Gotham City ?

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Just a quick idea , I'm new to the game but a Gotham City themed map would be awesome ! I would like to know more about the coding for the actual map variants myself ; but I'm horrible with even HTML ! I could have the wife come up with a decent enough rough drawing ; but the coding part I'm lost on !

[ZeakCytho]

The XML for maps is all described here. The more complex the map, the more complex the XML, but if you get stuck, someone from the foundry can help you.

I'm not sure a Gotham City map would work, though, for copyright reasons.

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Gotcha , thanks much for the reply ! Maybe I'll call it Gothic City ?!? Let me see what I can come up with on the XML side of things and I'll post what I've got !

[ZeakCytho]

Gotcha , thanks much for the reply ! Maybe I'll call it Gothic City ?!? Let me see what I can come up with on the XML side of things and I'll post what I've got !

Honestly, don't worry about the XML yet. You won't need to have it done until the very end of the mapmaking process. Focus first on getting a draft out (post in the drafts subforum) and give the basics of the graphical and gameplay style of the map. After a while, you'll be moved to the main foundry where the gameplay and graphics are almost perfected. Then you move to the Final Forge, where you do the XML and any final graphical/gameplay tweaks before the map is "quenched" and then put up for live play.

One thing you might want to do first is make sure the XML can accommodate whatever gameplay features you have planned - if it can't, there's a thread for requesting new XML features. If it can, then you're all set, but don't worry about writing it yet.

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Dude , you are SUPER-INFORMATIVE ! Working on the gameplay and graphical specifics now . Hope I can get this on the site cuz' I'm a Conquer Club addict ! ( Even though I haven't won a lot a games yet ! )

[Skittles!]

Make sure it's not done in Paint either. Doesn't always work well..

[s_uperdave]

this would be a cool game. I would like to help.

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My wife has come up with an awesome design , I should be able to get it into the Foundry soon ! I may need some help with the XML but we will see as time goes on . Sorry it's been a minute since I suggested this but I work WAY too much !!!!