High Seas Map [Abandoned - new project thread]

[johloh]

-font is really bad, and unreadable in some locations
-borders of the continents (land) look too pixelated

[ViscountGort]

Oaktown thanks for bumping this thread, i appreciate it. and thanks to everyone for your input .

I'm coming to the end of a major year-long project at uni, which is monopolising all my time at the moment, but i'll start working on a big update soon, incorporating a lot of the ideas put forward. Most of them have been really good .

Thanks again everyone, please keep any suggestions you have coming,

ViscountGort.

[Nikolai]

I like the idea a lot. A script font is good, but I think that's overkill. In the interest of navigational accuracy, there should be a doldrums in the Atlantic as well. Other than that, I like the image.

[Jack0827]

i like how this map is progresing keep it up

[joystickgenie]

You’re missing an ocean. As of 2006 all water under 60° S latitude is considered the southern ocean and not part of the Atlantic, Pacific or Indian oceans. But that’s just nit picking

[luckiekevin]

Amazing job!! Let's do this. This is just a beautiful map. Graphics are wonderful and fitting.

[Master Bush]

This might become my favorite map when it comes out.

[boberz]

beware aritc ocean may start to have too much power so wehn bonuses implemented be very careful

[CliffyQS]

I like the idea very much and look forward to sinking my coworkers!

[wrightfan123]

Dude, I can't even read the text. Quit making it overly fancy and simplify it.

[oaktown]

this is a big old BUMP from a project abandoned in April.

I've PM'd ViscountGort about this, but as he seems to have left us (no activity in over four months) I'm wondering if anybody would object to me taking over this project. I felt pretty close to the early development of this map, and while I'd like to start over on the graphics and we could certainly improve upon the bonus structure, I like the general idea.

thoughts?

[dominationnation]

If you want to then i say go right ahead.

[Keredrex]

First time Ive seen it .. Looks awesome dude..
Few suggestions....

1. I think you need to change the font.... maybe put up a few options for a vote to be cast....

2. I noticed that the connection between the caribean and cocos ridge has a faded look representing the opposing side... I think it should loof faded but have a similar color to the water... It would make the SHAPES of the Continents a bit more pronounced and easier to see which in turn makes the WATER territories easier to see

[ViscountGort]

Hey oaktown, this is the first time i've logged on to cc in many months, apologies to you (and also keyogi) for not responding to the PMs you sent a while back.

Thought I'd let you know here that I have no objection to you taking over this project, and I hope it works out well for you.

I'll come back on now and then and see how you're getting on with it.

Thanks for PMing first by the way.

V Gort.

[oaktown]

Hey oaktown, this is the first time i've logged on to cc in many months, apologies to you (and also keyogi) for not responding to the PMs you sent a while back.

Thought I'd let you know here that I have no objection to you taking over this project, and I hope it works out well for you.

I'll come back on now and then and see how you're getting on with it.

Thanks for PMing first by the way.

V Gort.

Glad you approve, Gort... I still intend to work on this, although I've thrown myself into berlin and I'd like to move that along first. I think this will be a great map.

[spinwizard]

IS THIS STILL RUNNING?

[cairnswk]

IS THIS STILL RUNNING?

Why don't you contact Oaktown and see if oaktown is going to run with this map...he seems to have indicated that in the previous post.

[oaktown]

I'm willing to take it up because I think it'd be a fun project, but I got distracted by Duck and Cover. If somebody else wants to take it by all means do.

I actually started working on it a few weeks ago and I created a base image for the small map. I intend to get back to it, but again if somebody else wants to run with it you have my blessing!

here's all I've done... please, this is by no means intended as a request for feedback on the image!

[spinwizard]

Thats good lol, work on it!

[ViscountGort]

I love it oaktown

Hope you decide to pick it up again at some point. Duck & Cover looks great by the way.

All the best,
Rt. Hon. Viscount Gort

[oaktown]

it will happen... I keep finding other maps to distract myself with.

[oaktown]

just wanted to BUMP this ahead of the Seven Seas map since that one is dead and this one isn't... I have every intention of working on it, unless somebody else thinks they can do it justice.

[Blitzaholic]

UPDATE:
Version 2.2:








There's no longer any need to vote in the poll as the layout of the map has now been set as it is, with the split down the Americas (i.e. neither poll option).
[Results of the poll for the records...
Where should the map be divided?
Down the midatlantic 39% [ 26 ]
Down the middle of Africa 60% [ 40 ]
Total Votes : 66 ]

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I thought it would be interesting to create a map in which the territories are not land areas at all, but rather regions of the oceans.

Below is a draft of the sort of structure I had in mind.

See above for current updated image.
The original can be viewed here.

6 continents, 40 countries. Bonuses still to be decided.

The Midtlantic Ridge and Midpacific Seamounts provide impassable boundaries lying between the E & W Atlantic and the N & S Pacific. These are both real geographical features.

Clearly it still needs considerable work visually, but I wanted to gauge early opinion on whether or not this could become a workable map.

Any comments welcome.

EDIT:: I've just discovered that another map exists in suspended development based on exactly the same idea, which I didn't know while I was producing this map or even when I posted it up here an hour ago. By coincidence some of the territories have the same or similar names.

I like it