Space colony map generator
A colony a mile or two across, from a handful of habs to a metropolis. Lay it out in a survey grid, in rings round a hub dome, or as domes joined by walkways, then set it on a dune world, an ice moon or anywhere else. Its key buildings come named, each with something wrong.
Open this colony
Domed colony
Domes joined by walkways, in Orbital photo
- Named
- Odaula Landing
- Style
- Orbital photo
- Planet
- Fungal forest
- Time
- day
- Weather
- fog
- Buildings
- 16
- Trees
- 291
- Landmarks
- 9
Named on the map
Point at a number to read about the place.
- 1Ops centreEvery door in the place can be locked from this room, and has been.
- 2Med baySix beds and one tired medic. The drug locker doesn't match its log.
- 3Reactor shedAn old reactor, patched by hand. It runs hot and everyone pretends not to notice.
- 4Mess hallLong tables and vat food. The best place to hear what's really going on.
- 5Security officeTwo cells, a weapons cage, a marshal paid by whoever paid last.
- 6WorkshopA half-built machine under a tarp. The owner gets angry if you ask.
- 7StoresCrates to the roof. The manifest and the shelves disagree.
- 8Hab blockBunks and lockers, three to a room. Someone's been stealing filters.
Small claim
A survey team's view, in Survey scan
- Named
- Iloari Landing
- Style
- Survey scan
- Planet
- Dune world
- Time
- day
- Weather
- fog
- Buildings
- 91
- Trees
- 2
- Landmarks
- 9
Named on the map
Point at a number to read about the place.
- 1Ops centreComms, air and power all run from here. The night shift sleeps at the board.
- 2Med baySix beds and one tired medic. The drug locker doesn't match its log.
- 3Reactor shedAn old reactor, patched by hand. It runs hot and everyone pretends not to notice.
- 4Mess hallLong tables and vat food. The best place to hear what's really going on.
- 5Security officeTwo cells, a weapons cage, a marshal paid by whoever paid last.
- 6WorkshopA half-built machine under a tarp. The owner gets angry if you ask.
- 7StoresCrates to the roof. The manifest and the shelves disagree.
- 8Hab blockLights on a timer. The block warden knows everyone's business.
What happened to the colony
A hive site, in Survey scan
- Named
- New Mirera, overrun
- Style
- Survey scan
- Planet
- Fungal forest
- Time
- day
- Weather
- fog
- Buildings
- 70
- Trees
- 2155
- Landmarks
- 5
Named on the map
Point at a number to read about the place.
- 1Sealed blockAir still circulates in here, though the power was cut years ago.
- 2Last logPersonal effects packed and left by the door, as if they meant to come back.
- 3Ops centreEvery door in the place can be locked from this room, and has been.
- 4Med bayA quarantine room at the back, sealed from the outside.
What it makes
Three ways to lay it out
A survey grid round a landing pad, rings round a hub dome, or a cluster of domes joined by walkways, with pipelines, a comms mast and guard posts.
Life round the fence
Containers and rovers by the main gate, solar arrays, a tank farm and a dish. Fields and gardens where the planet allows them.
A colony with a story
Under siege, in quarantine or still being built. Or start from a place that's already gone wrong: a derelict colony or a hive site.
Down to the 5-foot square
Sign in and click a street to draft that street as a game map, or go inside a hab or down into the service tunnels, linked to the colony.
What you can set
- Size
- Village to metropolis
- Layout
- Grid, rings or domes
- State
- Living, under siege, in quarantine or being built
- Planet
- Eleven kinds, or left to the seed
- Other places
- Spaceport, mine, crash site, research station and more
Questions
Is it free?
Yes, while we're in early access. You can make, edit and export maps with no account. Sign in when you want to keep them and link them together.
What scale is it?
An area map, a mile or two of ground, for getting around and seeing the place. For fights, draft a game map from any spot on it at 5 feet to a square.
Can I edit it?
Yes. Move buildings, lay streets, fences and pipelines, paint the ground and flood or drain water. Each gesture is one undo step.
How are the maps made?
By rules, not by drawing a picture: the generator lays out the map from a seed, so the same seed gives the same map. Some of the art it draws with is made with image models.
Roll one of your own
Every map here opens in the editor as you see it. Make your own with a click, no account needed.
Open this colonySign in to save your maps and link them together.