I know I shouldn’t be making things harder on myself by making the Zavodia map from scratch, but every program I find that can help with this sort of thing is always missing something crucial. I wish I knew how they made the map for Europa Universalis IV or Hearts of Iron IV. They’re not quite what I’m looking for but fairly close. Oh well. I’ll figure something out before I get too deep into it this time. The main issue now is less the way the map looks and the sheer scale I need to apply to it this time in order to use it in other materials, regional, political, cultural, racial maps and so on.

I’m thinking of taking another look at some of the programs I passed up. There’s a chance that combining some of them could net me what I’m looking for for the ‘real’ map, the version that’s essentially a set of satellite photos. We’ll see. For now, the outline’s finished. It’s just a matter of finding the right tools and either importing that outline or using it as a reference. That’s all for now.