Generate Your Own Hardscrabble Dungeons

Use the form below to enter the tile configuration of your game, then press the submit button to generate a Hardscrabble Dungeon map. The generated image will appear in a separate browser window/tab. Note that this webpage was written with computer screens in mind, not smart phones.

Textarea Form

In the textarea to the left you may enter the tile configuration that should be used to generate the Hardscrabble Dungeon Map. Use capital letters to denote played tiles, use question marks (?) for blanks, and use periods/dots (.) for empty cells. Hitting will reset the textarea to all dots. You should have fifteen entries in each of the fifteen rows. Entering invalid configurations (too few lines or entries per line, incorrect distribution of tiles, disconnected words, invalid characters, etc) shouldn't break the program, but I wouldn't attest to the dungeon map's "validity". To the right is a sample configuration that you can copy and paste into the textarea.

When you are ready to generate the map, hit this button: .

If you would rather enter the board configuration on a cell-by-cell basis in a 15×15 array, use the alternate form below. 

.....BURB..KIEF
.....H...F.N...
...M.U..MATEY..
.G.OCTAVES.A...
.O.R...U..ID.I.
.JIN.WALE.N..R.
GIT....G..UP.I.
Y.....Z?..LOAD.
R....QAT..AL...
OWL....E..SI...
.HORNET?..ET...
.ODEA......E...
.SEX..V........
.ON...I........
..SPENDER......
SAMPLE

15×15 Array Form

You may enter letters into the grid below to designate a board configuration from which a Hardscrabble Dungeon map will be generated. Choose the question mark (?) for a blank tile. Choose the period/dot if no letter goes in the cell. Hitting this button will cause all cells to revert to empty spaces (dots). When your grid is complete, hit this button to .