Charleston, SC [Quenched]

[TaCktiX]

That's the shape of the state, and I think it's fine there. I think the star could be less prominent, as it gives a "cheese" look to the map that doesn't really suit Charleston's historic character. Perhaps age that?

[Kaplowitz]

That's the shape of the state, and is good. I think the star could be less prominent, as it gives a "cheese" look to the map that doesn't really suit Charleston's historic character. Perhaps age that?

It could still look like SC and fit the theme of the map better

[RjBeals]

The words "Charleston, South Carolina" have no hook for me. --Andy

Hmmm.. Maybe change the title to Low Country ? Or are you speaking of the actual city. Charleston is not as famous as LA or New York, but if the game is fun, you're down? Any comments so far on the style? Or I guess your style is to wait until the foundry picks it over, then comment

[gimil]

[Adv. idea]

[AndyDufresne]

Hmmm.. Maybe change the title to Low Country ? Or are you speaking of the actual city. Charleston is not as famous as LA or New York, but if the game is fun, you're down? Any comments so far on the style? Or I guess your style is to wait until the foundry picks it over, then comment

Low Country perhaps, but then that seems to do a disservice to the area...would a large number of people know where you are reffering to?

I'll comment more when it wanders in the Main Foundry.


--Andy

[Incandenza]

I think calling it anything but Charleston would be a mistake.

[Ruben Cassar]

Does the legend follow some kind of order?

Not really. It's kind of Left to Right. Would you think a minimap would work better with so many different shades of colors?

I don't know but you could give it a shot so that we can compare both versions.

[Ruben Cassar]

I think calling it anything but Charleston would be a mistake.

I agree. Keep the current name.

Low countries is more synonymous with Holland to me. I'm not American.

[Optimus Prime]

I agree with Incandenza, keep the title as Charleston.

[bryguy]

first time for me to comment on this map that i know of, but it does look pretty good


1) The territory text is a little hard to read for me
2) Looking closely at the historic district, i see that you seem to have a bunch of little lines going up and down and lieft and right, could u remove them?
3) I dont care for how i seems the bridges are above the map, and the rest seems flat (to me), could u either add the same effects as the bridges to the rest of the map or take those effects off the bridges?
4) Down in the left corner, i see some trees that are on something that really annoys me, i cant really explain it that well, but could u remove it?


eh hopefully more later

[Optimus Prime]

I believe the lines in the Historic District are supposed to be representative of the city proper. Like viewing the streets from above and such. I think it looks nice, so my vote is to keep them the way they are. They are very subtle, so they aren't distracting in any way.

[RjBeals]

I believe the lines in the Historic District are supposed to be representative of the city proper. Like viewing the streets from above and such. I think it looks nice, so my vote is to keep them the way they are. They are very subtle, so they aren't distracting in any way.

You are correct OP. That is like the downtown area, so the lines are suppose to be streets. I want to dress up the other regions a bit also. I tried to make the subtle enough so they do not make anything confusing.

The territory text is a little hard to read for me

A little hard because of the font style? Or because of the contrast / colors. I tried to get a very plain font, with no effects on it. I like it for this size map, and it will make the small map a little easier to read also. I could adjust the colors / contrast if that's what you mean.

Down in the left corner, i see some trees that are on something that really annoys me, i cant really explain it that well, but could u remove it?

If you mean that dark line along the bottom. That bothers me also. It's because I was stupid and didn't oversize the canvas in Photoshop before starting the map. So when I added the bevel, it screws up along the edges. I'll fix it before too long. And don't get too attached to the trees. I'm not happy with them or the bridges.

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[bryguy]

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The territory text is a little hard to read for me

A little hard because of the font style? Or because of the contrast / colors. I tried to get a very plain font, with no effects on it. I like it for this size map, and it will make the small map a little easier to read also. I could adjust the colors / contrast if that's what you mean. yep that should do it, its just the color that makes it hard to read

Down in the left corner, i see some trees that are on something that really annoys me, i cant really explain it that well, but could u remove it?

If you mean that dark line along the bottom. That bothers me also. It's because I was stupid and didn't oversize the canvas in Photoshop before starting the map. So when I added the bevel, it screws up along the edges. I'll fix it before too long. And don't get too attached to the trees. I'm not happy with them or the bridges. yea thats the word, bevel. And thanks, cant wait to see it gone! and i wont mind losing the trees or bridges (although the trees werent that bad)

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[Optimus Prime]

I just noticed that "Folly Beach" seems to float out in the middle of the water. Any way to fit it on the actual territory or no?

[RjBeals]

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Previous Version:
http://www.rjbeals.com/charleston/Charleston_Rev4.jpg


I need a break.

• Took out bridges & made these connectors.
• Took out trees
• Changed some colors
• Changed some borders & territ names
• Added mini-map legend & region name bonus. I'm happy with these bonus amounts, but let me know if you feel different.
• Added slight land & sea textures
• Took out circles where water routes connected. It added junk to the map that wasn't needed.
• Fixed type-o's
• Probably other stuff I can't think of now

As I said before, I'm not going for the awesome graphics on this map. I'm going for simple yet really fun straightforward gameplay. I want territs & names & borders & bonuses to be clear. I want many bonus regions, and all players to quickly be able to secure a bonus region. I don't need impassible borders. I don't want trees or shrubs or anything that will distract from the basic gameboard.

Currently, the only thing I'm thinking of doing is moving the mini-map up, then moving the name bonus lines under it, maybe 2 columns or something. I've got some unused space above the Title that I could utilize.

I read back through the posts, and I changed everything I could. Tac I know you're going to say something about the bridges, as you've mentioned the East Ashley bridge before, but I had to improvise bridge placement based on game-play.