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Is Canvas of Kings worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Game masters who want to assemble fantasy maps from paths, plots, and placed objects
- Mapmakers who prefer randomized object variation over positioning every item individually
- Creators producing printable or digital maps with optional square or hexagonal grids
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Creators seeking fully procedural map generation rather than guided layouts with automatic placement
- Users who need classic landscape painting, caves, dungeons, text, decorative elements, or animations
- Mapmakers requiring VTT export beyond PNG or JPG files with optional grids
Our take on Canvas of Kings
The focus on randomness and automatic generation may suggest a procedural map generator, but the tool still depends on user-defined paths and plots. Its stated scope also excludes several common mapmaking elements, including terrain painting, caves, dungeons, text, animations, and VTT export.
What is Canvas of Kings?
Canvas of Kings is a mapmaking tool for building maps from adjustable paths and plots.
Automatic placement can create structures such as walls with towers or forest areas. Objects are hand-drawn, can vary through randomized properties, and can be grouped together, such as crates placed on towers or walls. Lighting and weather settings can alter the map’s atmosphere through detailed controls or templates. An export area can cover part or all of a map, with square or hexagonal grids included or omitted. Maps can be exported as PNG or JPG files, while the map is also saved as JSON. The tool does not currently provide fully procedural maps, traditional landscape painting, caves, dungeons, text, decorative elements, animations, or VTT export.
How Canvas of Kings plays
- 01Adjustable map layouts
- Paths and plots can be changed after placement, with automatic object positioning supporting structures and natural areas.
- 02Randomized object variation
- Object properties can be varied randomly, and categories can produce differing map arrangements.
- 03Grouped object placement
- Objects can be combined so items such as crates move together with walls or towers.
- 04Lighting and weather
- Atmosphere can be configured through detailed settings or predefined templates.
- 05Configurable map exports
- Selected areas or complete maps can be exported as PNG or JPG files with optional square or hexagonal grids.
- 06Reusable export templates
- Export settings can be saved for use with later maps.
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Canvas of Kings: platforms & release
Is Canvas of Kings worth it?
It is worth it if: game masters who want to assemble fantasy maps from paths, plots, and placed objects. Skip it if: creators seeking fully procedural map generation rather than guided layouts with automatic placement.
Where can I download Canvas of Kings?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Canvas of Kings's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Canvas of Kings on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
