Nigeria (Updated 22 Apr) V7, pg3

[Gillipig]

Click image to enlarge.

What I did:
1) I cropped the image to fit the largest size allowed without going supersize.
2) I changed the bonus colour scheme back to version 3's.
3) I added a tribe bonus system and I made some tribe symbols. They're supposed to look like an African tribe masks on a triangular shield. I know it looks nothing like it but it was my first try.
4) I made a mini map.
5) I made the rest of what i think needs to be explained in the legend at this point which is impassables.

Is this enough to get me moved to the drafting room?

I'd like to get some feedback on my bonuses. Are they too large? too many borders? Should I split them into smaller bonuses and/or rearrange the territory borders? What do you think about the tribe bonus?
What I'm doing next depends very much what you guys think I should work on.

[natty dread]

Ok the cropping is ok but the title looks really awkward at the top, like it doesn't fit there properly, and the balance of the image is a bit skewed...

And yeah, this should be moved to the drafting room.

[Gillipig]

Ok the cropping is ok but the title looks really awkward at the top, like it doesn't fit there properly, and the balance of the image is a bit skewed...

And yeah, this should be moved to the drafting room.

I noticed that while I made it too. I think I have two alternatives. Either move the title to the water like you did or make more room upstairs meaning I'd have to get ride of some space where the legend and minim map are. I do have a lot of space down there at the moment but if a lot more things are going into the legend then I might not have much space.

[Industrial Helix]

This one is looking good, how about a move on.

[Gillipig]

This one is looking good, how about a move on.

Great! Now I'm just waiting for some feedback on what I need to work on.

[natty dread]

Move the title and crop the image a bit more on the right side, there's some needless empty space on the right side that makes the playable area not be on the center of the image.

[Flapcake]

Move the title and crop the image a bit more on the right side, there's some needless empty space on the right side that makes the playable area not be on the center of the image.

what I would had sayd

What about, instead of the tribe bonus, (wich is not bad) let tribes atack each other, like tribes some times do then the tribe bonus you did, change it to "villages"

this way you got 1 more gameplay isue to the map and can put in some cool theme stuff, eg. village huts

still cool colour set


PS. cool jungle names for the tribes ?

[Gillipig]

Update coming tomorrow for sure!
I'll be on the train for a couple of hours on Saturday so I won't have anything else to do .

[Gillipig]

Click image to enlarge.

What I did:

Cropped the image to get rid of some wasted space and make the map being the center of the attention again.
Moved the title, changed the colour and gave it a different texture.
Changed two of the bonus colours and modified the mini map.
Added villages to the gameplay and altered the role of tribes.
Added a win condition.
I unintentionally changed the intensity of the colours when I went from working on my pc at home to my mac on the train.
Let me know what you think of that. I kinda like the increased intensity!

Don't really know what to do for the next update so feeedback please .

[Flapcake]

What I did:

Cropped the image to get rid of some wasted space and make the map being the center of the attention again.
Moved the title, changed the colour and gave it a different texture.
Changed two of the bonus colours and modified the mini map.
Added villages to the gameplay and altered the role of tribes.
Added a win condition.
I unintentionally changed the intensity of the colours when I went from working on my pc at home to my mac on the train.
Let me know what you think of that. I kinda like the increased intensity!

Don't really know what to do for the next update so feeedback please .

I still like the colour set, stick whit that
The gameplay works greate for me

The icons, trees, tribes and hut need some serius work, I suggest you dont add any trees but maby just green vegetation or rivers. trees looks wierd lying down on the side. The tribe icon, hard for me to tell what its imagen, only becourse i know what it represents I can tell. Same with the villages, would look better if it was a single hut, made of clay/cowdirt and straws

You got a solid map and definitely worth taking all the way.

Flap.

[Gillipig]

Update coming up on Saturday.
Thanks for the feedback flap. I'll look into the symbols on Saturday. I plan to see this map through. Though I'm not as quick as some mapmakers. Some weeks I have more time than others, and some weeks I feel more motivated to work on the map than others . This week I've been longing to make an update so I will ! I'll comment on some map threads on Saturday as well. I seem to have quit doing that after a week where almost nothing happened in the foundry about a month ago.

P.S What are the criteria to get a map moved to the main foundry?

[isaiah40]

Looking good. I think if you move the "Unite all tribes ...", mini-map, title up a bit you can chop off the excess off the bottom and still have it clear and uncluttered. As for the move you're close

[erazor]

Hi Gillipig, like the map but I can see a problem with the winning condition. By the time you hold what you have, all tribes and 7 villages, you have already won the game. Can you make it more realistic to get?

[Bruceswar]

Can I say nice map. With that said it looks a bit messy. A few of the lines need to be redrawn. Almost looks like you had a pixel loss when updating.

[Gillipig]

Can I say nice map. With that said it looks a bit messy. A few of the lines need to be redrawn. Almost looks like you had a pixel loss when updating.

Thanks .
Well I think I need to redraw all of them ! It was done very quickly. I plan on redrawing them in the near future. I'm also going to redraw the symbols. I don't think there's been a pixel loss when I uploaded the mage but I might be mistaken.

Hi Gillipig, like the map but I can see a problem with the winning condition. By the time you hold what you have, all tribes and 7 villages, you have already won the game. Can you make it more realistic to get?

I could reduce the amount of villages needed to hold the condition I guess. Maybe 5 is better!?