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snapdoodle wrote:cairnswk wrote:
3. U.E.S & L.E.S. & U.W.S. needs explanation in the legend please for all players who are not familiar with New York suburbs....just as a footnote style thing.
12. i know this will probably sound "kitch" but is there a possibliity of adding Liberty Island and making an "icon" out of it, worth one bonus or something on that what i beleive is a Ferry Route - the dashed line.
3. Do you think it still needs a footnote? In the tert selection we were thinking it would say U.E.S so people would see it. Or is this more for people to be familiar with the locations on the map?
12. As you know we've been fiddling with the idea of adding liberty island but we're not sure if that's so great an idea anymore. Initially we were going to add a few islands, Governor's Island, Ellis Island, and Liberty Island... but we kind of don't have space for all three and we're not particularly in favor of just having the single island... so we may have liberty island but it might not be a playable tert.
snapdoodle wrote:yeti_c wrote:Instead of
"To transfer to another train line transfer station () must be held"
I'd put something like.
"Transfer stations () can attack adjacent stations on either line"
What do you reckon?
Also -
The way the train bonuses are written it looks a bit like they're part of Staten Island... - And the instructions for subways are well away from them - I'd try to rejig that a bit closer - and you defs need a "Subways aren't part of Suburb/Borough Bonuses" line.
C.
all good ideas. i think benny would agree. they solve problems.
Blitzaholic wrote:when some of these get close to done, is it possible to put it in general discussion, so more can view it?
ericv wrote:Sorry if this has been brought up before, but what about including the Kosciuszko Bridge connecting Williamburg/Brooklyn & Sunnyside/Queens?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosciuszko ... _York_City)
Perhaps you feel that would lessen the value of Manhattan... just throwing it out there.
Overall what you have going looks great and I can't wait to conquer the Big Apple as I have been awaiting its addition. It's got a geography well suited for CC, an obvious add, and as a long time area resident and 10 decades of family residence, I'm happy to see this developing. Thanks!
Lone.prophet wrote:mybe you can let the subway not go under the army circels
snapdoodle wrote:Lone.prophet wrote:mybe you can let the subway not go under the army circels
Our bigger concern was the train line going through the names but it seemed that putting the names into the terits was a high priority. We tried hard while we made this to keep the cross over to a minimum but there are certain areas where there is just not enough room, like Downtown Manhattan.
You can still see the train line underneath the army circle so it is not so great a problem for me. Benny may agree with you but I do not see how we can avoid all the names and army circles on the small map.
AndyDufresne wrote:I like the way the map is looking...it's nice to actually see this old idea go some place.
I see you've got plans to work on the legend...which is good...because it needs a lot of work! I look forward to whatever you've got in mind, and I'll comment back once you've got something.
Regarding the small map, I think it the territory names on the map may benefit from a little boldening. That would help the clarity and readability.
As for the decorative names (like the rivers and the continental names on the map) it might be nice to spruce them up with a font that has more feeling.
Otherwise I like the direction this map is going.
'boldening' may actually reduce visibility as it would reduce the negative space between letters, as well increasing the size. A better option would be to adjust the anti aliasing properties of the text. Smooth, crisp, strong, and sharp are all possible settings.
--Andy
rebelman wrote:i really like this map but the army circles seem to take over - if you look at the small map especially they really take over - any chance they could be more subtle ?
rebelman wrote:also the water seems to be smudging onto the terrs. in several places
rustlemania wrote:actually, i like this guy's point about the water. it's nyc... so the color needs to be a dirtier, brownish blue... and if you guys could add some garbage, that'd be great. thanks!
InkL0sed wrote:I actually kinda like the font... makes me think New York for some reason. Maybe it's the same font as the Times.
benny profane wrote:InkL0sed wrote:I actually kinda like the font... makes me think New York for some reason. Maybe it's the same font as the Times.
we wanted to use the new york times font, that would have been great.
but it's obviously copyrighted.
we found a sample, and we could fiddle with it, but there's other stuff we want to try out first.
natty_dread wrote:I was wrong
gimil wrote:benny profane wrote:InkL0sed wrote:I actually kinda like the font... makes me think New York for some reason. Maybe it's the same font as the Times.
we wanted to use the new york times font, that would have been great.
but it's obviously copyrighted.
we found a sample, and we could fiddle with it, but there's other stuff we want to try out first.
I dont think font can be copywritten, i may be wrong thou.
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