Krazy Kingdoms [Quenched]

[dolomite13]

OK here are the number tests and color blind tests. I did numbers as x33 format, 88, and 888. I also saved out with 88's on small and large withought the unit circles on the map to see if they could be removed from territories.

I did the colorblind tests with the Vischeck filter in Photoshop and saved them out as Protanope, Dueteranope, and Tritanope.

I have them presented inside spoilers below so as to not slap you all in the face with 12+ images.

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Small Number Tests

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Large Number Tests

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Large and Small tests with no unit circles

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Small Color Blind Tests

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Large Color Blind Tests

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[cairnswk]

dolomite13. good post to show all those together.
now that i've seen the numbers on the maps, i myself would like to see an increase in the font size on territories in the small map.
some of those tert names are hard to read - J4 etc.
so an increase a couple of points to font size wouldn't go astray.
it would make the territories as easily idientifiable as the large map territories are.

[-=- Tanarri -=-]

dolomite13. good post to show all those together.
now that i've seen the numbers on the maps, i myself would like to see an increase in the font size on territories in the small map.
some of those tert names are hard to read - J4 etc.
so an increase a couple of points to font size wouldn't go astray.
it would make the territories as easily idientifiable as the large map territories are.

I think this is a good idea. I've only been looking at the large versions for figuring out gameplay and how the map works so I missed that issue. I think a couple point increase like cairnswk suggested would help a lot. Without it those without the greatest eyesight like myself have to squint a fair bit, particularly on the higher resolution monitors I have here.

[dolomite13]

I agree about the small map territory names.

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[dolomite13]

OK I changed the image a bit to remove the unit circles from the map territories as I think they make the map look even more cluttered. I had to tweak the forbidden lands and seas so you could see the units and I cleared the terrain graphic behind the numbers. I also upped the font on the territory names on the small map from 7.5 to 9 and it looks much more readable.

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Small
https://imageshack.com/a/img15/3461/jng.png
Small 88's - https://imageshack.com/a/img853/7452/ewjs.png
Small 888's - https://imageshack.com/a/img819/2792/4x.png


Large
https://imageshack.com/a/img819/4421/ettp.png
Large 88's - https://imageshack.com/a/img607/8519/vp5.png
Large 888's - https://imageshack.com/a/img706/8417/98l6.png

[-=- Tanarri -=-]

I like the changes that were made, especially the small map land labels, they look much better. I also agree the circles removed from the land area makes it look much cleaner. I don't know if the 888's have any real barring on where they'll end up with the XML, but if they do, the 888 for Underworld was up a bit too high I think and should be centered on the demon icon like the Bomb and Horde icons are.

Other than that, I hope the XML can be finished up soon and this can make it into Beta, because I really look forward to playing it. It'll make a nice map to keep my mind off of Research and Conquer for a while

[RedBaron0]

There is some minor pixelation in spots, the special rings and a less noticeably around the shields and those rings as well.

[dolomite13]

There is some minor pixelation in spots, the special rings and a less noticeably around the shields and those rings as well.

I see it... I will see what I can do about it.

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[dolomite13]

OK here is latest graphics.

I recreated the shield shape around each race/kingdom image as well as increased the size of the the circles a bit to better fit the unit numbers on the small map. I also cleaned up the jagged edges on the round circles on the right side.

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SMALL
http://imageshack.com/a/img855/623/c2w.png


LARGE
http://imageshack.com/a/img268/4770/rwxl.png

[-=- Tanarri -=-]

Looks great, can't see anything that's amiss with the graphics. I'm really looking forward to the XML getting completed and this map getting to Beta. I think this is the map I've most anticipated in a long time. I can totally see this being one of the few maps that sticks around in regular play. It's relatively small in size, fairly easy to learn the basics, and seems like it will provide piles of different gameplay options with its unique gameplay

[dolomite13]

I see a small problem where the border seems to have moved up by a pixel. I will fix that this evening and update one more time. Although if we get that graphics stamp this fix won't stand in the way of starting on XML.

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[-=- Tanarri -=-]

Gilligan, any idea how long the XML should take for this? It seems like it would probably be a pretty complicated XML file.

[dolomite13]

Gilligan, any idea how long the XML should take for this? It seems like it would probably be a pretty complicated XML file.

Probably a month ... not really sure... it is extremely complicated.

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[dolomite13]

OK fixed that pixel issue this is latest images

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SMALL
http://imageshack.us/a/img703/6027/li9.png


LARGE
http://imageshack.us/a/img547/4804/ige1.png

[-=- Tanarri -=-]

Gilligan, any idea how long the XML should take for this? It seems like it would probably be a pretty complicated XML file.

