The Citadel [Quenched]

[TaCktiX]

Version 3


I haven't added the grass textures yet, but every single border is now explicit. I personally don't like the Parade Deck attack routes, but I decided to overdo it rather than underdo it. Erasing is rather fast.

Updated:
- All borders have attack lines
- Adjusted bonuses for those mentioned
- Tried to clear up the Battalion/Company difference and the Tower's bombardment range
- Added Support Battalion's bonus color (forgot it in v2 and v2.1)
- Muted the outer glow

To Do:
- Grass, Asphalt, Sidewalk textures

Discussion Points:
- Are the unique elements finally clear?
- Is the Parade Deck now overcluttered, and I can cut back on how long the lines are? Or are they fine?
- Are the bonuses now more in line with what one would expect?
- Any other lingering concerns with graphics?

[bryguy]

Version 3


I haven't added the grass textures yet, but every single border is now explicit. I personally don't like the Parade Deck attack routes, but I decided to overdo it rather than underdo it. Erasing is rather fast.

Updated:
- All borders have attack lines
- Adjusted bonuses for those mentioned
- Tried to clear up the Battalion/Company difference and the Tower's bombardment range
- Added Support Battalion's bonus color (forgot it in v2 and v2.1)
- Muted the outer glow

To Do:
- Grass, Asphalt, Sidewalk textures

Discussion Points:
- Are the unique elements finally clear? no
- Is the Parade Deck now overcluttered, and I can cut back on how long the lines are? Or are they fine? overcluttered
- Are the bonuses now more in line with what one would expect? no
- Any other lingering concerns with graphics? i cant read a thing on it

[pepperonibread]

Discussion Points:
- Are the unique elements finally clear? no
- Is the Parade Deck now overcluttered, and I can cut back on how long the lines are? Or are they fine? overcluttered
- Are the bonuses now more in line with what one would expect? no
- Any other lingering concerns with graphics? i cant read a thing on it

Come on, the words aren't that bad. Granted, they could be cleared up a bit, but I can read everything on it
To Tacktix: With army numbers over top of them, the flags under the army circles may be hard to see.

[TaCktiX]

Discussion Points:
- Are the unique elements finally clear? no
- Is the Parade Deck now overcluttered, and I can cut back on how long the lines are? Or are they fine? overcluttered
- Are the bonuses now more in line with what one would expect? no
- Any other lingering concerns with graphics? i cant read a thing on it

Come on, the words aren't that bad. Granted, they could be cleared up a bit, but I can read everything on it
To Tacktix: With army numbers over top of them, the flags under the army circles may be hard to see.

It's why I set the flags on the background they're on too. The Large map won't have this clarification problem because I'll have the space for the text to say Quad. As it is, Small doesn't have that space, so I have to go off of context cues.

As for the Deck, I'll shorten up the attack lines a little bit, more in keeping with what I want.

And please, if you're going to comment, don't give unconstructive one-liners.

[wcaclimbing]

i take back my earlier comment. Having Parade deck as one big territory is better than splitting it up.

In the:

Tower can bombard anything adjacent to the parade deck.

section in the map, can you move the "parade deck" part of that text to the right some? right now it kinda merges with the text to the left of it, so the first time I read it as
"batillions can only be attacked by Companies Parade deck" and it was
"whats a companies parade deck?.... oh"

Just move it to the right a bit so it isn't so close to the batillions/companies text.

Good job with the new dotted borders. everything is a lot clearer now.

[Ditocoaf]

WAaaay too many dotted borders. I think it would be clearer if you made everything simpler. Looking at the map, I have some ideas, but I can't really describe them, so all I'll say is to unclutter it a bit. Some borders should be made clear without dotted lines weaving around everywhere.

[CatfishJohnson]

the dotted make it look easier beilive it or not, it seperates and stops confusion fo sho, looking good tacktix btw

[TaCktiX]

Version 4

Updates:
- Textured grass, asphalt, and sidewalk
- Edited the text effects on the bonuses to make them clearer with the new textures
- Trimmed back the attack lines to the Parade Deck



To Do:
- Add a connection from Duckett Hall to Byrd Hall. Having a territory in a continent not connect to any other territories in the continent is made of fail.
- Cut 2nd Battalion down to +6 bonus. +7 just isn't deserved.

