Madagascar [Quenched]

[t-o-m]

Those army circles are much better.

But your ocean looks like you >dropped yogurt on it< or like the >edges of this mill spill<. I don't think the bevel is gonna work.

that 1st picture looked REALLY dirty
what have you been searching for

Sorry but the colours definitely need to be changed. They are too hard too distinguish from one another.

i'll try some other ones soon

[lord voldemort]

your army circs look much better and clearer. can i suggest getting rid of the thin border line around them...that or blend them in better.
as for cont colours...maybe just a mix and a match of placement of colours....like the theme is good but up north is hard to distinguish. im sure you can think of something. your impassables are looking mucho better too
the mountains could use a lil work...just to see something different, but the trees are looking good
and the ocean im not a fan of atm...
was there a version with an image in the background with the opacity turned up?
that idea is cool...maybe something uniquely madagascian? lol
game play like i have mentioned previously the bonus's do not go atm

hmmm
thats about it for now

[t-o-m]

your army circs look much better and clearer. can i suggest getting rid of the thin border line around them...that or blend them in better.

sure

as for cont colours...maybe just a mix and a match of placement of colours....like the theme is good but up north is hard to distinguish. im sure you can think of something. your impassables are looking mucho better too

thanks and im working on the colours atm. i finally see what is wrong with them!
becasue the north is based off an orange colour! i see that now
i'll fix that hopefully.

the mountains could use a lil work...just to see something different, but the trees are looking good
and the ocean im not a fan of atm...

ocean changing, the mountains are DEFINITELY changing! and im glad some1 likes the trees!

was there a version with an image in the background with the opacity turned up?

do you mean with pictures?
if you mean with pictures on you can see it here:
http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll234/t--o--m/madagascar-16thmay.png
i dont wanna post the actual picture because its a waste of space! and people might get confused

that idea is cool...maybe something uniquely madagascian? lol

i'll look around

game play like i have mentioned previously the bonus's do not go atm

i keep forgetting to look at ur bonus comments! ill look at them now...

hmmm
thats about it for now

thanks for all ur comments

bonus need a fix
antisaranana should be 2
mahajanga should be 2
toliara should be 3
fianarantso should be 5
antananarivo is fine
toamasina should be 3

i'll do them

[gimil]

t-o-m personally I think this is coming together fantastically. Good job.

However the land looks like its beveled down the way, big no-no in my books, the land shold never look like its under the the water. If oyu can make the land look likes it sticks out the same as the legends background I would consider getting my stamper set out in the near future

[t-o-m]

t-o-m personally I think this is coming together fantastically. Good job.

However the land looks like its beveled down the way, big no-no in my books, the land shold never look like its under the the water. If oyu can make the land look likes it sticks out the same as the legends background I would consider getting my stamper set out in the near future

wow thanks

about the bevel, its pointing the right way,
it was pointing upward and i changed it to down to show you what it looks like:

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now that looks more under-water to this (the normal one)

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anyway i added an "immpassables" box on there to show you where it would be (around abouts). but i didnt know how to spell immpassables lol:

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the bevel on that is pointing downward.



*in this update*
(apart from the bevel)

i have:

• updated the sea
• changed some of the colours
• changed the immpassables thingy
• minor changes to the title and stuff
• other things

Things that are changing:

• the title background
• the mountians
• other things but ive forgotten

p.s. yes i am aware that the mini-map colours dont match the map colours!
im just trying out new colours so when i settle on a set i'll change the mini-map to follow!

[t-o-m]

Poll Options:

these colours (new)

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OR

these OLD colours:

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**please look at my previous post for my updates. click here to go to that post**

[t-o-m]

does this look under-water? i think it does sometimes then others not!

[lord voldemort]

it looks underwater..from the west coast at melaky all the way south to anosy
the water looks raised on the land
also i like the old colours but re-placed on the map not a huge fan of the purple. the old colours gave that 'madagascian feel'
yer

[t-o-m]

also i like the old colours but re-placed on the map not a huge fan of the purple. the old colours gave that 'madagascian feel'
yer

lol - i'm tryig to move away from the "orange pallet" so theyre not too alike

[t-o-m]

why o why is no1 posting!

ah well heres another update:
changed the legend boxes/title and moved some army cirlces/terit names around so to aviod confusion however one of them its a little problem.
anyway enough chatter from me:

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p.s. gimil have i overcome that beveling problem, for some reason my eyes cant see much of the problem sometimes but then others i can!

