Legendary maps - what is the secret? :)

cherko · Unread postby **cherko** » 27 Feb 2006, 17:42

Maybe it's just me then, but I don't think those maps should be called "Legendary" if they're not uniqe.

Thelonious · Unread postby **Thelonious** » 28 Feb 2006, 18:26

Veldrynus wrote:Agreed. For every 250$ you send me, I create a map ( XL, undergound, with all good stuff you can imagine ) !

Just asking; how long would it take?

Veldrynus · Unread postby **Veldrynus** » 28 Feb 2006, 19:43

It depends...

ScarlettP · Unread postby **ScarlettP** » 01 Mar 2006, 03:38

Sorry, Vel. I can't afford that. I DID break down and send Kalah a copy of H4 WOW for Christmas '04, so he could play my frelling campaign that he ended up having a 'staring' role in... then he came up with some other lame reason why he couldn't play it.

YEESH! I think my generocity is tapped out.

DaemianLucifer · Unread postby **DaemianLucifer** » 01 Mar 2006, 07:47

Well,what did you expect from someone calling himself the great summoner?

Besides,we all know that vel would gladly continue making maps if we send him a jucy live wriggling white mouse every month

Veldrynus · Unread postby **Veldrynus** » 01 Mar 2006, 13:12

DaemianLucifer wrote: Besides,we all know that vel would gladly continue making maps if we send him a jucy live wriggling white mouse every month

Especially, if the box transporting the mouse is made of gold.

Thelonious · Unread postby **Thelonious** » 02 Mar 2006, 19:40

Veldrynus wrote:It depends...

On the tip?

Veldrynus · Unread postby **Veldrynus** » 02 Mar 2006, 20:38

I prefer the term 'bribe'.

ScarlettP · Unread postby **ScarlettP** » 03 Mar 2006, 11:54

ScarlettP · Unread postby **ScarlettP** » 03 Mar 2006, 12:01

I'm re-playing WildBear's Back to the Ring right now. After doing Vel's "Rate a Mini Map" survey (Where did that thread go?) I realized that you really CAN NOT rate a map on just the way the mini map looks. Some of the games that I have enjoyed the most had rather so-so looking mini maps... but were decorated well and enjoyable to play.

So, although picture maps tend to get the most attention, they aren't nessessarily good GAMES. Maybe that's why so many of us rave over Angels are Back and Draconic, because they are both beautiful to look at and challenging games. While I thought Planeswalker had some of the most inovative map making elements and an great narative.

Ururam Tururam · Unread postby **Ururam Tururam** » 03 Mar 2006, 12:54

ScarlettP wrote: Maybe that's why so many of us rave over Angels are Back and Draconic, because they are both beautiful to look at and challenging games.

Heh heh, they look nice but they are hard to finish. :-] Making "angels" I've assumed that a sexy girl would sell herself well

and I was right, many people want to play this game because of the minimap. I hope that the skul minimap of Song of Wraith (which I am still translating, having very little time for it, sigh) would be popular because of its look too. But it is quite easy for a careful player.

Thelonious · Unread postby **Thelonious** » 03 Mar 2006, 16:15

ScarlettP wrote:So, although picture maps tend to get the most attention, they aren't nessessarily good GAMES.

I usually go for maps that don't have a minimap like confetti thrown in the air. I, myself, try and create minimaps that could be seen somewhere on this world. I also tend to make a little corner of the former map on to the next one in my (thrown away) campaign. I think I'll do it again this try.

wimfrits · Unread postby **wimfrits** » 03 Mar 2006, 16:36

ScarlettP wrote:So, although picture maps tend to get the most attention, they aren't nessessarily good GAMES.

Agreed. I actually automatically like maps with picture minimaps less than 'normal' maps.
A picture minimap will most likely mean that gameplay has in some degree been sacrificed in order to make the picture minimap possible. Gameplay is more important to me than visuals.

cherko · Unread postby **cherko** » 03 Mar 2006, 18:12

Many picture maps are actually big dissapointments Such a nice minimap, such a crappy map. Draconic is very good, tho.

Ururam Tururam · Unread postby **Ururam Tururam** » 05 Mar 2006, 11:05

Thelonious wrote: I, myself, try and create minimaps that could be seen somewhere on this world.

Something like this:

?

cherko · Unread postby **cherko** » 05 Mar 2006, 15:35

I honestly didn't like that minimap. Looked so... weird.

Thelonious · Unread postby **Thelonious** » 05 Mar 2006, 16:02

Ururam Tururam wrote:Something like this: ?

Yeah something like that; just a bit less profesional

Veldrynus · Unread postby **Veldrynus** » 05 Mar 2006, 17:28

@ Ururam Tururam

According to the current status in the Minimap Rating Test, this minimap has the 7'th best rating out of 188 with 3.8 points. Max point is 4.2 while the lowest is 1.1.

@ Everybody

I need more help here. See this link for details :
viewtopic.php?t=1036

Thelonious · Unread postby **Thelonious** » 05 Mar 2006, 17:59

I wanted to link it in my sig - but my sig became to big, so I left it out. You could link it though.

Ururam Tururam · Unread postby **Ururam Tururam** » 05 Mar 2006, 21:52

cherko wrote:I honestly didn't like that minimap. Looked so... weird.

Oh, the real author of this shape is God Allmighty who created the island of Newfoundland which this minimap is quite a detailed image.

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