maps

[demon7896]

what do you consider to be "a bad map" i mean like, what qualities. i like maps like the old rome map, which are bright, but not to bright, and are about intresting topics. small maps are good too. however, my favorite is age of realms, both might and magic, cause they're the easiest to win

[Coleman]

I think a bad map is one that causes people to pm me and complain about it. A good map draws no such angst.

[The Fuzzy Pengui]

Right now, the Brazil Revamp....with RL stuff it's taking me forever, and I feel bad because I know the foundry wants a revamp. Sorry all

Other than that, pixelation, hard to read words, and gaudy/extremely bright or clashing colors all turn me off.

[Herakilla]

in my opinion a good map is one that the vast majority of players like playing on and will do so many times, it doesnt have to be simple as long as everyone can understand it, it doesnt have to look pretty as long as the game play is unique and superb. but i would like it to be complicated and pretty lol

[oaktown]

For me a bad map is one that looks like it was done without attention to detail. This can include just about anything: colors don't go together, text is unnecessarily hyphenated, graphic elements were hastily created or don't work together, some elements look 'flat,' lines are pixelly, legend doesn't make sense, attack routes are unclear, etc.

All maps are without attention to detail early on, so in the early stages of a map I would never call it bad... the idea might be bad, but i try to reserve judgement on the image until the thing gets rolling. We just hope that by the time people start yelling "Forge!" the little things have been caught and addressed. We've had a few maps reach the Forge recently that, while in no means bad maps, lack attention to detail; hopefully as a result of recent discussions some of this will be remedied.

Edit: just left posts in ten map threads. I suggest everybody else do the same to help improve overall map quality!

[Lone.prophet]

either maps that dont look graphicly, pixelated wrong, color combos or just a bad overall feeling

or maps that have no overview and are just a bunch of confusion

[demon7896]

oh, i forgot about lousy fonts