The Texan Wars [Quenched]

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Sun Feb 17, 2008 5:16 pm

I dont much like the compass, its bold strong colors dont fit the theme of the map.

oaktown · Post by **oaktown** » Mon Feb 18, 2008 2:24 am

I never much liked the colors of the compass or the flag (mentioned it using a completely different color palette weeks ago) but my more immediate color concern is that the regions just became hard to distinguish again... just as we had made a breakthough!

Bonuses look better. Sort out the color and I'll stamp it.

rgbubba · Post by **rgbubba** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:19 am

oaktown wrote:I never much liked the colors of the compass or the flag (mentioned it using a completely different color palette weeks ago) but my more immediate color concern is that the regions just became hard to distinguish again... just as we had made a breakthough!

Bonuses look better. Sort out the color and I'll stamp it.

Ok sorry about that I thought thats what you needed. Whitch one did you like the best. I know that the Texas Flag has to be red, white and blue.
I can change the compass colors.

oaktown · Post by **oaktown** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:51 am

This one, which you post just week or so ago, looked more readable... or are my eyes playing tricks on me? The water does look nicer in the newer versions, though.

And I honestly couldn't care less what the compass and flag look like. It's your map, you do what you think looks best with that kinda thing.

Unit_2 · Post by **Unit_2** » Tue Feb 19, 2008 12:11 pm

what about the dead zone? does it give a bonus? does it take any?

Incandenza · Post by **Incandenza** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 3:32 am

I'm unthrilled with the -1 for the dead zone. It just kinda seems arbitrary, and the fact that it's not in a continent seems to be punishment enough without loading on a -1. Someone's going to get it on the drop and get screwed. If it starts neutral, than of course that part doesn't matter. But the -1 doesn't work for me.

As far as colors, I'd say oaktown has the best bead on things given his..., um, chromatic perception difficulties.

The compass does look a bit bright, but the flag doesn't really bother me much. Altho, if you wanted to put some work in, you could replace it with a weathered battle flag, sorta like cairnswk has in pearl harbor. I know this is a bit late in the game for big graphics changes, so do please feel free to ignore me.

rgbubba · Post by **rgbubba** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:36 pm

Unit_2 wrote:what about the dead zone? does it give a bonus? does it take any?

It's a -1 but some others said it will not work for this game. I could make it a no point territory.

rgbubba · Post by **rgbubba** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 8:47 pm

600x600 dead zone -1 darker yellow

800x800 dead zone -1 darker yellow

600x600 dead zone 0 lighter yellow

800x800 dead zone 0 light yellow

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I BELIEVE!

oaktown · Post by **oaktown** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 10:36 pm

I vote lighter yellow option.

clear up the final bonus stuff and you're good to go as far as I can tell. I'd say that the -1 for dead zone is fine, especially if it can start neutral - I hate starting a game with a neg. Making it no bonus is also fine.

From a graphics standpoint, is there a reason you haven't added the marble texture to the dead zone? The grey color is fine, but it looks like it belongs on another map.

rgbubba · Post by **rgbubba** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:16 pm

oaktown wrote:I vote lighter yellow option.

clear up the final bonus stuff and you're good to go as far as I can tell. I'd say that the -1 for dead zone is fine, especially if it can start neutral - I hate starting a game with a neg. Making it no bonus is also fine.

OK Lighter yellow will be it. Final

We will start the Dead zone as Neutral.

rgbubba · Post by **rgbubba** » Wed Feb 20, 2008 11:17 pm

oaktown wrote:From a graphics standpoint, is there a reason you haven't added the marble texture to the dead zone? The grey color is fine, but it looks like it belongs on another map.

Here you GO!

oaktown · Post by **oaktown** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:07 am

Okey dokey!

This is minor, but the dead zone line might sound better if just said
"Dead Zone: no bonus"

The border south of the dead zone looks different than the rest, but that's for Gimil to approve!

rgbubba · Post by **rgbubba** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:53 am

oaktown wrote:Okey dokey!

This is minor, but the dead zone line might sound better if just said
"Dead Zone: no bonus"

The border south of the dead zone looks different than the rest, but that's for Gimil to approve!

Will do! Thanks Oaktown for all your help. You have made my game board better. Again I Thank You!
What is the next stage?

rgbubba · Post by **rgbubba** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 1:11 am

Here are the new maps:

600x600

800x800

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:46 am

Could you perhaps move your signature to the top left of the page and change the font slightly? Just so it doesnt look part of the legends

Also rather than center aligning the legends text, could you perhaps left align it with bullet points? Should make it a little easier to read and understand.

Apart form that I think im happy I will stamp it after about a day if no major cocerns come up

autogreg · Post by **autogreg** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:19 pm

I love the concept, I wanted to see a Republic of Texas Map, but this is cool. I live right in the middle of "The Dead Zone". FYI, that is Columbus, TX.

jakejake · Post by **jakejake** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:23 pm

i like it but needs a little work, i think visually its great!!

rgbubba · Post by **rgbubba** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:20 pm

gimil wrote:Could you perhaps move your signature to the top left of the page and change the font slightly? Just so it doesnt look part of the legends Also rather than center aligning the legends text, could you perhaps left align it with bullet points? Should make it a little easier to read and understand.

Apart form that I think im happy I will stamp it after about a day if no major cocerns come up

Sweet I will work on it.

rgbubba · Post by **rgbubba** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 2:54 pm

gimil wrote:Could you perhaps move your signature to the top left of the page and change the font slightly? Just so it doesnt look part of the legends Also rather than center aligning the legends text, could you perhaps left align it with bullet points? Should make it a little easier to read and understand.

Apart form that I think im happy I will stamp it after about a day if no major cocerns come up

Here are the changes:

600x600

800x800

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:34 pm

You PM'ed me about army circles,

Army circles should be an EVEN number of pixels in diameter with a minimum size of 22px

rgbubba · Post by **rgbubba** » Thu Feb 21, 2008 11:55 pm

Does this look right?
600x600

800x800

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:00 am

to small mate, youve made them 20px, you need to make them 22px

rgbubba · Post by **rgbubba** » Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:03 am

Will this work!

laci_mae · Post by **laci_mae** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 3:48 pm

I'm really looking forward to playing this map. And, I hope I'm not stepping on any toes this late in development.

That said, I was wondering about the plus signs in the legend. On the small map, it is somewhat hard to determine whether they are all plus signs. They are slightly blurry and could be interpreted as negatives. I see, on the large map, that they are all indeed additions for holding said bonuses. You might consider removing these all together because they don't really serve a purpose, yet could potentially be confusing.

Best,
Laci

rgbubba · Post by **rgbubba** » Sat Feb 23, 2008 10:31 pm

laci_mae wrote:I'm really looking forward to playing this map. And, I hope I'm not stepping on any toes this late in development.

That said, I was wondering about the plus signs in the legend. On the small map, it is somewhat hard to determine whether they are all plus signs. They are slightly blurry and could be interpreted as negatives. I see, on the large map, that they are all indeed additions for holding said bonuses. You might consider removing these all together because they don't really serve a purpose, yet could potentially be confusing.

Best,
Laci

You could be right. I will talk to Gimil about it. Thank you.

The Texan Wars [Quenched]

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