Three Kingdoms of Korea [Quenched]

[Riskismy]

Nods. Way better!

Edit: Oh, and thanks for the gimp tip
Hope you still play with the mice every now and then.

[natty dread]

I play with rodents all the time.

Anyway, I fixed some of the border lines, mainly that weird looking angle in Lelang, and redrew some smudgy ones. I don't want the borders to be too clean or uniform though, they should have that hand-drawn calligraphy look to them.

I also rearranged some territory labels slightly.

For now, I think that's all the graphical work I should do on this, I think it's time to focus more on the gameplay.

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[Industrial Helix]

I wonder if you could make them cracked somehow. Kind of like when the screen print of a t-shirt comes off. I've tried to do that before in photoshop, but I just can't seem to swing it. If you put something over or under it, you end up having to drop the opacity. And I'm thinking of crisp black lines, but they're broken up and cracked. Not faded. Thoughts?

[natty dread]

Yeah, I did try something like that already. The problem is that if you apply it full force, it makes the map really unclear and hard to read. Also if it's only applied to borders but not to other colouring, it looks weird...

So there actually already is a layer of "wear" added to the map, but I had to adjust the opacity way down to keep the map readable.

Anyway, like I said, I think it would be best to address details like this in graphics.

[AndyDufresne]

I'm really digging this map. I'm glad to see the area finally in development. Nice work.


--Andy

[natty dread]

I'm really digging this map. I'm glad to see the area finally in development. Nice work.

Glad you like it!

[theBastard]

this yellow-brown colour for tang is good.
and the stripes, hm for me is everything pretty clear. and I must say, it is often when I need to read any maps several times to understand everything... lol

[natty dread]

Added bonus area names in chinese/korean writing.

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[thenobodies80]

To be honest i prefer the map without the chinese or korean characters, but it's just my personal opinion.

[thenobodies80]

[natty dread]

To be honest i prefer the map without the chinese or korean characters, but it's just my personal opinion.

Yeah, let's discuss that again in graphics

Personally I think they bring some extra regional flavour to the map. I mean, if this was a real Korean map, all the territory names would be in chinese characters... but since we can't really do that, I think adding some chinese characters to the legend / title is a good compromise.

Thanks for the draft stamp (it's my first!) Now on to gameplay discussion.

[Industrial Helix]

Hooray!

I echo Natty's sentiments on the Chinese/Korean characters. I like them.

[Victor Sullivan]

Junks? Is that really what those boats were called? Strange... Anywho, before commenting on gameplay, I have to understand where you're coming from first: What is your reasoning behind the bonus structure? I must say, it's rather unique. And I assume the striped territories overlap bonus-wise?

[isaiah40]

Congrats natty & IH!!

[natty dread]

Thanks Isaiah.

Reasoning behind the bonus structure is that it reflects the political situation at the time.

IH wrote more about this, but here's the jist of it:

General Idea: Three Kingdoms Korea was primarily about proto-states evolving into full fledged empires. Hence, the importance of capitals in this bonus scheme. Strong holds indicate the importance of castles at the time. Almost everything is build your own bonus, giving players to ample opportunity to be creative in gametime solutions. Silla eventually conquered all of Korea, an remains the most powerful area on the map. Goguryeo has power, but slow growth. Japan and China's influences on Korea (and Korea's influences on them) are also reflected in this map.