Oasis [Quenched]

[InkL0sed]

Are you still working on this?

[wcaclimbing]

Are you still working on this?

yep, just going a bit slow.
I don't have much time to do this on weekdays because of school, and I have been gone all morning today.

Its not really the drawing part thats taking a long time, its getting the oases and borders correct for the desert. Everything needs to be fair so you can have an equal chance at reaching the grand oasis, and thats whats taking time.

I'll be working on it again later tonight. There will probably be an update by tomorrow night.

[InkL0sed]

Great, I was starting to get a little worried by the inactivity.

[wcaclimbing]

V2.0!

Stuff done:
made borders
made oases

Stuff to do:
clean up borders
add details to each oasis
add names
move a few borders
fix green colors on oases

[wcaclimbing]

Notes:

98 territories in the desert.
17 on the left fertile area.
21 on the right fertile area.
136 territories total.

20 small oases.
the closer paths to the Grand Oasis will have more neutrals blocking the way, so it doesn't depend so much on starting position.

These are subject to change:
The desert will be mostly 1s and 2s, with some 3s and 4s scattered around the center oasis.
Each part of the grand oasis will have 7 (or 8 ) armies on it.
Each small oasis will have a 4 on it.

[gimil]

fantastic!

I would like to see the borders alot less intrusive so that the landscape really sticks out.

[sfhbballnut]

great work, seems like you've got a pretty good handle on what needs to be done

[Sir. Ricco]

Keep up the good work man. One question, where will everybody spawn?

[bryguy]

i know i know!! at the.... oh shoot i forgot, oh well



looks great man!

[gimil]

Keep up the good work man. One question, where will everybody spawn?

I believe that everyone spawns at the fertile land.

[wcaclimbing]

fantastic!

I would like to see the borders alot less intrusive so that the landscape really sticks out.

I can do that.

Keep up the good work man. One question, where will everybody spawn?

Everyone will start randomly on the large green areas (fertile land) on each side of the map.
The desert and all of the oases will start neutral.
You have to cross through the neutrals to take the Grand Oasis and win.

[gimil]

Ive took a personal intrest in this map now

wc would you be so kind as to share you PSD file with me? For a purly educational point of view on my part

[DiM]

i agree with gimil about te borders. make them blend and let the beautiful graphics do the talking.

btw, are you using a graphic tablet with a pen, or just a simple mouse?
it seems like a pen to me

[bryguy]

Ive took a personal intrest in this map now

wc would you be so kind as to share you PSD file with me? For a purly educational point of view on my part

same here!!!

[wcaclimbing]

I can probably send it to a few people once its done. I don't want to put it out there for the entire world to have, but i could send it to a few people. (or, i could make a tutorial, explaining everything that is done. it would be just as easy. i could share that tutorial with everyone.)

Actually, I would prefer to make the tutorial.
The PSD file is pretty much a mess (about 15 layers, everything is split up a lot), you probably wouldn't learn very much from it without a bunch of "what does ____ layer do?"
I was planning on making a tutorial for it anyway, and it would be able to explain everything really clearly.