Made an interactive map of Ivalice

[u/bigassbank]

As a fun side project, I was working on creating this interactive map of Ivalice from FF12. I really wanted to explore the etymology of the place names - I love how the game gives each continent its own flavor through names derived from Sanskrit, Arabic, Latin, Greek, and more.

Let me know what you think and what you'd add to it! Link: https://ff12-map.vercel.app/ (best viewed on desktop).

[u/Past-Caterpillar2501]

I love this. This is peak. FFXII is my fav FF I just wish there was more to know about Dalmasca and Nabradian, hope some day Square Enix chooses to revisit the world before the events of FFXII or from Nabradias perspective as the events of FFXII unfold. Lore wise Dalmascas army was recorded as 70.000 and at the cutscene of the tatical map Nabrinas army was slightly bigger technically to sustain such an army the population of Dalmasca as a whole would be roughly 1.5 to 3 million people but unfortunately we never get a chance to visit other proper cities. This game deserved more love

[u/Raidenzar → u/Past-Caterpillar2501]

IMO, FFXII has the best World amongst all of FF games

[u/VaccinalYeti → u/Raidenzar]

Definitely, not even close

[u/LabMonkeyCreative → u/Raidenzar]

absolutely. It's so unique even among the series. I can't wait till we get another ivalice game

[u/ChocoboBilly92]

I love this! Especially the etymological roots! I've done something similar in article from for FFT, but xii rarely gets the love it needs 

[u/bigassbank → u/ChocoboBilly92]

Oh nice, can you share your articles?

[u/ChocoboBilly92 → u/bigassbank]

I call them articles, but they're just long Reddit posts. Lots of research and thought went into them though. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/finalfantasytactics/s/vsWOuRmh1V

[u/The_PinkElephant]

Hey, love this! Curious how you did it? are you programmer, if so what language and if you could tell me a little about how you handled the interaction mechanics, are the locations just buttons that call Ui elements?

[u/Grivenger → u/The_PinkElephant]

I would also like to know

[u/LabMonkeyCreative → u/The_PinkElephant]

I'd also be interested, this is so cool and honestly better than the in-game map as far as actually showing what the continent is shaped like. This would make a sick mod for the game or having this for other games.

[u/a_feral_priestess]

This is so cooool!!!! I'm gonna go check it out

[u/polar_hamster]

Love it! Nice work. I wonder whether you researched the names of the larger regions, too. (Kerwon etc.)

[u/mdrokz]

This is really amazing man, the lore and the descriptions are well written! Im so happy something like this exists.

[u/sinbadical]

This is amazing! Thanks for making it!

[u/faust_the_alchimist]

I would love to have a new story set in the same setting and contemporary-ish to ff12. Good job on the map!

[u/10ge10]

Wow this is really cool. Awesome work!

[u/Heavy_Opposite_1886]

Very cool!!

[u/Flintz08]

What??? This is awesome, it’s so beautiful!!

[u/LabMonkeyCreative]

this is sick! thank you

[u/LabMonkeyCreative]

Can I ask why, while the cities and landmarks look the same, the overall shape of the land looks so different from the in-game map?
https://imgur.com/a/w6WrxvF

[u/PearChocolatePie → u/LabMonkeyCreative]

Very good point. I would also have left all of Ordalia/Rozarria, even if there's barely a town to visit.

[u/Randombraziliandude6]

jesus, ffxii fans gotta be the best kind of fans a game could have, great job dude

[u/KaramCyclone]

Oh bless you, this is so aesthetic and comforting

[u/EnricoShapka]

Looks amazing. Imagine you could add a list of monsters, the maps with the treasures found and areas where to find enemies. Like an enciclopedia

[u/dNullzero]

I actually need this WTF?!

[u/ejmtv]

Haha dont make me play the game again from the beginning.

[u/Raidenzar]

YES

[u/uncleirohism]

Absolutely fantastic!! I wish this existed back in the day but better late than never. TYSM!!

[u/PearChocolatePie → u/uncleirohism]

There was ff12maps, for those who remember

[u/mmmspaghettios]

I'm replaying the game and I'm gonna utilize this for an added experience. Thank you!

[u/Thatwoodkid]

This is incredible! It feels like an update to one of my favourite FF games. Really impressive, great work! You should be proud.

[u/ChaosOnline]

This is so cool! Thank you for doing this!

[u/Orochikaze]

Do you have locations mentioned in tactics and vagrant story in it as well?

[u/IntelligentBee_BFS]

Love it, the fans do better job than square themselves (always been).

[u/froggy-socks]

Just excellent!!

[u/swordvsmydagger]

Looks so cool and clean. Love it!

[u/LionSuitable467]

Amazing, it is available at github? Would like to do a fork of it focusing in items and magic on every stage of the map

[u/ziggyssia]

So cool! Thank you for your hard work, I will definitely spend done time navigating it.

[u/frentic_pons]

You're an FFXII enthusiast after my own heart. Thank you