Condensed Map Ideas

ivoK · Post by **ivoK** » Tue May 15, 2007 9:22 pm

ny would be awesome if it were done like san francisco; satellite image kinda thing!

pepperonibread · Post by **pepperonibread** » Tue May 15, 2007 9:24 pm

How I'd do the bonuses:

Yellow: 2
Cyan: 2
Green: 3
Blue: 4-5, not sure
Purple: 2-3, depends on if river is impassable
Red: 2

However, I think you should definitely add some more territories so there's not as many "Australias" (really small continents).

kingwaffles · Post by **kingwaffles** » Tue May 15, 2007 9:31 pm

ivoK wrote:ny would be awesome if it were done like san francisco; satellite image kinda thing!

I thought about that, but first of all its someone else's idea and I don't want to steal it, and also New York is WAY bigger than San Francisco so it would be much harder to get a picture that encompasses all of it and still has all the cool details.

kingwaffles · Post by **kingwaffles** » Tue May 15, 2007 9:33 pm

I GOT SERVED wrote:I think the layout of the map is excellent. Some of the bonuses don't seem to work out.

Particularly, The Bronx.

With the Bronx, If you hold it, all you have to do is take Harlem and East Harlem, and you only have 2 border countries. I'd suggest knocking this down a bit, like a 4.

Yeah, I missed that originally. 4 sounds good to me. What others don't seem to work?

plysprtz · Post by **plysprtz** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:16 pm

you would have to make it really unique because this looks like every other map

plysprtz · Post by **plysprtz** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:17 pm

haha i remember this didnt i TRY and help you out

Keredrex · Post by **Keredrex** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:27 pm

Now this is a NY Map.. I like it.. Keep going Clean it up some Maybe different colors or something like the san francisco map

plysprtz · Post by **plysprtz** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:28 pm

pepperonibread wrote:
plysprtz wrote:this is called block land but there is clearly a hexagon in the middle hmmm

1. It's an octagon.

2. It's an octagonal block.

Anyway, I'm on the fence about this map now, but the updates people have suggested will definitely improve it.

octagon whatever

octoganal block hmmm seems fishy to me

sbrylski · Post by **sbrylski** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:51 pm

kingwaffles wrote:
I GOT SERVED wrote:I think the layout of the map is excellent. Some of the bonuses don't seem to work out.

Particularly, The Bronx.

With the Bronx, If you hold it, all you have to do is take Harlem and East Harlem, and you only have 2 border countries. I'd suggest knocking this down a bit, like a 4.

Yeah, I missed that originally. 4 sounds good to me. What others don't seem to work?

Try the forumla:

Bonus = [Total Territories + Border Territories] / 2.5

For the Bronx, use 4.

(There is wiggle room with that forumla though. For example, West Queens comes out at 4, but because its right in the middle of the map, 5 might be better.)

ericwdhs · Post by **ericwdhs** » Tue May 15, 2007 10:54 pm

I'm working on a Star Wars map. I posted a draft of it earlier back somewhere. I was doing one of the galaxy though. I'm not sure if more than one map from the same universe will pass through, but if you would like to do a ground battle one, that would be cool. I hit an unexpected snag when I moved back to my parents house and got trapped with dial-up, but I'm still making some progress.

bryankratz · Post by **bryankratz** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:02 pm

the citadel is worth too much...

you could start out in there and get the biggest unfair advantage unless you start it as a neutral anytime, either way owning just one place and having it worth 5 is too much sorry...

and its too much like circus maximus, its a good idea but... i wouldn't play it sorry...

AndyDufresne · Post by **AndyDufresne** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:09 pm

I'm not sure about this idea...it doesn't have any appeal to me.

--Andy

Coleman · Post by **Coleman** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:16 pm

AndyDufresne wrote:I'm not sure about this idea...it doesn't have any appeal to me.

--Andy

Andy keeps that ready to copy paste into all the new maps. :wink:

ericwdhs · Post by **ericwdhs** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:17 pm

xsnlrocks21x wrote:speaking of names, what is with them? the names should be related to the theme, but these are like...i don't even know...greek names?

They all seem to be related to geometry or mathematicians who contributed to the field, so they do keep to the theme. However, a few of them seem to be nothing more than mutilations of actual geometry terms intended to match other Greek origin words on the map, something that doesn't seem to fit.

rs148004 · Post by **rs148004** » Wed May 16, 2007 1:47 am

This is more along the lines of what my original vision was.

I don't know what I want the bonuses to be yet, but I had a few ideas to make the map more unique.

#1 The cars in the parking lot have a corresponding color inside the store, as253504 and I think that there should be a +1 (maybe 2) bonus if you can hold your territory and the same colored car.

#2 The slightly darker green section (The section devoted to people) could possibly have a +8 or 10 bonus because of the fact that three of the territories are not connected to the main part of the territory.

The map, at the moment has 60 territories, so that puts it slightly larger than the average map. Any new opinions would be great!

Spockers · Post by **Spockers** » Wed May 16, 2007 1:55 am

pepperonibread wrote:
pepperonibread wrote:It's like there's a party in my mouth and barf's invited!

Sorry, that was overly harsh. But really, I really don't like the whole concept of the map. It just seems kind of dumb.

no no no! You just went and ruined a great comment.

Don't listen to yourself... it's barf territory.

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:19 am

the maps still not great graphically. if ur doing an urban type map tehn the territorys need to be more squrae and not drawn like countries on a georaphic map.

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:29 am

i like this map. appart form whast been said the maps fine =)
if u need any help with the graphics im happy to help

hulmey · Post by **hulmey** » Wed May 16, 2007 4:45 am

i like it ...maybe you can put some land marks on the map like the Statue of liberty etc...

kingwaffles · Post by **kingwaffles** » Wed May 16, 2007 7:11 am

hulmey wrote:i like it ...maybe you can put some land marks on the map like the Statue of liberty etc...

That'll come eventually. Just let me get the map layout perfect before I start doing more graphics stuff.
Does anyone have thoughts about adding more countries in New Jersey where the key is right now?

I GOT SERVED · Post by **I GOT SERVED** » Wed May 16, 2007 9:34 am

I wouldn't mind if you added more territories where the legend is right now. Just don't fiddle around too much with what you have already.

The Random One · Post by **The Random One** » Wed May 16, 2007 9:56 am

I'd like it if the map was somewhat expanded, as to show the entirety of Manhattan, but it appears that this would be an unpopular idea.

Still, I like it. Keep it up!

The Random One · Post by **The Random One** » Wed May 16, 2007 10:06 am

I like the thought of a Department Store map.

Can you pull it off, tho?

gimil · Post by **gimil** » Wed May 16, 2007 10:11 am

i really dotn think it needs any more expansion. its already a bigger than average map.

[BK] Doomheit · Post by **[BK] Doomheit** » Wed May 16, 2007 12:53 pm

While the idea may be sound, you really need to be careful that it doesn't become just a series of isles and blocks. What normally happens on these small scale maps is that there everything meets at right angles and there are only two entrances to every region. If it is going to be any fun at all, it has to have a more interesting geography than most Wal-mart style superstores. Maybe think more along the lines of a department store.

Personally, I think just the idea of a mall with parking lots and multiple floors to be the direction to take this idea. But that's just me. Bang out a draft and we'll see.

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