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LoreGen is a development tool for procedurally generating fantasy worlds. The Worldbuilder is a program for exploring worlds created by LoreGen.

Latest Blog Posts

The World Map: “Erosion”

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This is a series about the basic components of a world generated LoreGen. Note: As of version 0.11, the method for determining the base shape of continents has changed; they are now irregular regions, not rectangles. However, the techniques described in the post are...

The World Map: Thinking About Boundaries (Pre v 0.11)

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This is a series about the basic components of a world generated LoreGen. Note: as of version 0.11, the algorithm for generating continents has changed (now, the base shape of continents is irregular regions, not rectangles). Otherwise, the principles of this post are...

The World Map: Continents (Pre v 0.11)

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Note: There is an updated version of this article! This is a series about the basic components of a world generated LoreGen. Note: As of version 0.11, the algorithm for defining the shapes of continents has changed, meaning large portions of this article are outdated....