make that it can make. It's limitations are pretty rough, but it is nice to see the creator always making updates. My personal favorite for making battle maps is probably dungeondraft, and wonderdraft is amazing for area or region maps. Dungeon alchemist I did like, until I realized how lacking it was in some areas (for instance, you can't even just pick up/drag and drop a room, or even resize the map after creating it!)

[@JarlHavi]

I’ve been using Canvas of Kings for a few years and it’s really good. There are a few frustrations with river making and simply placing things down individually is simpler. I’m not a fan of “snap in place” mechanics, I prefer carefully maneuvering things to an angle I like

[@dr.zoidberg8666]

This looks like a really useful way to prototype. Quickly slap together a map on here, tweak to your heart's content, & then once you have a layout you like you can draw a custom version yourself if you want. It seems like a good way to really speed up the process.

[@desolatetree]

This would be so cool as a live wallpaper. Maybe have a section of trees that move to be a clock, and you can have a subtle timepiece that's built into the map.

[@Liminality-Png]

You’re the VTT guy. Your content has been unbelievably helpful to me, because don’t get me wrong. I do live creating the world, and getting in the details but it gets exhausting when all I want is to finish the city before the next session ya know.

[@WrelPlays]

+1 to Canvas of Kings, my favorite as well. The workflow just feel so good, and the results are great.

[@mightofmerchants]

Thank you very much!

[@lordofdorknessdm3085]

Very cool. I also appreciate the one-time purchase scenario for this tool. The hand-drawn aesthetic is very nice. I would definitely be interested in asset packs for other genres such as modern or sci-fi.

[@stuartclements6243]

I like the feel of the large-scale drawn maps, but Dungeon Alchemist will be my forever room and building map maker.

[@DoinItforNewCommTech]

Some things I love about this: exporting to paper size (great for in-person games), and the deco tool letting us import custom assets (though it'd be nice if we could place them over dummy 3D assets to generate an appropriate shadow!) Using something like Roll20, uploading each individual building .png and arranging it manually causes Roll20's free storage to fill up VERY quickly. Exporting the whole map to a single .png or .jpg is gonna save so much space. Would love to see things like in-built modern or sci-fi assets someday for non-fantasy RPGs, as this is probably the MOST useful for D&D and Pathfinder, but the deco tool does alleviate this so I'm not too upset.

[@zonbiebob21]

Same. I am still looking for something to help with making a map for a modern setting that I am making. If anyone has some recommendations, I would appreciate it

[@kadmii]

I hope the developer/development team allows people to import 3d assets in the future, like their native assets go through. Certainly a higher learning curve but very worthwhile

[@mightofmerchants]

Hi! I am working on an asset editor to create assets like I do. Without e.g. Bender. :)

[@bjhudson7673]

This plus Tiny Glade would be a nearly complete campaign setting creation tool.

[@mousesunset]

1:09 that's Osama's compound circa 1659

[@PapaPondy]

sick stache bro

[@breadloaf176]

Gotta love how i never ever play D&D but i still watched this

[@modernmarrow1411]

Canvas looks fantastic so far, I'm just sad it's not really built for world maps yet, if that is even planned to come.

[@sorocrux9365]

I think it's because the creator made it to build his own game he just published his own tool that he made himself

[@MondkindVonFlauschen]

@@sorocrux9365 Yeah, according to the dev-blog they basically were building an economy game, Might of Merchants, and while creating this made Canvas of Kings as tool for their Map generation

[@FeyTheBin]

​@@MondkindVonFlauschen Selling your mapmaker tool to fund an economy game you're making is absolutely meta. Capitalism has peaked, and I'm here for it.

[@HA11EYS_COM3T]

Honestly, I think its strength is in being suitable for entire regions, but not for entire worlds. There’s not enough map makers that are actually good on a regional scale.

[@conscript900]

If we got fortifcation options and a future scifi thing. Im all on board. (cant forget a ww1 and 2 dlc)

[@DownWithBureaucracy]

For screen recording, you can do it with the snipping tool on a windows computer. You can select a given area or the entire screen, and it includes sound. You can then use clip champ (also free) for basic editing. Not something I'd suggest to a professional, but for your home DnD group that only needs it on occasion it's useful to have free tools

[@TheUglyGoblin]

Wow this is gorgeous 😍 love the look of this! Beautiful

[@mightofmerchants]

Thank you very much! :)

[@VijinandJirham]

I really like Canvas of Kings. Once they get the room builder a little more feature rich, it'll probably be the only map maker I use.

[@this_is_patrick]

Wow, it's rare to find a sponsorship that's actually related to the video

[@jlo9993]

there's also a new generator-style thing on steam called Fantasy Map Simulator, which looks to be like Azgaar's Fantasy Map Generator, but with extra features and the ability to simulate your world's history like WorldBox. it's in early access like Canvas of Kings but looks really good

[@murderyoutubeworkersandceos]

How much?

