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Postby Black Warior on Fri May 25, 2007 10:51 am

mate you know how to make a map, it's superb i like it mystic and the graphic it's grate a bit of touch on the edges and it's ready to play!
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Postby Kaplowitz on Fri May 25, 2007 11:55 am

If u go to http://www.1001freefonts.com, there is a font called "Dracula's Blood" i think. Just in case u wanted to use that.
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Postby ga7 on Fri May 25, 2007 12:20 pm

KEYOGI wrote:No drama in regards to the copyright then, thanks for clearing that up.

Great, I'm glad this part is cleared!
The Random One wrote:I can't agree, since the textures are so heavy I can't make out how it plays.

Well, hopefully next draft will be clearer, because I don't have much to do without feedback on gameplay currently lol
hulmey wrote:Is this your artwork or have just copied and stuck a legend on?

You can see on the first post the original map we use as background. Androol made the rest. Not really a copy/paste :wink:
DiM wrote:bram stoker never said he inspired his work from vlad tepes. it's all speculation. yes everything points to vlad tepes and probably that was the inspiration source but we have no proof of that. :roll:

Well, we thought of using Vlad's name but we'll stick to the romanesque version of Stocker :D
Syzygy wrote:I think this map has great potential.

Considering that this is the 1st draft, I'm impressed.

Black Warior wrote:mate you know how to make a map, it's superb i like it mystic and the graphic it's grate a bit of touch on the edges and it's ready to play!

Thanks for the compliments, I'm sure this will take a long while to develop but it's always nice to receive encouragement :wink:
Kaplowitz wrote:If u go to http://www.1001freefonts.com, there is a font called "Dracula's Blood" i think. Just in case u wanted to use that.

Thanks for the tip, I was making prospects on another fonts site, I'll check this one out too!
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Postby Kaplowitz on Fri May 25, 2007 12:23 pm

ga7 wrote:Thanks for the tip, I was making prospects on another fonts site, I'll check this one out too!

http://www.1001freefonts.com/bfonts8.htm is the link, u have to scroll down
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Postby The Random One on Sat May 26, 2007 6:06 pm

DiM wrote:bram stoker never said he inspired his work from vlad tepes. it's all speculation. yes everything points to vlad tepes and probably that was the inspiration source but we have no proof of that. :roll:


Well... er... you're ugly.

:D Yeah, you're right. I faintly recall reading something about Stoker saying he just chose a random name from old European aristocracy. So, Stoker's Dracula has nothing but the name from Mr. Tepes. Sorry about that. :oops:

Now let's get back to the map. Here's hoping the next draft will be great.
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Postby ga7 on Tue May 29, 2007 6:52 am

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Well, before making more drastic changes, we want to see if this version is clearer to figure out or not :)

Changes :
-Textures softened
-Rivers thinned
-Borders changed
-Title & blood added

- To Do List :
-Some borders to fix
-Some names to change
-Legend to clean up :P
- ...
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Postby DiM on Tue May 29, 2007 7:20 am

sorry no. and i think no matter how much you soften the texture it will still look odd. it's simple actually you have a background that represents an old hand drawn map and on top of it some really modern looking and colorful textures. plus the textures aren't complimentary at all. they don't work well with eachother.
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Postby KEYOGI on Tue May 29, 2007 7:47 am

My suggestion would be to go back to square one. Use the original artwork as a reference, but draw your own map from scratch and lose the textures. The end result will be something much more coherent and pleasing to the eye.
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Postby The Random One on Tue May 29, 2007 9:49 am

Yeah, it's still too heavy, but at least now I can see what it's like :D I like the background texture, with the blood drops, you could make the whole map more like it. Keep the blood off the legend, tho, it makes it too hard to read.

Gameplay wise, it looks good, as far as I can see. I kind of like the Roms Road continent, spanning across the map, although it'd be too hard to hold. But, focus on the graphic aspect for now.
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Postby Bodmanbod on Tue May 29, 2007 10:10 am

please get rid of the horrible textures! it makes the map impossible to see.
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