Dwarf Heightmap was a tool I created in 2008 for converting greyscale heightmap files into worlds for the independent game Dwarf Fortress.

It supports generating height, rainfall, temperature, drainage, and savagery, and does all of the basic sizes. You can also preview what you’re outputting.

The program is written in C#, and is pretty basic, and not very good, being written quite ago. The comments are sparse, it’s not properly object-oriented, and it’s also not been updated in a while, so I’m not sure if it works with the current version of Dwarf Fortress. It also doesn’t run through Wine, which means I’m not even sure if it runs, as I don’t have a Windows install anymore.

The application (if you can get it to run) can be found HERE, and the source code HERE (MIT License).

I’ll be rewriting this application at some point in Java or Scala or another platform-independent language, so watch this space.