Conan the barbarian. new map.

[porkenbeans]

I would need to see an example of what you suggest.

Well, maybe I'll draw something tomorrow... too busy right now

Scrolls would be ideal, if you place them horizontally, they would easily fit 3-4 numbers (or 3 numbers with colour codes)

Shields could also be good.

I would like to see what you can come up with. It should be more or less a silhouette, as the inside will be filled with army #s.

I'd recommend getting rid of the drop shadow, removing the stroke, and lowering opacity to 75%

I love the old paper look, the font is very nice as well.

Some things I would like to see:
- Have the regions be different colors rather than just the army circles
- I'd like to see the rivers a bit wider

Looks like a promising map, good luck with it.

Thank you neon,
I do not want to color the land in any way. I will color the text before I do that if I need to. But the rivers are indeed going to be widened.

Oh, The drop shadow is there as this is not a paper map, but a linen stitched to a linen. Paper and the sea are not a very good mix, so many seafarers of long ago actually used this method.

[porkenbeans]

Or maybe it would just be better if I did something like this, and just color the names to reflect he bonus areas.

Click image to enlarge.

[porkenbeans]

Click image to enlarge.

[natty dread]

So yellow gets a +6 with only 2 territories to defend?

Either lower the bonus or add a bridge between Stygia and some red country.

[porkenbeans]

So yellow gets a +6 with only 2 territories to defend?

Either lower the bonus or add a bridge between Stygia and some red country.

Yeah, I just threw up something very quick, so as to meet the req. for the next stage in the Foundry process. I am sure that all of those game play issues, will be addressed in the future. That is why I have asked ,if there is any veteran CC map maker, that wants to be the Director for this map. If one does not step up soon, I will either do it myself, or ask my director that I am working on on a few other maps with.

[natty dread]

Ok, with the scrolls I meant something like this

Click image to enlarge.

Although you'd need to make them smaller to fit better. But something along those lines.

[porkenbeans]

Ok, with the scrolls I meant something like this

Click image to enlarge.

Although you'd need to make them smaller to fit better. But something along those lines.

I like those icons. Maybe I can use them for just a few extra bonus territs with auto dep. Something to think about, and gauge the feedback on.

[natty dread]

I could try to resize them a bit. I can post the icon here then as a png with transparent background...

[porkenbeans]

I could try to resize them a bit. I can post the icon here then as a png with transparent background...

The width needs to be brought in till its almost square. then I think that it will be good to go. I will just pick large roomy territs to place them in. Probably Lackster, Porkania and Aquilonia.

[natty dread]

Ok here's both.

original:



resized to only just fit 4 numbers:



You can use both freely as you wish.

[natty dread]

ok here's 1 more, with a more square aspect.

[porkenbeans]

ok here's 1 more, with a more square aspect.

I like it.

[natty dread]

Good

[mibi]

This map is entirely pointless as well as being criminally hideous. I loved Conan the Barbarian, but this map looks bad. There is nothing that says Conan but the title. If there is some historic significance to Conan, it matters not, because it's not explicit in the map itself. It is quite obvious you are looking at the world in CC colored glasses, which is a mistake that many people make. They start seeing maps and saying 'wow this could be a cc map!", when in reality, COULD and SHOULD are entirely different. Could it be a CC map? Yes, CC has quite low standards these days. Should it be a CC map, of course not. [modedit]
And the names are suppose to be a joke right? Porkania ...Lackster...Optomus...Nobodies....Sully. Do these people really want to be at your party? The only good thing about this map is all the negative space you have in there.

My advice to you is this. Increase the amount of negative space you have about 500% until whatever is on the top of the map is entirely gone. Then go watch Conan the Barbarian. Come back with a map that incorporates Conan's themes in both the game play and design. Come up with own design, not some crap you googled. Then you might have something worth putting your time into.

Or, and this may be a better solution, you can just flush the entire thing down the foundry drain, [modedit]

[RjBeals]

mibi at his finest. Can this post be stickied?

[the.killing.44]

"…take this map back to the drawing board, take the drawing board back to Ikea…"

[mibi]

"…take this map back to the drawing board, take the drawing board back to Ikea…"

yeah that was one of my favorite lines. Tactix seem to take it and go on to be a better map maker. Perhaps it could happen here.

[porkenbeans]

This map is entirely pointless as well as being criminally hideous. I loved Conan the Barbarian, but this map looks bad. There is nothing that says Conan but the title. If there is some historic significance to Conan, it matters not, because it's not explicit in the map itself. It is quite obvious you are looking at the world in CC colored glasses, which is a mistake that many people make. They start seeing maps and saying 'wow this could be a cc map!", when in reality, COULD and SHOULD are entirely different. Could it be a CC map? Yes, CC has quite low standards these days. Should it be a CC map, of course not. [modedit]
And the names are suppose to be a joke right? Porkania ...Lackster...Optomus...Nobodies....Sully. Do these people really want to be at your party? The only good thing about this map is all the negative space you have in there.

My advice to you is this. Increase the amount of negative space you have about 500% until whatever is on the top of the map is entirely gone. Then go watch Conan the Barbarian. Come back with a map that incorporates Conan's themes in both the game play and design. Come up with own design, not some crap you googled. Then you might have something worth putting your time into.

Or, and this may be a better solution, you can just flush the entire thing down the foundry drain, [modedit]

Instead of me watching Conan the Barbarian, why don't you go "read" Conan the Barbarian. It was written almost 100 years ago. Long before Arnold"s dad marched with the Nazis'. This map happens to be a representation of the original map made by the author of the book. It takes place 12,000 years ago when the continents were in the early phases of separation. The character "Conan" is much different, than the friendly chap that you know from the movie.

mibi, I watched your interview with Martha Stewart. I confess, that the person that she was taking to, seemed to be a fairly nice and pleasant person, and someone perhaps that I could get along with fine. Where is that nice chap in this thread ? And, where is that helping hand that the Foundry promises to aspiring map makers ?

Your rude and vicious comments have made me only want to give up, instead of learn, and get better.

[CreepersWiener]

I am sure there are copyright concerns in CC creating a map bearing the name Conan the Barbarian in it.

Nifty looking map though!

[porkenbeans]

I am sure there are copyright concerns in CC creating a map bearing the name Conan the Barbarian in it.

Nifty looking map though!

Nope, read my first post.

and thank you very much.