Conquer Club

Seamus76 wrote:

7. I'm sorry, but those mountains do not go with the rest of the map. They stick out like a sore thumb, so they need to be changed. RjBeals did a quick tutorial on hand drawn mountains, take a look at it and see what you can do.

Ouch, this one does sting a bit. Of course Rj makes it look extremely easy, but I'm willing to give it another go. The current mountains are the 4th version, and one of those thorns in my side. I thought we had come up with a winner, but I will give it my best shot and see what I can produce.

Thank you for your time and feedback. I really appreciate it.

Seamus76 wrote:- Redid the Northern Shu mountains, and added a bit of "snow color" to the tops, but nothing else at the moment. Before I add more color to them, and more importantly before I do the Eastern mountains I want to get everyone's thoughts on these, especially isaiah40. I actually think they do look better and fit more with the style of the map, and if everyone agrees I'll go ahead and finish them up in this style.

RjBeals wrote:those look nice. I wouldn't do much more with the shading or more color, sometimes less is more.

isaiah40 wrote:1. The bonus amounts on the mini-map for Wu, especially on Yang is very hard to read. Maybe increase the outer glow a tad bit to make it stand out more. The same on Jing.
2. The bonus amount on Bei Ping is also hard to read, move it beside Bei Ping.
3. The Chinese character for Shu is hard to see as well, it needs to be darkened a bit.
4. Kingdom of Wu text is hard to tell exactly what it is. It looks like the "g" is an "s".
5. Kindom of Shu text is hard to read due to the light color you have. My suggestion is to use the same dark color you have for the bonus amounts.
6. I think that you will also need to adjust the kerning of the text for each "the Kingdom of ..." as the letters are very close together which also makes them hard to read. I can read them fine because I've been following the map, but first time players probably will have a hard time reading them.

isaiah40 wrote:What about these?

isaiah40 wrote:1. The bonus amounts on the mini-map for Wu, especially on Yang is very hard to read. Maybe increase the outer glow a tad bit to make it stand out more. The same on Jing.
2. The bonus amount on Bei Ping is also hard to read, move it beside Bei Ping.
3. The Chinese character for Shu is hard to see as well, it needs to be darkened a bit.
4. Kingdom of Wu text is hard to tell exactly what it is. It looks like the "g" is an "s".
5. Kindom of Shu text is hard to read due to the light color you have. My suggestion is to use the same dark color you have for the bonus amounts.
6. I think that you will also need to adjust the kerning of the text for each "the Kingdom of ..." as the letters are very close together which also makes them hard to read. I can read them fine because I've been following the map, but first time players probably will have a hard time reading them.

isaiah40 wrote:1. The bonus amounts on the mini-map for Wu, especially on Yang is very hard to read. Maybe increase the outer glow a tad bit to make it stand out more. The same on Jing. Done
2. The bonus amount on Bei Ping is also hard to read, move it beside Bei Ping. I don't want to move it out, but I did bring out the outer glow more, which makes it easier to read.
3. The Chinese character for Shu is hard to see as well, it needs to be darkened a bit.Done
4. Kingdom of Wu text is hard to tell exactly what it is. It looks like the "g" is an "s".
5. Kindom of Shu text is hard to read due to the light color you have. My suggestion is to use the same dark color you have for the bonus amounts.
6. I think that you will also need to adjust the kerning of the text for each "the Kingdom of ..." as the letters are very close together which also makes them hard to read. I can read them fine because I've been following the map, but first time players probably will have a hard time reading them.Numbers 4-6 should be good as well. I brought them all out more, and increased the kerning on all of the "Kingdoms" test from 2-4, so double. Also, used a separate layer for the "+" values so I could bring them closer to the text, rather than being effected so much by the kerning.

isaiah40 wrote:Looking good seamus!! Just a couple more things. The text "Kingdom of Wu +12" and the associated character, I think they need a lighter outer glow like what you have around the text for the mini-map bonus regions. That's it for now.

isaiah40 wrote:I think the Wu character would look better if the outside is a lighter color, which would also be in line with the other 2. While you get that done I'll go ahead and get this stickied for you!!