Discussion Points:
- Good cutback on the attack lines?
- Any adjustments need to be made to the textures? Do they look good?
- Does the map suffer from any crippling illegibility due to the textures?
- Any non-texture legibility issues?
- Did I separate the Company/Battalion text from the Tower/Parade Deck text well enough?
- Is the Company/Battalion difference FINALLY clear?

[shadowsteel9]

i like the texture

[CatfishJohnson]

everything looks good, but the explanation can be lighter color i think

[gimil]

[ADV. IDEA]

[CatfishJohnson]

COngrats mi friend

[Tieryn]

I'm having trouble with the hall names... Is it "Jenkins Hall" "thompson Hall" as I assume, or "Hall Thompson", "Hall Grimsley" "Hall LeTellier" as I first read them... make the font a little bit smaller, and put some space between the hall and the word below it... also perhaps dull the glow a little. My first feeling looking at this map is "WHOA COLOURS OW"... and that turns me off right away... I like the concept, but the naming of territs needs to be done better.

Same up at "Auditorium Mark Clark" or "School of Capers English"... heh :p

Keep up the good work tho.. I'd suggest having a different texture for grass/road.. it looks like the same at the moment, and looks awkward.

Edit: looking further... the smaller font down the bottom looks okay, I'd still experiment with different coloured fonts, rather than glowing everything... maybe a coloured font with a dark glow? and make the glow smaller, or more opacity or something? *Shrug* play, see

pps: perhaps make the dotted lines "inside" building different.. turn them into some sort of long, dark, hallway? This will unclutter the buildings a bit and make them look -perhaps- more realistic? Also distinguishes easily between intra-continent connections and inter-continent ones.

[TaCktiX]

I'm having trouble with the hall names... Is it "Jenkins Hall" "thompson Hall" as I assume, or "Hall Thompson", "Hall Grimsley" "Hall LeTellier" as I first read them... make the font a little bit smaller, and put some space between the hall and the word below it... also perhaps dull the glow a little. My first feeling looking at this map is "WHOA COLOURS OW"... and that turns me off right away... I like the concept, but the naming of territs needs to be done better.

Same up at "Auditorium Mark Clark" or "School of Capers English"... heh :p

I'll tone down the outer glow more. The reason why I'm sticking with it is because the text alone mixes with building outlines and Stroking it with another color is too stark for the look I want. Outer Glow is a good middle ground for me. I'll narrow up the text so it's not so squished (this is a problem the Large version will not have in any way, shape, or form), for certain.

Keep up the good work tho.. I'd suggest having a different texture for grass/road.. it looks like the same at the moment, and looks awkward.

Looking at it, the grass and sidewalk textures are good. The road needs to go back to solid to act as a more effective barrier. I'll change this next version.

Edit: looking further... the smaller font down the bottom looks okay, I'd still experiment with different coloured fonts, rather than glowing everything... maybe a coloured font with a dark glow? and make the glow smaller, or more opacity or something? *Shrug* play, see

With the additional text on bottom, I'll mess around with colors and find a good mix. The black+effect isn't really working especially with that texture there.

pps: perhaps make the dotted lines "inside" building different.. turn them into some sort of long, dark, hallway? This will unclutter the buildings a bit and make them look -perhaps- more realistic? Also distinguishes easily between intra-continent connections and inter-continent ones.

I'm not changing the attack lines again. I got stuck with the 22px Army Circle limit and that makes borders that are there almost invisible behind all the text. With the continent glow it's apparent what goes out of continent and what's still in-continent (pun unintended, bladder-freaks), and the attack lines are simple to understand. Making a "hallway" look would disrupt the simplicity of "this is an attack line, this attacks this."

In general, I think it's a good thing I started with the Small version. So many problems with the pixel limit...being allowed to upscale to 800px will fix so many things.

[CatfishJohnson]

why would it be hall anderson......where the hell is it called that heh