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AndyDufresne wrote:I think this map will suffer from both the "Is this really interesting enough to play on?" (think of the critiques to the random USA State maps), and may also suffer from "It you looks like your other maps a little too much, give us something new."
--Andy
thenobodies80 wrote:Eh eh eh ! Lo sopettavo amico mio!
Wonderful!
Italy is my homeland so I can rule!
Good idea, but i don't know if you can develope all the maps.
Community really want to play all these italian maps?
Not sure....
obviously i'm happy for your project and i glad to offer myself if you need help!
Some quick suggestions for you:
1. I like the adriatic sea, but i don't think you have to add the adjacent "regioni", them don't have a really sense in your map.
2. I think you can write "provinces", there's no a big diference with the italian word "Provincia" and the biggest part of CC speak english, not italian.
3. If you remove the adjacent "regioni" you can move the small italy map in the right part of the map, and the small legend for bonuses in the bottom left part. In this way you have the necessary space for the main title, now too small.
4. English people can understand "altri bonus" ?
5. Flag is little static more wind could be cool
6. Why not use this flag: , so you can use a different flag for each map.
About bonuses i need more time, but i sure you i will come back soon...
Good Idea
THNBDS
RjBeals wrote:nice first draft Mr.Cassar. Here's what I came up with at a first look.
- I think you need some impassable borders between the bonus regions. It's no fun having to defend every territory.
- I like the pastel colors, but I think they need just a little more saturation.
- What about giving the gray "all other regions" some sort of texture, besides flat gray?
- This does really look like some of your other maps. You might need to switch it up a bit. Like that Roma map you started was really unique.
- What about making a call-out box around venezia, and then having a larger submap of that area? just a thought.
- I don't think you need the faint orange borders in the subset Italy map in the legned. It's also just to white.
- I would also draw a border around the bonus regions in the mini-map. It will look much better.
- I also don't like the dotted borders around the legends.
RjBeals wrote:nice first draft Mr.Cassar. Here's what I came up with at a first look.
- I don't think you need the faint orange borders in the subset Italy map in the legned. It's also just to white.
thenobodies80 wrote:i think Rj said you to remove the orange borders in the small map of italy. You did a green veneto and others region white, but you left the borders.
Rj ask you to remove them and leave only the green zone.
Ruben Cassar wrote:As a side note I have been toying with the idea of having two versions of this map.
One would be a classic style version of the map and another one a conquest version of the map. Graphically they would be similar but gameplay would be diffirent.
I do not know if the foundry would allow me to have two versions of the same map. If yes, one could be defined as Veneto - Stile Classico and the other as Veneto - Stile Conquista.
thenobodies80 wrote:
i don't understand if you want to develop to map of veneto and leave members free to choose the one they like most or if you're going to develope two separate version of the same map for the live play.
you know i'm italian, but i don't think you will find the support for both maps.
I suppose you're developing for a series of 20 maps, in this case could be difficult to find the space for a double version of the same map.
Finally a small suggestion, for me is simple to understand what "trentino alto adige" is. But i suggest you to increase the size of the grey border to give to this regione a similar layout to the others on the map (Friuli-Venezia-giulia, Lombardia, Emilia Romagna).
You can reduce a bit the small italia square moving up the "Veneto" word ( i think you have 10 pixel of empty space), so you can add more grey zone and move the army circle.
Could be easier to understand for foreign people, something similar to my example (not so diiferent form your original image)
TNBDS
Ruben Cassar wrote: I do not know if the foundry would allow me to have two versions of the same map. If yes, one could be defined as Veneto - Stile Classico and the other as Veneto - Stile Conquista.
MrBenn wrote:Ruben Cassar wrote: I do not know if the foundry would allow me to have two versions of the same map. If yes, one could be defined as Veneto - Stile Classico and the other as Veneto - Stile Conquista.
I know that this has been suggested in the past, and I seem to recall lack saying "no".
- I think you need some impassable borders between the bonus regions. It's no fun having to defend every territory.
That's true. I might have to implement something of that kind at a later stage. I'll think a bit about it...
- I like the pastel colors, but I think they need just a little more saturation.
Really? I was afraid they were too saturated. The problem is that colours appear differently on monitors according to the settings of the specific monitor.
RjBeals wrote:Ruben, the update wasn't that impressive.
My comments below still hold true:
RjBeals wrote:
- I think you need some impassable borders between the bonus regions. It's no fun having to defend every territory.
Ruben Cassar wrote:That's true. I might have to implement something of that kind at a later stage. I'll think a bit about it...
- I like the pastel colors, but I think they need just a little more saturation.
Really? I was afraid they were too saturated. The problem is that colours appear differently on monitors according to the settings of the specific monitor.
It's your call. They are definately not too saturated though. I'm all for pastel colors, but these just seem washed out.
* I would like to see what you come up with for impassialbe borders.
* The Title could be snazzed up a bit.
* The Country of Italy inside the call out box is still too white.
* There's no bonus region names - like whats the orange region called?
* The "All Other Region +1" - does it mean that if I hold all the gray circle areas, I get a bonus of +1? That will never happen because every outer Veneto region can attack the gray regions. Or does it mean a +1 auto-deploy on each of those? In that case, do they start neutral?
* Some of your colors look messy around your borders:
Ruben - the foundry is not what it used to be. Over in AADOMM there's talk of foundry revamping. There's a crop of new members who give good feedback, but the group we use to have has disappeared. Remember DiM's posts? Or Coleman always had great feedback. Even Andy would follow threads more closely and did have more than 1 or 2 sentences to add. Sorry you're feeling the way you are. Keep tweaking the map, and bumping it up and you will get noticed.
Ruben Cassar wrote:Since I got no further feedback does it mean this is ready to be a sticky?
AndyDufresne wrote:Ruben Cassar wrote:Since I got no further feedback does it mean this is ready to be a sticky?
Hate to be the harbinger, but perhaps there is a lack of feedback because this map hasn't caught the interest of many people?
--Andy
AndyDufresne wrote:Ruben Cassar wrote:Since I got no further feedback does it mean this is ready to be a sticky?
Hate to be the harbinger, but perhaps there is a lack of feedback because this map hasn't caught the interest of many people?
--Andy
gho wrote:AndyDufresne wrote:Ruben Cassar wrote:Since I got no further feedback does it mean this is ready to be a sticky?
Hate to be the harbinger, but perhaps there is a lack of feedback because this map hasn't caught the interest of many people?
--Andy
I have to agree with this. Maybe you should do a map on Venice city with the canals and cathedrals and everything.
I'd really like to see you work on your Punic War map, I really liiked that map.
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