London Map

[fighter1405]

Mod Note: similar map developed --> viewtopic.php?f=241&t=152160

Hi this is the first map I have ever made so I would really appreciate your opinions. Anyways I was looking at all the current maps and realised no one had made one just of one city. With that in mind I decided to have a shot at making a London map. Here it is:

It has 33 'countries' and each one is a borough of london. I though that this would give it an accurate geographical twist. I'm fairly sure that all the boundries are accurate but if any one can see any errors then please do let me know.

[Fireside Poet]

Knowing little about the landscape or London, I do recall in the 1800's a certain place called Whitechapel (?) -- where is that to be found?

Great start on the map, by the way.

[fighter1405]

Knowing little about the landscape or London, I do recall in the 1800's a certain place called Whitechapel (?) -- where is that to be found?

Whitechapel is 1 mile east of the city of London and is famous because it was were Jack the Ripper operated. However it won't be on my map because it isn't a borough of London (Or at least I don't think it is)

Hope that helps

[happysadfun]

Pretty good for a starting map. Like any map tho it needs improvement. It'll shut fluffybunnykins up for awhile tho

[neildrill]

First of all congrats on the map

Second nice to see my home of bexley on a map!

Third and my only criticism where are the impassable points gonna be? at the moment the centre of town is brodered on everyside and very difficult for one player to take.

Otherwise well done

[Phobia]

hmm yes there should be a bridge from westminster to lambeth or something to connect central london.

also a few "countries" are a little too squashed espicially "city" because all the countries will need to fit the number of armies and the name.

[happysadfun]

the bridge should be in the east. central london can have a really huge bonus with the river (Thames?) blocking it.

[Marvaddin]

Bad designed continents, friend... They will need less borders.

[happysadfun]

i agree, maybe this would be a map kind of like the Australia one in development, or Minnesota, where the continents are separated and there are bridges between them. that would minimize borders

[fighter1405]

Ok I agree that there should be a bridge connecting central London and I will implement it ASAP. I also agree with the comment about central London having too many borders. Does anyone have any suggestions about what I could use to make some borders impassable or do you think I should just up the bonus for central London.

Thanks for your comments

[mightyal]

You could use the inner ring road as a boundary for central london.

[happysadfun]

... I also agree with the comment about central London having too many borders. Does anyone have any suggestions about what I could use to make some borders impassable...
Thanks for your comments

I told you already.

i agree, maybe this would be a map kind of like the Australia one in development, or Minnesota, where the continents are separated and there are bridges between them. that would minimize borders

just a suggestion

[kevinc]

Speaking of 1800s london. A historical map of london could be an interesing concept to think about.

What software areyou using, as always I advocate using a vector graphics application to avoid the harsh jaggy edges.

[fighter1405]

Thanks everyone for your feedback. I am now in a position to release my second version of the map. I have removed the Thames and seperated the different 'continents'. Here it is:


Yet again I would be grateful for any feedback

Thanks

[fighter1405]

Thanks to everyone for ther feedback. This is the second version of my map. Yet again any feedback would be welcomed:


Thanks


SEE LONDON FIRST DRAUGHT FOR VERSION THREE

[mightyal]

I think rev 2 looks horrible. It no longer looks like London IMO. I reckon using roads as barriers could be much better. Specifically, the inner ring road seperates central London from outer London; M1 West/North; M4 Hounslow/Richmond; M11 Redbridge/ Waltham Forest. The Thames seperates West from South. Bridges or underpasses could provide connections as required.

[mightyal]

See first draught for my suggestion/opinion.

[fighter1405]

I would agree with you. I myself was dissapointed with how version 2 turned out so I decided to try your idea. Here is a rough version of what version 3 should look like:



Obviously this is only rough and I will tidy it up.
I still have to make city bigger
Add a link accross the Thames to join up the city centre
and improve the solid borders and arrows

[onbekende]

More connections between continents

[maritovw]

i assume you're gonna change that ugly arrows for something nicer... also, i would suggest adding more borders between the continents...

[happysadfun]

East London is not a good name for a continent. It's also a major port in South Africa. Actually separating them would be good. the L is not capitalized in one part of the key. Love the map tho.

[happysadfun]

Good map. But u don't need a new thread for every update

[Bad Speler]

As for gameplay, I see that North London has a bonus of 2, while it has 3 borders to defend, and Central london has a bonus of 5, while it only has 2 borders to defend.

[AndrewO]

This seems like just another old map to me. If I was to see a map of london i'd rather it was much more concentrated on central london, with maybe some landmarks or something to make it special.

It is a shame, as I was born in bexley and live in what must be the city, but I doubt I would play this map much even with such strong ties to it.

[sully800]

8 countries with 2 borders and 4 countries with 3 borders? The continents are still strange to say the least. I think you need more connections for the middle continent definitely and a few other ones as well. And yeah, don't start a new thread for every update or people won't be able to see the progression of the map and why certain decisions were made (or what questions may have already been answered.)