[ZeakCytho]

The old title and legend were way better. Bring them back.

[t-o-m]

The old title and legend were way better. Bring them back.

hmm...i dont know, more feedback will help - i might put up a poll once this poll's finished

[fireedud]

I like the new colors except for the purple.... I can't think of what you can change it to.

[gimil]

I must be honest i prefered the old title and mini map background.

[AndyDufresne]

You see the old minimap? The colors in it are much more distinct than anything on the actual map...how about using those?


--Andy

[RjBeals]

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I prefer the old mini background also - however it was a bit too light in color for me. As far as this most recent update, I'll list the things I don't care for:

1. The grass behind your Madagascar title. It just looks like a lump of grass floating in the ocean. And you should have used some different grass brushes - it looks like it's mostly the same. And I wouldn't have beveled it either.
2. The purple type all throughout the map territs. To me it clashes with the territ colors themselves.
3. The outer gray/blue glow on those same map territ names.
4. The strong white outer glow around the bonus region names on the right side. Not a show-stopper, but I'm simply not a fan of the glow. The actual font used looks great. And the size is good also.
5. The grass / forest impassibles. The mountains are fine, but the grass could be worked on.
6. 22 territories? Why not 24?

But not bad overall tom. That ocean looks very similar to my icleand ocean I'm not sure why you chose the purple font - sorry if you've explained it somewhere. I think if it were black, and didn't have the blue glow, it would feel totally different to me.

[lord voldemort]

the old background title thingo was better..
as for me i like the forest...not ht mountains...
and what andy said a few posts up i agree with

[hulmey]

omg bring the old mini map back...this 1 looks like..........

[bryguy]

New colors, dont change the minimap, hate the mountains

[t-o-m]

lol thanks for the comments every1, the minimap will change back

as for me i like the forest...not ht mountains...

mountains are changing as i say a lot lol and the forests will probably change
answers in red

I prefer the old mini background also - however it was a bit too light in color for me. As far as this most recent update, I'll list the things I don't care for:

1. The grass behind your Madagascar title. It just looks like a lump of grass floating in the ocean. And you should have used some different grass brushes - it looks like it's mostly the same. And I wouldn't have beveled it either.
   changing
2. The purple type all throughout the map territs. To me it clashes with the territ colors themselves.
   ok - terit colours will be changing anyway i expect but i'll bare that comment in mind
3. The outer gray/blue glow on those same map territ names.
   ok
4. The strong white outer glow around the bonus region names on the right side. Not a show-stopper, but I'm simply not a fan of the glow. The actual font used looks great. And the size is good also.
   thats just the sea bevel, a simple problem
5. The grass / forest impassibles. The mountains are fine, but the grass could be worked on.
   mountains changing for definite, forests changing aswel
6. 22 territories? Why not 24?

24, why not 22!? does it make much of a difference? im guessing yes because otherwise you wouldnt have posted this lol
But not bad overall tom. That ocean looks very similar to my icleand ocean I'm not sure why you chose the purple font - sorry if you've explained it somewhere. I think if it were black, and didn't have the blue glow, it would feel totally different to me.
purple font, its been there since i made the 1st terit names, so i never really thought to change it, but i'll try a black. black for me though seems a bit boring but i'll see what its like

You see the old minimap? The colors in it are much more distinct than anything on the actual map...how about using those?

ok

I must be honest i prefered the old title and mini map background.

changing back

I like the new colors except for the purple.... I can't think of what you can change it to.

purple will change

omg bring the old mini map back...this 1 looks like..........

like...
oh i wont ask

New colors, dont change the minimap, hate the mountains

will do

thanks everyone, i'll get an update in later today hopefully!

[cena-rules]

24 so you can play 3 4 6 and 8 player games without neutrals

[t-o-m]

24 so you can play 3 4 6 and 8 player games without neutrals

ahh!

well i just worked off a proper political map of madagascar, so i could look into it if people want?
ill do that now...

[cena-rules]

24 so you can play 3 4 6 and 8 player games without neutrals

ahh!

well i just worked off a proper political map of madagascar, so i could look into it if people want?
ill do that now...

would be helpful

[t-o-m]

ok, where'd you think i should add them?

i think that it would benefit the map more if i put them in Mahajanga and one in Toliara
what d'you think?

EDIT:
i think i'll split Sofia and split Atsimo-Andrefana

[cena-rules]

split sofia and make the top split part of the top bonus

and split the big one in the bottom left