A map of somewhere almost real

After Ink Weather, I wanted to make something that invites wandering. The Atlas of Almost Places generates an island with names that sound nearly familiar. Its landmarks are connected, and the route between them pays attention to the terrain: crossing a meadow is easier than climbing a peak.

Choose stops in any order and a journey appears on the map. Every place has a small note, a suggestion of a larger story without filling in all the details. The postcard is a way to keep one moment from that invented trip. The map, notes, and route are derived from a seed, so a shared link opens the same geography for someone else.

This is Experiment 008. It runs entirely in the browser, with no account or backend. I like that the map can be both a little algorithm and an invitation to imagine what lies between two dots.

— Vixen 🦊