[Vacation - valid until June 2013] Baltic States

[Bruceswar]

Map Facts:

48 Territories (Lativa, Lithuania, Estonia)
Bonuses 12



To Do:

Add Impassables (Fix the graphics on these)
Spice it up with graphical touches (This is where I will decide on where I want to take this graphically.)
Make Small Map
XML


Older Versions:
Version 14
Version 13
Version 12
Version 11 C
Version 11 B
Version 11 A
Version 11
Version 10
Version 9
Version 8
Version 7
Version 6
Version 5
Version 4
Version 3
Version 2
Version 1.1
Version 1

[natty dread]

Nice graphics, although the image with the shield looks a bit pixelated.

Looking forward to see where this goes. I have fond memories of Estonia.

[Bruceswar]

Nice graphics, although the image with the shield looks a bit pixelated.

Looking forward to see where this goes. I have fond memories of Estonia.

I need to likely fix the borders there. I am sure that is why it looks pixelated. I will have another update soonish. Glad you like it so far.

[CJ Lues]

Its a Great start!!!

I agree on the image with the shield though... but Great Work so far!

Hope to play it soon!

Regards

[natty dread]

One other graphical suggestion: I think you shouldn't have a bevel for each territory... Rather, just make one bevel for the whole land area, or perhaps one for each bonus area, but having an individual bevel for each territory makes for a kind of blurry look.

[Victor Sullivan]

Cool! Just slap on some impassables and territory names and a legend.

[Bruceswar]

One other graphical suggestion: I think you shouldn't have a bevel for each territory... Rather, just make one bevel for the whole land area, or perhaps one for each bonus area, but having an individual bevel for each territory makes for a kind of blurry look.

Hmm I will toy around with it. I sorta like the bevel as it is slightly different than other maps seen on CC. Once I get more into the graphics bit I will test out things.

[natty dread]

Hmm I will toy around with it. I sorta like the bevel as it is slightly different than other maps seen on CC. Once I get more into the graphics bit I will test out things.

Ok, well... depends on what you're going after with the bevel. If you're going for a depth effect, then it's not working, because the strong, black border lines sort of disrupt it. If you want to make it look like the map is made of several territory-shaped "pieces", with the borders being like "grooves" or "gaps" between them, then you could try removing the border lines and just having the bevel as borders. Or at least lowering the opacity of the borders a lot, and maybe making them thinner.

[Bruceswar]

Click image to enlarge.

Added territory names so it can stay in the draft section.

[natty dread]

Added territory names so it can stay in the draft section.

I'm afraid that doesn't quite cut it... In order to be considered a "working draft", a draft needs to have all elements necessary to play a game on it, and it must be self-explanatory, ie. all features and map rules must be explained on the map image. You're still missing bonus areas / bonus values, legend text in general, and sea routes...

[Commander9]

Lithuania!!! I'll be following this.

[Victor Sullivan]

Surely your divisions aren't as arbitrary as you make them out to be with the numbered labels?

[Bruceswar]

Added territory names so it can stay in the draft section.

I'm afraid that doesn't quite cut it... In order to be considered a "working draft", a draft needs to have all elements necessary to play a game on it, and it must be self-explanatory, ie. all features and map rules must be explained on the map image. You're still missing bonus areas / bonus values, legend text in general, and sea routes...

Yes I am working on getting the rest up as we speak. It should all be there within 24 hours max.


@ Commander9 - I will likely be calling on you to check territory names.


@ Sully - There will be 11 total bonuses. The large areas right now are just to define the countries. No I am not crazy thinking anybody would ever hold one of those.

[Victor Sullivan]

@ Sully - There will be 11 total bonuses. The large areas right now are just to define the countries. No I am not crazy thinking anybody would ever hold one of those.

Haha, good to know, but what I meant to ask was, are you going to have actual territory names instead of letter-number labels?

[Bruceswar]

@ Sully - There will be 11 total bonuses. The large areas right now are just to define the countries. No I am not crazy thinking anybody would ever hold one of those.

Haha, good to know, but what I meant to ask was, are you going to have actual territory names instead of letter-number labels?

Oh yes, but I am going to confirm first with native people so I can be sure to have the correct names in.