[Abandoned] Knights & Warlocks

[isaiah40]

Overall I believe this ready to be stamped. So without further ado here it is!

[DiM]

woop woop

[DiM]

V9:
*improved readability of darker coloured terit names (blue, violet and red)

i'll be starting the small if there are no other big issues.

Click image to enlarge.

[AndyDufresne]

Dim, have you thought of using a white/gray outline for the Blue, Red, and Violet texts? Black works for the lighter colors generally, but the opposite (white or gray perhaps) might do better for those darker colors.

Otherwise the visuals of this map look really cool. It might be worthwhile investigating highlight/bolding/underlining some of the key things in legend, so it looks more like instructions and less like added thematic text.


--Andy

[DiM]

ok andy.


black outline with glow like i have now:


gray outline with no glow


white outline with no glow



as for underlining things in legend tell me what exactly you want highlighted and it can be done.

[AndyDufresne]

Hm, I don't know if any of those glows really look as good as I had hoped. I'll have to give it some extra thought. Thanks for the mock-up though, that is great.

In terms of important things in the legend, "bombardment" seems so. You also mention "one way attacks" (actually, one way has a line break in the middle of it), and the "lose" your knight/warlock also seems important. But if the bold/underline/highlighting looks like junk, you can probably go with what you have now.

You could if desired bold the +1, +3, etc's of the right hand legend area, but that might be less necessary.

Keep up the good work.


--Andy

[natty dread]

The white glow works better if you blur it slightly.

[DiM]

maybe this would be better:

[AndyDufresne]

maybe this would be better:

Of all the options, this looks pretty good. See what others have to say though!


--Andy

[natty dread]

Works for me.

[DiM]

V10:
*bolded/underlined some parts in the legend
*tweaked stroke/outline/glow for darker couloured terit names
*changed "strait" and "bonuses"

Click image to enlarge.

[AndyDufresne]

You are on fire, DiM!

I don't know if anyone else mentioned, but you have "Straight" when I think you mean the homonym "Strait"

Straight: "Free from crookedness"
Strait: "A comparatively narrow water-way or passage connecting two large bodies of water"

Edit: In the legend, I'd also move the "Bo-" of "Bonuses" (referring to the farm/mine/mills) to the next line, so you don't have to break the word, since it looks like you have space.

Otherwise, this really looks superb.


--Andy

[Victor Sullivan]

You are on fire, DiM!

AAAHHHH!!! I got you DiM!!! *sprays DiM with a fire extinguisher* Phew!

Anywho, could you post the small and large versions without numbers? That XML is gonna take me awhile, so I might as well get a head start!

-Sully

[natty dread]

I've been meaning to ask... what are the random lines on the background of the legend?

They're sort of distracting... maybe you could lower the opacity of them somewhat.

[DiM]

You are on fire, DiM!

I don't know if anyone else mentioned, but you have "Straight" when I think you mean the homonym "Strait"

Straight: "Free from crookedness"
Strait: "A comparatively narrow water-way or passage connecting two large bodies of water"

Edit: In the legend, I'd also move the "Bo-" of "Bonuses" (referring to the farm/mine/mills) to the next line, so you don't have to break the word, since it looks like you have space.

Otherwise, this really looks superb.


--Andy

thanks for the kind words andy.

changed "strait" and "bonuses" in the image in the previous post.