Alaska map (Request to lock or delete)

http://s3.bitefight.org/c.php?uid=76785 · by **Solus** on Wed Jul 25, 2007 10:07 am

Solus wrote:
lanyards wrote:how do I make them better?

Maybe a different color, one that would go with the map without blending in...
light gray maybe? Right now they look fuzzy where as the map is very defined in its color scheme...

Bringing this up because it was never replied to.

Solus wrote:P.S. Can Denali (re-named Seward) attack Palmer or not?(another reason why it looks funny)You see the mountains don't extend to the ocean nor do they bypass the border.

This parts more important!

by **fohr_fun** on Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:08 pm

The mountain thing can be fudged with a little. we have to so that the bonues and boarders will be more fair

by **oaktown** on Sat Sep 15, 2007 10:03 am

Hi Lanyards, nice work so far. I usually don't like maps of US states because they lack appeal, but Alaska is such a mystery even to Americans that this might work.

You've got the beginnings of a cool color palette that represents an arctic climate... can you develop that a bit more? The yellow is especially bright compared to everything else.

I'd love to see some Alaska-specific features... Denali? Glaciers? Bears?

To the east of Alaska you have the same blue background as the ocean, giving the impression that Alaska is a big island. If you were to show the northern border of Canada you could fill it with a more subtle color and use that as your legend background instead of the fuzzy rectangle, which doesn't really match anything else on the map.

The mountains look like bits of twine... if you're working in photoshop I can suggest a tutorial for an effect that may better approximate mountains. Once the mountains are figued out you can just say in the legend that mountains are unpassable borders and lose the box.

Somebody has probably already pointed out that "Fairanks" may be missing a letter.

In terms of playability, it's very straightforward, which could be good or bad. You might want to add some features that spice up game play... bonus for oil rigs? Control of the pipeline? And if you're going to add oil bonuses, you could also give "enrivonmentalalist bonuses" for controlling protected lands.

OK, these are my initial thoughts. Keep up the good work!

This map has been bumped by the PGD, dedicated to respecting and supporting mapmakers.

by **fohr_fun** on Fri Oct 19, 2007 12:07 am

I think the colors are great. You could add Canada if you want but other maps make it look like their continents are big islands too.

Correct the spelling of fairbanks and put this map on CC

by **bloknayrb** on Fri Oct 19, 2007 3:24 am

It seems to me like the territories all the way on the right in the blue continent are kind of dead space... you have to go pretty far out of the way to take them, and they don't lead anywhere else. Otherwise this looks cool.

by **lanyards** on Wed Nov 14, 2007 12:32 am

Bump. Should I keep trying, cuase it seems like veryone lost interest. Let me know.

by **oaktown** on Wed Nov 14, 2007 1:25 am

lanyards wrote:Bump. Should I keep trying, cuase it seems like veryone lost interest. Let me know.

You will find that unless you keep pumping out new versions you'll lose your Foundry support. If you read back through the last few posts you have a lot of ideas/suggestions that were made since your last update, whenever that was.

That said, Alaska may not have much appeal. It's not a region that many people have much connection with so you'll have to come up with something special to attract a lot of support.

by **lanyards** on Wed Nov 14, 2007 4:04 pm

Ok, thanks for all your help.

by **unriggable** on Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:06 pm

Title: Keep going with map. I like it.

by **Coleman** on Wed Nov 14, 2007 6:04 pm

I think if you did just the city in Alaska that floats on water (or at least parts of it do) with the crazy stairways everywhere that it would be awesome.

Sorry I can't think of the name of it right now.

Err, but since this isn't in map ideas, yeah keep going with this. :lol:

by **lanyards** on Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:24 pm

Coleman wrote:I think if you did just the city in Alaska that floats on water (or at least parts of it do) with the crazy stairways everywhere that it would be awesome.

Sorry I can't think of the name of it right now.

Err, but since this isn't in map ideas, yeah keep going with this.

I like this idea, would the city you were thinking of be called Wrangell?