Need advice on map making

[Liltiger67 57]

So, I'm very new to creating maps and thought it would be fun to create something Halloween-y since October is right around the corner.

I did these...

On one, I lowered the terrain a bit. 

I'm showing both because higher terrain shows the Jack-O-Lantern design better, but the lower terrain seems better to build on.

1.  How did I do as far as map making goes?

2.  Which one is better?

3. Is either one of these worth sharing with the community?

Thanks much!!!

[CorinaMarie 29,894]

I love maps and maps creation! That's an interesting one you've got going.

I do believe way, way more flat closer to (but higher than) water level would be better. Both versions above look like they'd all be hillside building and difficult to work with.

[Liltiger67 57]

1 minute ago, CorinaMarie said:

I love maps and maps creation! That's an interesting one you've got going.

I do believe way, way more flat closer to (but higher than) water level would be better. Both versions above look like they'd all be hillside building and difficult to work with.

I was thinking the same thing, but, how do I keep the look of the "mouth" portion while lowering the rest of the terrain?

[CorinaMarie 29,894]

Are you rendering from a grayscale image?

[Liltiger67 57]

3 minutes ago, CorinaMarie said:

Are you rendering from a grayscale image?

Yes, I am.  I'm using Photoshop CS6 to edit (darken, blur, etc.)

[CorinaMarie 29,894]

Sounds like you are already on the right track then. Just darken the lightest parts and that will lower the terrain where you do.

[CorinaMarie 29,894]

I grabbed an image off the net. While I did search for free, I'm not sure Google honored that so I'll only post this as an example.

It was black and white to start with. I changed the black pumpkin to RGB(87,87,87) and the white water to RGB(80,80,80).

It could use a bit of shifting so bridges could be better built across its mouth if this were to be released. (It's not so it's just an example.)

[Liltiger67 57]

Just now, CorinaMarie said:

Sounds like you are already on the right track then. Just darken the lightest parts and that will lower the terrain where you do.

 

1 minute ago, CorinaMarie said:

I grabbed an image off the net. While I did search for free, I'm not sure Google honored that so I'll only post this as an example.

It was black and white to start with. I changed the black pumpkin to RGB(87,87,87) and the white water to RGB(80,80,80).

It could use a bit of shifting so bridges could be better built across its mouth if this were to be released. (It's not so it's just an example.)

Thank you so much for the example.  I have to learn about the RGB numbers.

[CorinaMarie 29,894]

5 minutes ago, liltiger67 said:

I have to learn about the RGB numbers.

For grayscale mapping like this, the important one is (83, 83, 83) as the last underwater number. That's jut barely under by one meter as sea level is 250 meters in the game.

Then, by default, each difference in gray color shade translates to 3 meters in the game. (Tho that can be adjusted with an exemplar edit.) So 83 x 3 = 249 and that's why it's still technically water. In the game it'll look like wet beach which you cannot build on.

[Liltiger67 57]

2 minutes ago, CorinaMarie said:

For grayscale mapping like this, the important one is (83, 83, 83) as the last underwater number. That's jut barely under by one meter as sea level is 250 meters in the game.

Then, by default, each difference in gray color shade translates to 3 meters in the game. (Tho that can be adjusted with an exemplar edit.) So 83 x 3 = 249 and that's why it's still technically water. In the game it'll look like wet beach which you cannot build on.

Thanks so much!!  I'm learning lots.

[CorinaMarie 29,894]

Just now, liltiger67 said:

I'm learning lots.

While it'll be different than what you are working on, you can learn some cool mapping stuff in my tutorial: C.O.R.I.M.A.P.S.

[Liltiger67 57]

5 minutes ago, CorinaMarie said:

While it'll be different than what you are working on, you can learn some cool mapping stuff in my tutorial: C.O.R.I.M.A.P.S.

[Liltiger67 57]

1 hour ago, CorinaMarie said:

While it'll be different than what you are working on, you can learn some cool mapping stuff in my tutorial: C.O.R.I.M.A.P.S.

So, I worked on these today.

Any input?

[CorinaMarie 29,894]

2 minutes ago, liltiger67 said:

Any input?

Well done. Those are buildable.

[Liltiger67 57]

1 minute ago, CorinaMarie said:

Well done. Those are buildable.

Think anyone else would be interested in using them?  I don't want to post anything that nobody will want.

[CorinaMarie 29,894]

Just now, liltiger67 said:

Think anyone else would be interested in using them?

My guess is a handful of peeps might. It certainly doesn't hurt to upload them to find out.

I confess I won't play them and prolly many peeps won't either.

However, even if just one single person gets excited and does want them, then that makes their day and it's worth providing your maps just for them.