Inkarnate is built for beautiful illustrated world and battle maps. Hexus is a hex-first regional painter focused on playable hexcrawls and fast export.
Island region starter — hex-native painting without full-world illustration time.
Hexus Editor
Hex-native painting — biomes, overlays, and landmarks on a hexcrawl grid.
Structured Map JSON for engines, archives, and custom tooling.
Universal VTT (.uvtt) on Free; Pro Foundry bundles and Roll20 helpers for guided VTT import.
Lighter workflow when you only need a playable region, not a poster map.
Inkarnate
Rich illustrated art style for world maps and battlemaps.
Large asset library and community templates for fantasy cartography.
Strong brand recognition for polished fantasy maps.
Choose Hexus when…
You run hexcrawl travel and need a grid-aligned regional map quickly.
You export JSON or texture keys for a game pipeline.
You want hex painting without full-world illustration time.
Consider Inkarnate when…
You need poster-quality illustrated world maps or detailed battlemaps.
Your workflow is already centered on Inkarnate art and stamps.
