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Silvanus wrote:perch is a North Korean agent to infiltrate south Korean girls
perchorin wrote:I'm not sure I like the gameplay on this map at all the way you have it now. Maybe some kind of objective victory conditions would encourage people to do more than just stack on the cities. Also so many game settings would be rough here i.e. flat rate/no spoils and adjacent forts. Of course you can say people shouldn't play a map that way but as long as we can't filter certain maps out of random it's bound to happen. Last of all, you misspelled "Kentucky" in both the map and the legend. As for what to call it--you could call it "Old Northwest" as that was the name of that exact region in the early years of U.S. expansion.
I like it, but mostly because it's Ohio, though I am disappoint Columbus isn't a +3 or 4 auto-deploy. Cleveland and Cincinnati are actually smaller in population and smaller than size (neglecting suburbs).
Interesting gameplay, though. Rather heavy on the auto-deploys and not so much on the deployable.
I'm not sure I like the gameplay on this map at all the way you have it now. Maybe some kind of objective victory conditions would encourage people to do more than just stack on the cities.
Also so many game settings would be rough here i.e. flat rate/no spoils and adjacent forts. Of course you can say people shouldn't play a map that way but as long as we can't filter certain maps out of random it's bound to happen.
Well, the legend seems way too large. There's no way you're going to need that much room for it.
The map itself seems to cut off a bit abruptly on the right side. Pennsylvania looks cramped in that corner, I think you could increase the cropping or move it to the right a bit.
Also, I know this is just a draft, but you should start by redoing the map tracing. Take heed from your experiences in the Africa map, and this time pay more attention to the line work of the borders. And turn on the damn anti-aliasing when you draw, dammit.
Actually if I remember right, this area was part of Virginia. The Northwest territory included Minnesota, Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, Iowa.
isaiah40 wrote:perchorin wrote:I'm not sure I like the gameplay on this map at all the way you have it now. Maybe some kind of objective victory conditions would encourage people to do more than just stack on the cities. Also so many game settings would be rough here i.e. flat rate/no spoils and adjacent forts. Of course you can say people shouldn't play a map that way but as long as we can't filter certain maps out of random it's bound to happen. Last of all, you misspelled "Kentucky" in both the map and the legend. As for what to call it--you could call it "Old Northwest" as that was the name of that exact region in the early years of U.S. expansion.
Actually if I remember right, this area was part of Virginia. The Northwest territory included Minnesota, Wisconsin, Upper Michigan, Iowa.
Silvanus wrote:perch is a North Korean agent to infiltrate south Korean girls
Interesting, I like it, but thats cause I don't like the USA map pack of the similar region, this is refreshingly simple and clean.
One major thing stands oput to me needing clarification: to hold the road bonus, does one need to hold the cities as well, for example, Cleveland to Cincinnati do I need to hold Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnatti?
I think you could do a farm patchwork design as a texture to emphasize the farmland and it would be pretty cool
Is Wisconsin playable? If not you should grey it out or something.
And you'v got some serious pixelization on those rivers.
Get some territory names on there and you'll be good to move on to the Main Foundry
isaiah40 wrote:Please, please use the [BigImg] tags!
isaiah40 wrote:Please, please use the [BigImg] tags!
RjBeals wrote:Doesn't the heartland include like Iowa and the Dakotas? I like the layout you have here. Looks interesting with the straight borders and then the curvy Mississippi under it. Looking forward to what sort of Americana graphics you come up with.
RjBeals wrote:Doesn't the heartland include like Iowa and the Dakotas? I like the layout you have here. Looks interesting with the straight borders and then the curvy Mississippi under it. Looking forward to what sort of Americana graphics you come up with.
Industrial Helix wrote:And by curvy mississippi do you mean the curvy Ohio river?
AndyDufresne wrote:I think every state in the Midwest believes they are a part of the Heartland, and lots of things in the Midwest are named Heartland. In fact, University of Wisconsin and the University of Iowa have a traveling trophy called the 'Heartland Trophy' for NCAA Football.
--Andy
natty_dread wrote:So, how do you plan on players to start on this?
If it starts as a random drop, it will be very unequal, with all the +1 for x bonuses... but if everyone starts with just a city, and the cities can attack each other, then... first round eliminations.
I think this needs to be solved first.
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