Senate Map [Quenched]

by **Fitz69** on Thu Jan 11, 2007 7:13 pm

piggypnk14 wrote:great job and ty for swtiching colors, btw i really like your and hope it becomes a real map. I like the idea of the oppisite things but your right it would be hard to explain on the board but AWSOME MAP. i really like it

Thanks!

by **Fitz69** on Sat Jan 13, 2007 5:57 pm

New vote people! (thanks Andy).

by **Coleman** on Mon Jan 15, 2007 1:58 am

Can we play this yet :?:

by **Fitz69** on Mon Jan 15, 2007 2:21 am

Well, thats up to Andy I guess.

Hey Andy? XML time yet?

by **nyg5680** on Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:45 am

i hafta say it looks like fun

by **boberz** on Mon Jan 15, 2007 11:44 am

could the names of education and tobacco move down a touch they are touching the spots.

by **AndyDufresne** on Mon Jan 15, 2007 9:38 pm

Give me a little more time to give it a good look over, and we'll see where to go from there.

--Andy

by **Lt.Mustard** on Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:45 am

i think its a great map. cant wait to play it

by **Sargentgeneral** on Tue Jan 16, 2007 1:39 am

haha, i like how you are commenting on every map you like Lt. I agree though, this map doesnt look like it could improve much more.

by **Molacole** on Tue Jan 16, 2007 8:14 am

drop the liberal lobby and this map is great

by **Fitz69** on Tue Jan 16, 2007 10:47 am

Molacole wrote:drop the liberal lobby and this map is great

Hmmm. let me think.

No.

I'ts like, a whole continent. Dropping it from the map would make it a completly different map.

sry.

by **AndyDufresne** on Wed Jan 17, 2007 6:04 pm

Well lets see, few things...

Honestly, I wasn't a fan of this map when you first started on it. But as usual, maps grow on me and I seem to like them more and more in time. This one is no exception.
I like the overall feel, but a few areas are odd. Take a look at the black railing. Is it supposed to look 'wavy' in certain parts? Also, it seems some of the shadows that the black railings cast don't quite look as nice as shadows in different areas.
Also, symmetry in names like Dan, Pat, Marv, Eve --- Adam, Bob, Dick, Jane. Notice how they are different? I like the stair steps on the left better.
Maybe swap Suki and Pat or Terry, so Sam and Suki aren't next to each other, minor thing.
Consider slightly moving Big Oil's name so it isn't so near the border. Also the same goes for Newsweek, S. Floor, West and East Security. I assume you made 'East/West Security' not abbreviations so people could easily distinguish from E. Floor and W. Floor?

Those are most of the minor things I see. It's coming along nicely!

--Andy

by **rgbubba** on Wed Jan 17, 2007 10:41 pm

It looks good! What programs did you use may I ask?

by **Fitz69** on Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:29 am

AndyDufresne wrote:
I like the overall feel, but a few areas are odd. Take a look at the black railing. Is it supposed to look 'wavy' in certain parts? Also, it seems some of the shadows that the black railings cast don't quite look as nice as shadows in different areas.
Also, symmetry in names like Dan, Pat, Marv, Eve --- Adam, Bob, Dick, Jane. Notice how they are different? I like the stair steps on the left better.

--Andy

Rails:
The wavyness is a result of the low resolution (300dpi). I can smooth it out.
I've used a dropshadow for the layer with the railings so the lightsource is from the top-left and all shadows in the opposite direction.
Can you specify whitch of the shadows are bugging you? and in what way?

Names:
Do you mean that Bob is a bit too far to the left?
Vertically the names should be symmetrical. Some are longer than others and thus creating an assymetrical feel. I could try adjusting them horizontally.

by **Fitz69** on Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:35 am

AndyDufresne wrote:
Maybe swap Suki and Pat or Terry, so Sam and Suki aren't next to each other, minor thing.
Consider slightly moving Big Oil's name so it isn't so near the border. Also the same goes for Newsweek, S. Floor, West and East Security. I assume you made 'East/West Security' not abbreviations so people could easily distinguish from E. Floor and W. Floor?

--Andy

Swap:
no prob.

Abbreviations:
No, abbreviated W and E. Floor due to the limited space i have. Should I abbreviate the West and East Secury as well?

Name placement:
I can move the crowded ones. now prob.

by **Fitz69** on Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:37 am

AndyDufresne wrote:
Honestly, I wasn't a fan of this map when you first started on it. But as usual, maps grow on me and I seem to like them more and more in time. This one is no exception.
--Andy

Nice to hear!

by **AndyDufresne** on Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:33 pm

Regarding the Bob...I think I glanced at the 'Old' version of the map. That's why I saw the right without the similar stair step.

--Andy

by **sfhbballnut** on Thu Jan 18, 2007 4:38 pm

I hadn't been following this map, and I just saw the latest image ana I must say wow, nice job

by **Coleman** on Sun Jan 21, 2007 2:22 am

I'm a big fan of this map, and I don't like seeing how far it has fallen on the first page of this thread. Beyond that looks good, want to see it final forged sometime.

by **for dummies** on Sun Jan 21, 2007 9:23 am

yeah where is fitz? i want to play this map

by **Fitz69** on Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:55 pm

Names: A few names Swapped/adjusted.
Rails: improved

And yes, all names on the small 600px-map are size boosted. Any larger and they start to clutter things up. Pity.

Regarding some crowding of names Vs details: It's a crowded map. Specifically the smaller one, so there's not much leeway there.
I can adjust things easily in the 800px one though. Noo problem.

by **Fitz69** on Tue Jan 23, 2007 2:58 pm

Coleman wrote:I'm a big fan of this map, and I don't like seeing how far it has fallen on the first page of this thread. Beyond that looks good, want to see it final forged sometime.