WWII: Operation Overlord [working title]

[Nesoi]

The retaking of Europe.

There are plenty of maps centred on World War Two; but I think I have a unique angle.


Operation Overlord

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/ ... s_01.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/interactiv ... mbed.shtml


There exists already a D-Day map. However, this is obviously focused very much on the beach invasions rather than the bigger picture that I would like to portray - from D-Day to the taking of Paris.

Gameplay elements I want to include:

• One-way attack routes from England (and Atlantic) over to the D-Day landings.
  
  • Ship routes
  • Air routes - paratroopers
• AA-guns
• Artillery/machine gun defense
• Large French towns as bonuses
• French resistance dotted around
• A general attack path from England to Paris

Seeing as the gameplay is intended to all travel in the same direction - from England to Paris, through the D-Day landings - it might be an idea to create several different starting locations for each player? I.e. perhaps some smaller towns which either have a large auto-deploy, or are isolated regions (only attack out), located in France, and some ships/bombers/etc. on the Allied side?


This is sort of the area of reference I'm looking at, as well as the angle and perspective:

[bigimg]http://i.imgur.com/JGxOF.jpg[/bigimg]

Graphic style? Does anyone know of a website where I can upload large files with no ugly compression? I've tried 4 sites; all make my image blurry.

[bigimg]http://api.ning.com/files/M6XhXO28glAcQp*KgAE5tWKyH3y58XkQxPebWhmf7OYGidhc0d-8nN9fGZ*cRtVfbGorYmBr5zaoXYoNA0c6NC1vEOHIu3*2/InvasionofEurope2.png[/bigimg]


Here are some reference maps:

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And here are some general development pics for your interest:

[bigimg]http://i.imgur.com/IME1t.jpg[/bigimg]
[bigimg]http://i.imgur.com/PdGFN.jpg[/bigimg]
[bigimg]http://i.imgur.com/Q2vPJ.jpg[/bigimg]
[bigimg]http://i.imgur.com/R1P8m.jpg[/bigimg]
[bigimg]http://i.imgur.com/puXbr.jpg[/bigimg]



What does everyone think?

[isaiah40]

I say run with the idea. Personally I use imageshack to upload my map images.

[natty dread]

Imageshack works fine. They have a size limit for free accounts but you're unlikely to reach it with CC maps - it's something like 10MB per image IIRC. As far as I know Imageshack doesn't compress your images without asking. And there's no limit on bandwidth or amount of images you can upload.

Also, if you upload as png:s, no one can compress your images, seeing as png is a lossless format.

[Nesoi]

Thanks guys. I'm going to start getting some gameplay in then hopefully move it over to the drafting room.

Since the gameplay is quite directional - aka, from England, over to ships+beaches/planes+paratroopers, then through France and into Paris, I think that starting locations may be a good option. Multiple starting points for each player including a small French town, a few select regions in England close to ports/runways, and perhaps a few more places - each location could be surrounded by neutrals, or they could be regions which only attack out to counter the dice-luck element.


Nesoi

[AndyDufresne]

Look forward to seeing a draft map with regions and bonuses on it. Then we can get a better sense of it all.

Good luck!


--Andy

[ViperOverLord]

Thee ViperOverLord approves of the overlord map concept.