I am The Awakened Gator, a high school teacher turned GM. I have always possessed a love of world building: writing stories and screenplays from the time I was in elementary school. I have devoted hundreds of hours to writing campaigns and creating worlds for players of TTRPGs. This led me to begin creating maps for the players in my own games and that blossomed into a love of making maps for RPG worlds.
I create maps designed to work with any fantasy RPG and which balance enjoyable detail with simplicity. It is not always helpful to have highly detailed maps. They can distract players. But it is also important for maps to contain enough environmental intricacies to encourage engagement and exploration. I strive to create maps for the "everyday" GM who wants an affordable, steady supply of new and easily usable maps for common situations they will encounter in their storytelling. I also work to include a few details in each map that can open the door to interesting narrative progression should the GM pick up on those details. I hope others can find as much joy in my maps as I do in creating them.