Probably a month ... not really sure... it is extremely complicated.

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A month wouldn't be too bad. Better than the 3+ years that I've been waiting for Research and Conquer My premium will probably be gone by then, but I can at least still play the map in casual games.

[RedBaron0]

After a krazy amount to time to the final check, this is most deserved:

[cairnswk]

Congrats dolomite13

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Congrats dolomite, onwards to XML once Gilligan returns from vacation, yay!

[dolomite13]

=) Yea!

Soon my Fanatical Undead Wizard Murklords will be ready for battle.

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[dolomite13]

So it may not be possible to have aquatic function as it is currently designed based on XML and the game engine. If we cannot have both borders and bombards from territory A to territory B at the same time then I will have to redesign it a bit.

Solution will most likely be to take away the bombard of seas from bordering territories and make seas killer 3

And to change aquatic from.

==assault==> seas
seas +1 each
seas +4 if you have all 4 seas

to this

==assault==> seas
territories that borders seas are +1 for every 2 up to a max of +8

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So it may not be possible to have aquatic function as it is currently designed based on XML and the game engine. If we cannot have both borders and bombards from territory A to territory B at the same time then I will have to redesign it a bit.

Solution will most likely be to take away the bombard of seas from bordering territories and make seas killer 3

And to change aquatic from.

==assault==> seas
seas +1 each
seas +4 if you have all 4 seas

to this

==assault==> seas
territories that borders seas are +1 for every 2 up to a max of +8

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I think that's a better option than the few I was able to come up with, none of which really seemed right.

I also noticed an error in gameplay balance. I believe the J2/F4 and J4/F2 pairs need to have their territory names/types swapped. Everyone else has a territory every 3 away from the next, whereas Treefolk and Lizardmen both have 4 territories in between their first and second favored territory, which gives them a distinct disadvantage. Swapping those two pairs will make it so they've also got their favored territories 3 away from each other.

I'll leave it up to dolomite as to whether he thinks it's worth changing these this late in design, but if it doesn't cause too big of a headache, I think it would be worth balancing the gameplay out that little bit more.

[dolomite13]

Unfortunately that will result in broken "personal continents" and 1 less adjacent-to-favored territory for each. I would rather have them the way they are as I don;t see the same issue you do. And if their is a slight advantage here then it's really slight as the map is so small.

This image shows each player's "personal continent".



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[-=- Tanarri -=-]

Unfortunately that will result in broken "personal continents" and 1 less adjacent-to-favored territory for each. I would rather have them the way they are as I don;t see the same issue you do. And if their is a slight advantage here then it's really slight as the map is so small.

This image shows each player's "personal continent".



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The problem that you're missing is for Treefolk and Lizardman to have their second favored territory only 3 spots away, they have to be able to cross the chasm, which means they have to move forward one extra spot at the beginning to be able to take the chasm as their second territory, hence their second favored territory is 4 away unless they own the two sides of the chasm beside their start territory later in the game.

If you take another look at what I suggested, you'll find it doesn't disrupt the personal continents of the Treefolk or Lizardmen, all the territories are still 3 spots away from one another, so the various continent parts will all still connect. Or is there some other part of the continents that is concerning you other than their remaining connected?

[dolomite13]

Unfortunately that will result in broken "personal continents" and 1 less adjacent-to-favored territory for each. I would rather have them the way they are as I don;t see the same issue you do. And if their is a slight advantage here then it's really slight as the map is so small.

This image shows each player's "personal continent".

http://img802.imageshack.us/img802/4143/pcchasms.png

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The problem that you're missing is for Treefolk and Lizardman to have their second favored territory only 3 spots away, they have to be able to cross the chasm, which means they have to move forward one extra spot at the beginning to be able to take the chasm as their second territory, hence their second favored territory is 4 away unless they own the two sides of the chasm beside their start territory later in the game.

If you take another look at what I suggested, you'll find it doesn't disrupt the personal continents of the Treefolk or Lizardmen, all the territories are still 3 spots away from one another, so the various continent parts will all still connect. Or is there some other part of the continents that is concerning you other than their remaining connected?

I see but here is what your proposed change does. It decreases the number of "adjacent to favored" territories for Lizardmen and Treefolk by 1 each from 13 to 12 and creates a territory that is doubled up on (S4 and M4).



I have a different proposal ... swapping F3 and J3 would keep the 13, make a fully connected continent for each player and grant the same distance to the 2nd favored territory that you were suggesting should be there for balance.



It is a pain in the ass to make the change but it makes sense so I will need to make that update asap.

Thanks

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