Arctic Revamp ! (?)

by **ManBungalow** on Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:03 pm

The original map has interesting gameplay, but fairly obsolete graphics now.
I've kept the layout and region names the same, and doctored the graphics.

Click image to enlarge.

Obviously, this is a fairly rough draft and it is more than welcoming for improvements.

It will also need an XML update, if it goes any further through the foundry, seeing how I've shuffled some of the region circles around and made the image itself a litte bigger.

I'm considering messing an alternate version of this map around to suit the colourblind too.

So tell me what you think to the colours, the legend, or anything else. And please tell me if you think that an Arctic revamp is not necessary!

ManB

by **Silent Killer** on Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:22 pm

The original map looks flat, and if a revamp was to be done, I'd like to see the sea and land in a more "rounded" map, like really viewing the earth from high up in the clouds.

This can be achieved with better graphics, which you've already done a sterling job opposed to the original, but also with latitude and longtitude lines added in.

So, to answer your question, yes, a re-vamp would do the trick.

SK

by **whitestazn88** on Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:22 pm

eh, i like the arctic map the way it is right now, simple gameplay, looks clean. your version seems too doodle earth-like... not a fan of that especially the font and how the legend depicts the bonuses.

by **RjBeals** on Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:38 pm

the draft looks like it has potential - but i would suggest focusing on a new project. Revamps are hard to come by.

by **oaktown** on Wed Jul 15, 2009 5:55 pm

Agreed, folks don't like change around here. There are plenty of good new ideas out there that will make folks happy. When you go changing a map you get stones thrown at your head.

Plus, this would require the consent of the original mapmaker.

by **ManBungalow** on Fri Jul 17, 2009 11:55 am

oaktown wrote:Agreed, folks don't like change around here. There are plenty of good new ideas out there that will make folks happy. When you go changing a map you get stones thrown at your head.

Plus, this would require the consent of the original mapmaker.

OKay, no worries.

Send this away to the dead projects bin then.