Inca Empire [12-02] V5

[AndyDufresne]

I realy like your grapich style, please keep it.

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I dont personaly think you need more gamaplay added, its fine as it is, many like to play simple maps. So that is cool.

Keep it up

Agree with these items!


--Andy

[sannemanrobinson]

Okay I really like to do this. Here is a bit more worked out version with:
- mountains are in a top view, Pot Mosby is an example: http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=241&t=155147.
- stripes are replaced by mix of both colours.
- temples are now different for each secret place, still searching for Hatun Canar/Ingapirca and Chan Chan inspiration.
- legend is adjusted for each combination.

Taking the amazon river in the game play could be an option. There is a trade route going next to it already. May as a way to travel faster from Cuzco to Chuciyapu and Huanuco Bamba.

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or white borders:

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Rotating 15 degrees is an option to save 100 pixels in height or increase resolution . Coming week I will not have time, but will be continued...

[Flapcake]

You need to name the regions for the XML code

[The Bison King]

This is starting to look a lot better!

[Oneyed]

there are 9 yellow regions and 8 in others colours, if I good count. I do not know if this was your goal, but maybe Pachacamac and Inkawasi could be unite to one rgion.

for the borders, the white ones looks much better.

Oneyed

[Gillipig]

I like this! Just make sure you put in more colourful symbols around the map.

[sannemanrobinson]

You need to name the regions for the XML code

All territories have a name, some are written next to it on the sea.

If you mean the bonus names, the name of the sacred place that is enabling the bonus could be used (Machu Pichhu, Tiwanaku, etc.).

For trails the begin and endpoint can be mentioned (Cuzco-Tupiza).

[sannemanrobinson]

there are 9 yellow regions and 8 in others colours, if I good count. I do not know if this was your goal, but maybe Pachacamac and Inkawasi could be unite to one rgion.

Red and yellow both have more regions. These are more central on the map and more difficult to defend. To make them more attractive I decided to give them more potential to grow. This gives them an advantage later in the game.

It seems like it is not totally clear that some colours overlap. Maybe I will take that out for now and assign a single colour to each territory.

for the borders, the white ones looks much better.

I think so too that the mountains look less cluttered end even snowy. Making the lines thinner, dashed or otherwise more embedded in the background will be the challenge.

[sannemanrobinson]

I like this! Just make sure you put in more colourful symbols around the map.

I will. The Inca flag, stone ruins, motifs from pottery and some people are in planning.

[sannemanrobinson]

A lot of changes:
- Temples are all close to Cusco
- Cusco is no longer a bonus area but can bombard all other lands
- new trails

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[natty dread]

Hm, I have some concerns about clarity... I don't think the mountains are visible enough, nor do they really fit the style of the map.

The borders look weird at some places. What's with the double line between earth/water? The rivers also look sloppy, and the corner of Jauja/Machu picchu/Chupachos is unclear, does Jauja connect with Chupachos?

[AndyDufresne]

I think the organization of the information display (legend, region names) feels pretty haphazard, and this could be because that both the legend text and the region text are roughly the same style and the same size. The organization from your previous draft was a little easier to swallow.

In terms of graphic embellishments (iconography, etc) I like the style of the Round Face Icon. The other images jar with the aesthetic I think. So the line-drawing-sort-of-method might be the way to go, in my humble opinion.

I'll also say, I think I might have liked the darker overall version of your previous version.

Keep up the work,


--Andy

[chapcrap]

I find the earlier versions more appealing graphically. It seems like a lot is changing with every version. Version 3 looks like it has a better style to me, as far as how the map is made.

This latest version is hard to understand. And the Incan images around the edge of the map look they've been thrown in wherever they would fit.

[Jippd]

Also are the trails attack paths or just decoration? that should be more clear if they are attack paths and if they are decoration I wouldn't label them.

I also think the border lines need to be a little more clean they seem jagged and to not curve/flow smooth.

Might want to label mountains and rivers as impassable?

[sannemanrobinson]

Also are the trails attack paths or just decoration? that should be more clear if they are attack paths and if they are decoration I wouldn't label them.

They are not just decoration as they give a +3 bonus.

I also think the border lines need to be a little more clean they seem jagged and to not curve/flow smooth.

Might want to label mountains and rivers as impassable?

Thanks. I will work on it.