UV Checker Map Generator for Godot, Unreal Engine, Unity

UV Checker Map Generator

A couple of months ago at Parallel Studios, I needed to create a DDS texture to help artists visualize the size they needed for their assets and characters.
I wanted the checkers to go from red to purple, clearly showing what's "good" and "bad" across mip levels.

I quickly leaned towards Substance Designer, but I didn't have an active license, so I requested one.
While waiting (less than 4 hours) for the license request to go through, I made a quick Python script with hardcoded values to generate what I needed.

After work I could not stop thinking about it for some reason, and then… I did what any Technical Artist might do. I went off the deep end. 😂

Inspired by the color harmony in Adobe's color wheel (link), and checker maps from Thomas Schmall and Maurus Loeffel, I started building a free online UV checker generator.

Features

🎨 Instantly create beautiful, customizable checkers with harmonious colors
📦 Export in 8K, 4K, 2K, 1K PNG
⚙️ Download a pre-made DDS file for your project
🎲 Interactive Magic Cube — don't know what a DDS texture is? Play around and find out!
✅ Make, save, load, and share UV checker map presets
🧠 Graphic design & architecture inspired — perfect for modelling, UV unwrapping, and material testing

Unlike most of my side projects (which last a weekend at best), this one took two months. For a UV checker generator. But I love how it turned out, and I had a ton of fun.

I just launched the promo video:
📺 Watch on Youtube
🌐 Try it yourself

I hope you enjoy it, and maybe even use it in your own projects.
Would love feedback from fellow artists and devs. 💜