On the Aesthetics of the Adventure Map

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On the Aesthetics of the Adventure Map

Unread postby Falsted » 03 Mar 2006, 19:15

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On the Aesthetics of the Adventure Map

Unread postby Falsted » 03 Mar 2006, 19:15

A very interesting read, with some nice shots to go along :)

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On the Aesthetics of the Adventure Map

Unread postby Gnoll_Mage » 03 Mar 2006, 19:21

What is meant by "interactive landscape"? Swamp lands creating disease for hero's creatures, etc?
Edited on Fri, Mar 03 2006, 12:25 by Gnoll_Mage

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Unread postby Vlaad II » 03 Mar 2006, 22:56

"What is meant by "interactive landscape"? Swamp lands creating disease for hero's creatures, etc?"



No, interactive would mean the landscape could be changed as a result of the player's actions, e.g. in Age of Wonders 2 you can cast the Ice Age spell, which freezes the crops and rivers... or gain a Path of Decay ability and destroy the woods and fields in your wake... or cast Rejuvenate and thus undo the first two effects!



Such changes on the adventure map affect the gameplay, of course - not only your global strategy but also your combat tactics. Naturally, the feature shouldn't unbalance the game as a whole but add certain depth.



P.S. Perhaps you are more familiar with Warcraft 3, where you can cut the forest in order to get resources and create passages...
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On the Aesthetics of the Adventure Map

Unread postby Hambone » 04 Mar 2006, 17:00

great piece -- i really enjoyed reading it.
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On the Aesthetics of the Adventure Map

Unread postby Orfinn » 04 Mar 2006, 18:32

great stuff, looks promising!

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On the Aesthetics of the Adventure Map

Unread postby pacobac » 04 Mar 2006, 18:37

great text !!!

H4 is a very good game since equilibris (i mean multi player game)

The Heroes IV editor is amazing but very difficult and the good user of it are amazing too, thanks them for good maps !!!




Edited on Sat, Mar 04 2006, 11:38 by pacobac

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On the Aesthetics of the Adventure Map

Unread postby Akul » 05 Nov 2006, 13:08

Now that H5 editor has been released long time ago, will you update this article?



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