[@KingKrad]

The most eye catching thing about you, is indeed your mustache, that thing is amazing! Do you do that thing where you twirl the end of your mustache like you see evil-doers do in movies, or other fandoms?

[@jasonz7788]

Thank you sir

[@jonathanliddell4220]

Absolutely love Canvas of Kings. Great to see the it getting the love it deserves! Best from Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@mightofmerchants]

Thank you!

[@bankbarcomo806]

I have owned C&C3 for like 20 years, still haven't productively used it.

[@Rogue0DK]

I've put all my thoughts of trying out other TTs and Map Makers on hold for now until I've seen the upcoming One DnD TT. If it sucks I'll shop around. Depending on my choice of TT I'll know what I'll need from my Map Maker. For now Im sticking to Fantasy Grounds and Dungeon Draft / Wonderdraft.

[@MRCardim]

Just bought it! I'm going to give it a try

[@mightofmerchants]

Thank you very much! I hope you like my work!❤

[@virrcraft]

I found this mapmaker a couple of weeks ago (before your video came out) completely by accident! and was really amazed by its capabilities, a very cool tool and absolutely worth the money.

[@mightofmerchants]

Thanks a lot!

[@virrcraft]

@@mightofmerchants oh, you’re welcome Thank you for developing such a great tool for us, tabletop gamers 😊

[@mightofmerchants]

@@virrcraft Thank you very much! :)

[@zepto5945]

Great moustach- I MEAN MAP MAKER! Great map maker!

[@johnmichalek9802]

This looks awesome! Would love if it could do dungeons , caves and caverns.

[@LuiGuiShi]

damn, that looks really good. I'm gonna try it, that's for sure!

[@BillyThurst_the1st]

This man's mustache is holy

[@Jakeurb8ty82]

demo on steam. heck yeah!

[@xjuliussx]

love the tool, seems very useful and well made! i'm already in love with this tool by only look into it in your video!

[@Ninjamanhammer]

I feel like for a map maker for DnD not being able to make dungeons is kind of a deal breaker, at least for the current price. That said it is on my Steam wishlist and if it's ever on sale for like 12€ I'll probably snag it up even without dungeons.

[@raff3486]

This map maker looks great. I need to at least wish list this on Steam!

[@CharlesTersteeg]

Very interesting find. I'll definitely have to check it out.

[@addirrilium893]

Awesome!

[@FrankMonday]

Love the stache!!! ❤

[@Crosbhealach]

Oooo, I already want to use it

[@sfeatherston3]

It bothers me when maps don't make sense. That long bridge that runs the length of the river at 5:18 is unrealistic.

[@ErikLevin]

I didn't notice but yes, haha, that is very strange. It's the starting map also procedurally generated?

[@medievalan6285]

​@@ErikLevin yes

[@indus7841]

My favorite map making tool is paper + pencil

[@indus7841]

Works like a charm! never crashed once!

[@adambrande]

​@@indus7841that's basic shit. I use a stick and the dirt on the ground

[@randomyoutubecommenterr]

Convinced me to grab this one. Good video mate!

[@mrgunn2726]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@Gashren]

Wow, that does look awesome!

[@dschnaible]

I’m very intrigued.

[@cappedpluto7638]

I wish that somebody would go and make a vtt map maker combo that has a built in character creator and all the monsters (likely to be connected to DnD beyond)

[@donwebster9292]

I want to try it. Seems pretty easy

[@MihaiBathory]

Cool Video, thanks

[@dawnfire82]

Those buildings appear to be lifted from the Campaign Cartographer city set.

[@thecandidman]

Canvas of Kings is easily one of the best map makers going.

[@zakesteel3137]

subscribed cuz of that amazing mustache you have

[@Haxi_The_Jester]

Cool i love making maps even though my group rarely use them

[@dwnsdp]

jesus christ that moustache is bonkers.

[@EmergentGM]

Wow this is a great find! Thanks @powerwordspill!! Great content as always!

[@boxylemons7961]

Bit of a glorified advertisement but I’m open minded to it. I’d be up to use it

[@JynksterDM]

your posts are top tier! I really appreciate the deep dives and the willingness to try all these different options. I do have a request! I am a DM that has recently had a player move out of state and I am needing to convert to a VTT format to include her a little bit better. I assume that I need to be using a VTT and many of them, including foundry and the incorporation of OBS are daunting from my perspective. You seem very facile and.adept at running the guts and settings of almost any SAAS based helper tool or application for tabletop role-playing. I wonder if you could investigate a video where you really go through the brass tacks of setting up a VTT and utilizing some of the options of imported maps, etc. say from living realms or Dynamic Dungeons? I would definitely sign up for your Patreon if this was something that I knew was happening behind the pay wall as well. Your approach to storytelling and whimsical posts are top-notch and I get a lot of inspiration from them as it relates to running my own home game. Thanks for all you do.

[@_Hraefn]

Entirely off topic but, your mustache is killer.

