Iceland [Abandoned]

Jafnhár · Post by **Jafnhár** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 8:58 am

DiM wrote:the mountains are so tiny i can barely see them.

OK, bigger next update.

On another note, does anyone else feel that Suður-Þingeyjarsýsla is too big and an ugly territory?

Gozar · Post by **Gozar** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 12:51 pm

I feel you need more continents. Four seems like a very small number.

Jafnhár · Post by **Jafnhár** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 3:08 pm

Gozar wrote:I feel you need more continents. Four seems like a very small number.

Well, having four continents was the original idea and from now, it will be hard to add one. :/ This is supposed to be a small map anyway, I'll see what I can do.

Update:

Added two territories and two impassable rivers.

32 territories make:

0 neutral zones in a 2 player game
2 neutral zones in a 3 player game
0 neutral zones in a 4 player game
2 neutral zones in a 5 player game
2 neutral zones in a 6 player game

KEYOGI · Post by **KEYOGI** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:12 pm

Something needs to be done about the text in Vestfirdir or change the colour of the continent. I'm not particularly fond of any of the colours for that matter. Perhaps stick to one shade of a colour for each continent and choose some nicer colours, maybe something that reflects Iceland.

Jafnhár · Post by **Jafnhár** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:26 pm

KEYOGI wrote:Something needs to be done about the text in Vestfirdir or change the colour of the continent. I'm not particularly fond of any of the colours for that matter. Perhaps stick to one shade of a colour for each continent and choose some nicer colours, maybe something that reflects Iceland.

I'm aware of the names in Vestfirðir but I have not done anything yet since I might have to change quite a few of the names there. I decided to make the colours a bit darker as they approach the middle of the map, trying to reflex the increasing height. If you dislike it, I'll have to change it in the next update.

Since you are a cartography assistant, do you have any comments about the gameplay on this map in general? Are just four continents hopeless?

KEYOGI · Post by **KEYOGI** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 4:48 pm

I think more continents would be better for gameplay. You could use the following and combine some of the smaller areas or have some +1 bonuses.

For the change in colour tone, I would perhaps consider a fade/gradient style across the whole map if you're trying to reflect height variation. Also, most maps from my knowledge show an increase in height as ligther rather than darker.

fireedud · Post by **fireedud** » Sat Apr 21, 2007 6:02 pm

Jahnar, there is no such thins as a trwo player game.

PerkinsRooster · Post by **PerkinsRooster** » Thu Apr 26, 2007 10:53 pm

In order to make this a serious map, you need at least 5 'continents'. And change the colours, right now it looks like a pre-school map and is hard on the eyes.

I think it's worth pursuing though.

Jafnhár · Post by **Jafnhár** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:52 pm

The reason for not updating this map for so long is that I haven't had that much time recently, update will come soon enough.

I'll add the continent of Vestfjarðakjálki up in the left corner and make Vestfirðir a bit bigger. Then I'll have 5 continents just like on the Australia map and many others.

Gilligan · Post by **Gilligan** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 5:01 pm

So in a 5 or 6 player game, 1 or 2 players won't even get a bonus.

Jafnhár · Post by **Jafnhár** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 6:29 pm

Gilligan wrote:So in a 5 or 6 player game, 1 or 2 players won't even get a bonus.

5 continents I said, not 4. I do admit it is small, but small maps are needed anyway. Compare the World 0.5 project, test players have said it works fine.

Gilligan · Post by **Gilligan** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:53 pm

Oh, sorry, I missed that part. And Australia map has 6 bonuses.

Not to pick on you, but the only other maps with 5 bonuses or less are Space and Indochina.

Jafnhár · Post by **Jafnhár** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 8:56 pm

Gilligan wrote:Oh, sorry, I missed that part. And Australia map has 6 bonuses.

Not to pick on you, but the only other maps with 5 bonuses or less are Space and Indochina.

Don't you think that Space and Indochina are just fine maps?

PerkinsRooster · Post by **PerkinsRooster** » Fri Apr 27, 2007 11:05 pm

I don't think that having only 5 continents is a show-stopper.

How come the south is 5 bonus armies?

Gilligan · Post by **Gilligan** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 5:53 am

Jafnhár wrote:
Gilligan wrote:Oh, sorry, I missed that part. And Australia map has 6 bonuses.

Not to pick on you, but the only other maps with 5 bonuses or less are Space and Indochina.

Don't you think that Space and Indochina are just fine maps?

Actually, Space has more than 5, including the Wormholes and War Gates. The only one is Indochina, and sometimes there are serious flaws in that map.

fireedud · Post by **fireedud** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:45 pm

Gilligan wrote:
Jafnhár wrote:
Gilligan wrote:Oh, sorry, I missed that part. And Australia map has 6 bonuses.

Not to pick on you, but the only other maps with 5 bonuses or less are Space and Indochina.

Don't you think that Space and Indochina are just fine maps?

Actually, Space has more than 5, including the Wormholes and War Gates. The only one is Indochina, and sometimes there are serious flaws in that map.

How come only sometimes there are seroius flaws? does the map change very time you play it?

ParadiceCity9 · Post by **ParadiceCity9** » Sat Apr 28, 2007 3:22 pm

im gonna be honest...i hate this map and i think its getting nowhere

Jafnhár · Post by **Jafnhár** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:15 pm

ParadiceCity9 wrote:im gonna be honest...i hate this map and i think its getting nowhere

Comments like that are not helpful for my map - if you really want to help tell me what you don't like and what you want me to change. Grow up kid, you don't need to chase me in threads with shitty comments because we argued somewhere before.

nagerous · Post by **nagerous** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:34 pm

read keyogis post on their being more continents with smaller bonuses and less borders as that will increase gameplay dramatically and is a good idea

Jafnhár · Post by **Jafnhár** » Mon Apr 30, 2007 2:40 pm

That is the first thing I'll do when I finish my exams next week.

Jafnhár · Post by **Jafnhár** » Mon May 21, 2007 3:21 pm

Okay, my exams are finally over now.

The changes look much more radical than they are.
- Increased the number of continents (to 6 from 4).
- Increased the number of countries (to 36 from 30).
- Changed the colours.

I want to see some comments before I add the names of the territories, army circles and so on.

Gozar · Post by **Gozar** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:16 pm

Glad there are more continents and territories!

I don't really like the white border around the map, myself.

Jafnhár · Post by **Jafnhár** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:29 pm

Gozar wrote:Glad there are more continents and territories!

I don't really like the white border around the map, myself.

But I like the border very much ... :-k

dominationnation · Post by **dominationnation** » Mon May 21, 2007 4:35 pm

all along the south border there are all these little dots. Am I seeing things? If not you should really fix that

Jafnhár · Post by **Jafnhár** » Mon May 21, 2007 5:15 pm

dominationnation wrote:all along the south border there are all these little dots. Am I seeing things? If not you should really fix that

You are correct. I am aware of that and will change the dots later on. The colour of the glaciers' borders will also be changed in the next update.

Iceland [Abandoned]

Which version (see page 6)?