Resources

Guides for game masters, developers, exports & licensing, and marketplace creators — one place, pick your topic below.

Launch confidence

Commercial use: built-in tile art is for painting and table/VTT export — not for redistributing Hexus stock tiles in a shipped commercial game. Exports & licensing →
VTT imports: start with known-good defaults in the VTT cheat sheet and misalignment fixes.
Beta status: see what is live vs in progress on launch status.

“I exported a hexcrawl as Universal VTT the same evening I signed up — grid alignment checked out in Foundry after the Pro bundle import.”

— Private beta tester (GM)

“The JSON export let me prototype overworld logic without redrawing — I pair it with our own art pipeline for the vertical slice.”

— Indie prototype lead (Developer)

“Quickstart templates got us to a playable frontier map before session zero. PNG for Discord, UVTT when we moved to the VTT.”

— Campaign organizer (GM)

How Hexus compares

Balanced comparisons for high-intent shoppers — strengths, trade-offs, and migration paths.

vs Hexer Browser hex painting, JSON export, marketplace packs vs Inkarnate Playable hexcrawls vs illustrated world maps vs Worldographer Cloud regional maps vs desktop world suites

Creator program

We are inviting a small group of artists after first-party launch packs ship. Submit your portfolio and pack idea — no open uploads during the launch window.

Authoring guides

These docs match Creator Studio and pack ingest: overlays (256×384 reference), decals (tall billboard or square hex-cap — pick the frame at import), terrain tiles (1024² hex-masked), local collection workflow, overlay 3D verification before submit, and server-side normalization to 1024 storage.