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Minister X wrote:PROCESS QUESTION:
I've created a new draft that addresses the desire expressed above for more of a Roman "feel" to the graphics. I encased the map inside the facade of a "temple" with columns and triangular top. But this makes the map super-sized. I'm not sure I prefer it to the current draft, but others might and I respect their opinions. Should I post it here just so I can get preference reactions first? (Maybe we go back to regular size.) Or do I tentatively apply for supersize?
DiM wrote:post the map even if it is supersize. if it looks good and it's unnecessarily supersized then i'm all for it.
thenobodies80 wrote:But maybe I'm wrong and it's just the Italian guy in me that is not able to recognize Rome in your draft.
Minister X wrote:I appreciate the effort but the top one is the Shepherd map I'd just linked to and the bottom ones each cover but three of the 75 territories. Guys: I know how to use Google image search.
A start-from-scratch alternative would be to map only "downtown" Rome: the forum and whatever else can be put together from maps like those last two. But that's a whole different game - can we decide if mine is worth pursuing or not? (I gather: not.)
Nola_Lifer wrote:Minister X wrote:...you gotta be even more outside the box because of all the good map makers.
Minister X wrote:Classic is by far the most popular map despite the horrible Oceania flaw.
natty_dread wrote:Minister X wrote:If you make another standard-gameplay vanilla map...
Classic has two ways of earning reinforcements, I have four. Classic has no impassable, I have two entire walls and a river. That you see my game as "another standard-gameplay vanilla map" is evidence of how far the goalposts have moved. Indeed, compared to most of them in the Foundry, mine is simple.natty_dread wrote:Classic is at the top, yes, but right after it are lots of non-standard maps.
Minister X wrote:I'm not happy with the temple. I'll probably work on something halfway between it and the previous draft - something where the graphics are more integrated with gameplay. Maybe I can replace S, P, Q and R with little icons for temples, entertainment, gardens and baths. Hmm. Entertainment can be the two masks: sad and happy. That's evocative and not anachronistic. An icon of Jupiter (??) for temples? One of laurel and berries for the gardens? And a tiny mosaic for the baths??? Could work but I doubt I'm a good enough artist to pull it off. I'd obviously re-assign the bonus territories for these, and I'd have to redraw the map from scratch to make room within the 12 special terits.
Minister X wrote:QUESTION: Do you like the title? The alternative would be "ROME: Civil War"
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