The Alphabet [updated 8 March]

by **Puff** on Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:48 pm

The small version

The big version

Number of countries: 156

I think this map would be good for big games (triples and such)

Let me know what you think

by **DiM** on Tue Mar 06, 2007 5:58 pm

too many countries too few continents.
and why do blue and violet have the same bonus? blue has 4 borders and vilet has 13 :shock:

the idea needs a lot of work.

maybe the vowels can attack eachother, maybe split each alphabet in smaller parts. at the moment the playability is very slim.

nobody will be able to hold a continent.

by **AK_iceman** on Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:08 pm

This is a map?!? Good Lord, what will they think of next? :roll:

by **DiM** on Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:21 pm

don't be mean to him look at my first maps and see what horrible things i did and now after only 5-6 days i'm able to do something nice.
i think any new idea has potential but that potential has to be harnessed and sculpted.

by **XenHu** on Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:22 pm

My eyes!

-X

by **viper500089** on Tue Mar 06, 2007 6:29 pm

XenHu wrote::shock:

My eyes!

-X

no offense but i agree it's to bright and we need more creative maps but keep trying you can do it it's just not today. :wink:

if you know what i mean

by **PassIsPaws** on Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:17 pm

good lord this is just as bad as my hand drawn civil war map -.-

by **Qwert** on Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:22 pm

I want to say.....hmmm, i think that..... maybe you can......its better for you its..... shortly, you will have to do a lot work, if you want to impres a people.

by **Gilligan** on Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:47 pm

AK_iceman wrote:This is a map?!? Good Lord, what will they think of next?

by **Geographical** on Tue Mar 06, 2007 7:56 pm

the bonuses are way too hard to get!!

by **Loki557** on Tue Mar 06, 2007 8:49 pm

by **Puff** on Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:10 am

How about these

by **XenHu** on Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:19 am

They look kind of...squashed...

-X

by **Puff** on Wed Mar 07, 2007 9:19 am

XenHu wrote::shock:

They look kind of...squashed...

-X

What do you mean

by **Enigma** on Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:03 am

to be perfectly honest i dont think this is the best idea 4 a map...letters and numbers make rather dull territories. there are a bunch of great ideas in the idea thread if you really want to make a map.

by **Puff** on Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:06 am

Does anyone like the map

by **PassIsPaws** on Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:01 pm

sorry but it looks too much like my soup...

by **Puff** on Thu Mar 08, 2007 10:16 am

PassIsPaws wrote:sorry but it looks too much like my soup...

Well how about this;

by **DiM** on Thu Mar 08, 2007 11:00 am

puff forget about paint. you won't make a decent map. go to Map Making tool thread and start using some of those programs. even if a map has a great idea nobody will want it if it has bad graphics.

after you learn how to make a beautiful image think of the gameplay.

asks yourself.
1. would i play this map?
2. is it balanced?
3. what strategy options do i have?
4. is it fit for all game types (standard assasin team, etc)?

your map at the moment has no appeal. besides the graphics the gameplay sucks. a bunch of letters that attack eachother, no continents no bonuses no impassable borders.

by **Puff** on Thu Mar 08, 2007 12:40 pm

DiM wrote:puff forget about paint. you won't make a decent map. go to Map Making tool thread and start using some of those programs. even if a map has a great idea nobody will want it if it has bad graphics.

after you learn how to make a beautiful image think of the gameplay.

asks yourself.
1. would i play this map?
2. is it balanced?
3. what strategy options do i have?
4. is it fit for all game types (standard assasin team, etc)?

your map at the moment has no appeal. besides the graphics the gameplay sucks. a bunch of letters that attack eachother, no continents no bonuses no impassable borders.

1. Its not paint (I decided not to use it). Though I do agree its (the map) a far....far cry from other maps.
2. I'll work on the graphics and try some MORE of the tools avalable (I am now using combine MS publisher and Adobe Photoshop)
3. Once I have that I'll work on strategies.
4. Even though it sucks now I will like people to look at it and I will post the new version in this thread.

Thanks for the tips I'll work on it

by **DiM** on Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:12 pm

Puff wrote:1. Its not paint (I decided not to use it). Though I do agree its (the map) a far....far cry from other maps.
2. I'll work on the graphics and try some MORE of the tools avalable (I am now using combine MS publisher and Adobe Photoshop)
3. Once I have that I'll work on strategies.
4. Even though it sucks now I will like people to look at it and I will post the new version in this thread.

Thanks for the tips I'll work on it

i don't know about ms publisher but photoshop is very good and you can definitely improve the graphics. just try every tool you have experiment a lot and see what you get. and most importantly be patient. check out the Map Making Tips & Tricks thread.

about the gameplay. this needs a lot of work, maybe even more than the graphics.

try something different.

imagine the map as a bowl of alphabet soup with letters floating around and forming various words. each letter is a country and each word a continent. do attacking routes and create some impassable borders (like noodles or a spoon or even ripples in the soup)

now imagine how that would look like and what a nice gameplay it would have. add a face of a dumb kid reflecting in the soup and you have a master piece.

by **Wisse** on Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:34 pm

the first one was better

but you must work everything out, even the borders of the characters

by **Qwert** on Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:57 pm

You must have some borders and interesting map, not just put letters and say"do you love this" These map can not impres people, try something more interesting.

by **Guiscard** on Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:59 pm

A really boring theme I'm afriad. There are plenty of good ideas in the ideas thread, why not pick one of those?

by **Jack0827** on Thu Mar 08, 2007 4:07 pm

try out dims idea of alphabet soup. I liked it alot and it could work out very well

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