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

Hex maps for your game pipeline.

Hexus exports structured map JSON and texture key manifests — plus PNG/SVG when you need a visual reference. Built-in art is for templating inside Hexus, not commercial redistribution.

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Exports developers use

Format	Contains	Use
Map JSON	Tiles, overlays, annotations, meta	Re-import, tooling, game logic
Texture keys	Overlay key list	Asset pipeline planning
PNG / SVG	Baked visuals	Prototypes, docs, pitches
Universal VTT	Hex grid metadata + flat render pairing	VTT import (free, signed-in)

Quickstart templates

Strategy Prototype and hexcrawl starters give you a seeded grid — paint terrain, export JSON, wire keys in your engine.

Map JSON does not embed image files. Built-in Hexus keys resolve inside Hexus; shipping a commercial title requires your own art or licensed marketplace packs. See Exports & licensing and Terms.