[@marc-andrewelie7684]

I hope they add the feature to do world maps

[@ComfortableGhost]

Clicked for the map maker, stayed for the mustache. Thats a really nice mustache bro

[@carolxs]

Crosshead is working on something similar, he's got lots of assets

[@CuevadeLobo7922]

I wouldlike something like this but with SciFi elements.

[@jacawandersmok9043]

Exelet map tool. I will use it for somethink for shure And it is not a suprscytion But normal you pay you get. Wow that respect for autor deserw support.

[@mightofmerchants]

Glad you like my work!❤

[@HerrClementzin]

Wow 😍 beautiful ❤️

[@mightofmerchants]

Thank you! :)

[@CuppaSimsnStuff]

WOW!

[@mightofmerchants]

Thank you! ❤

[@sew.medieval]

What kind of moustache wax do you use? Mine needs help 😅

[@joelmulder]

I hope it’ll also support more modern looking structures in the future.

[@dharmeshmistry342]

Are the maps printable? I’d love to make something for my tabletop group but I can’t draw very well or for very long.

[@mightofmerchants]

You can export as image as png/jpg/webp with/without hex/square grid. There are also templates for e.g. papersizes like A4. :)

[@ThymeHere]

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[@JeshieWafflez]

I've never been this early! What a grand map maker indeed! > O>

[@odirex]

must watch mustache origin story...

[@MrPsyJak]

*favourite

[@hamsmcham3238]

I've been looking for a good map maker! Now I need to find a good world map maker... Not a random one

[@vyevd8]

might be the first time i actually buy a steam game when it releases instead of pirating it

[@darknetworld]

Oh it could be use for other game mapping tool... for refs.

[@AstBun1]

Is this only suitsble for enoumous City Maps or would you recommend it too for small Battle Maps, like the classic Tavern or a small marketplace

[@blagoevski336]

Awesomee

[@jaakkosippola7191]

Do you know if there is a easy way to do maps for a first person? Now that Fantasy grounds has a capability for that I would want to try it.

[@JanHoos]

Thanks for the video! It's a mapmaker I've been eying for a while. DIdn't know about the custom asset imports. Can you use those in an area generator? That way you could import colored assets and generate a colored map.

[@GameGoblin1234]

Okay love you content

[@powerwordspill]

Unfortunately you can't right now, but I hope Hannes will add that! Hannes is extremely active and responsive on the Discord

[@JanHoos]

@@powerwordspill aaah thanks! :-)

[@skymon77]

How do you get the horses to move like 2:20?

[@mightofmerchants]

I made this prototype for my game Might of Merchants. An animation/path tool for units is not yet available in Canvas of Kings. Sorry!

[@skymon77]

@@mightofmerchants I love this tool already can't wait to see more of it! I think it'd be super cool if we had a seperate assets pack of the animations so we could place them into various VTTs.

[@mightofmerchants]

@skymon77 Glad you like my little tool! I made my animations of the trees, smoke, light, waves and so on with randomized shaders. So there are no loop able gifs to export. You can just capture single objects with e.g. OBS Studio to use them as separate videofiles. :)

[@odinulveson9101]

Earned yourself a sub! Will get this map maker. I have Dungeon Alchemist, it have linked usage with Hero Forge digital minis you create but uou cant yet make multi floor level buildings🤔 Im trying to make a fantasy version of the municipality of where I live, just remove ALL modern stuff😂 And print out. I will have the municipality as the " world " map. But will start q location then build from there. Recommend checking out Deficient Masters vids, PWS👌

[@proudhandsdrawing]

I wish it existed as a tool for unreal engine

[@pocamadre7942]

Is it good for dungeons?

[@axospyeyes281]

if you play online, yes

[@dcfavorite]

does the output work well with Roll20? (both static and animated) How big are the file sizes?

[@derhipstertee]

I really appreciate your videos and this map maker looks gorgeous. One thing that i noticed in your last couple of videos, is that you keep announcing things that come up in the video later. I don't get why you use it in such a big frequency. I think it breaks the flow of the video more than it keeps me anticipating your next point. Besides from that your Videos a very nice and informative

[@ErikLevin]

That's for viewer retention. That is super important for KZbinrs (but the tactic of announcing what will come up later has been common on TV and other media for ages as well). Personally I don't mind Kelly's way of handing it, I find it flows well.

[@LeviGarcia]

this sounds cool, but im not down with tying my software to steam. my internet goes out a lot and would prefer to not rely on internet to access something that doesn't need to use it.

[@blindedinchains829]

Steam has offline mode

[@Schopenhauer667]

Can you do something with the maps you create?

[@xaap8408]

how stoned where you when recording this? :D

[@Czejenesku]

What macro map tool would you recommend? By macro I mean whole continents or worlds. ;)

[@AetherflyerGames]

Does this do other than Fantasy maps? I am interested in Victorian and 1980s maps.

[@OlivierGalizzi]

I don't get where and how you can use the maps you can make with this tool ?

[@jjhh320]

Tabletop gaming, like D&D or Pathfinder sessions