Doodle Earth [Quenched]

Guiscard · Post by **Guiscard** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 10:01 am

fireedud wrote:
Guiscard wrote: Anyway, thats just my $2.
It's supposed to be 2 cents, not dollars.

Yeh I know. My 2 cents would just have been 'don't like the graphics'

My $2 was the extended explanation.

boberz · Post by **boberz** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:03 pm

fireedud wrote:
Guiscard wrote: Anyway, thats just my $2.
It's supposed to be 2 cents, not dollars.

i thought it was originally 2 penniesworth but perhaps thats being extremely british and bought up by a patriotic grandmother

Ruben Cassar · Post by **Ruben Cassar** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 3:15 pm

boberz wrote:
fireedud wrote:
Guiscard wrote: Anyway, thats just my $2.
It's supposed to be 2 cents, not dollars.
i thought it was originally 2 penniesworth but perhaps thats being extremely british and bought up by a patriotic grandmother

Well...Guiscard is British as well so I believe he uses the Sterling. Guiscard are you being Americanised? :p

Evil DIMwit · Post by **Evil DIMwit** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 7:36 pm

Guiscard wrote:I don't like the graphics one bit. I KNOW they're meant to replicate a child's drawing, but to me they basically look cheap, sub-standard and pretty unprofessional compared to some of the great maps that are currently playable or in production. Yes, it is setting a really low bar in terms of what we want from maps on CC.

Tell me this, then: Do you think it's possible to attain Conquerworthy graphical quality while staying within the child-crayon theme, or was the whole thing a bad idea from the start?

mibi · Post by **mibi** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 7:52 pm

I think the child crayon theme was a bad idea from the start. sorry, that's certainly something that shouldn't be said on page 29, but there it is.

hereje888 · Post by **hereje888** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:02 pm

I think you should give more countries to Africa and Asia (or whatever the map calls em). Also, I think Australia shoul be a continent, and draw little islands around it.

KEYOGI · Post by **KEYOGI** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:04 pm

mibi wrote:I think the child crayon theme was a bad idea from the start. sorry, that's certainly something that shouldn't be said on page 29, but there it is.

I pointed this out on page 10 but was largely ignored. I think there's room for a kid-orientated map, I'm just not convinced a world map / crayon combo is the way to go.

KEYOGI wrote:I'd prefer to see something more approprate, like a puzzle, colouring book, toy store, play ground, etc.

There's plenty of themes you could go with, those were just some examples. Any of them could be done in a kid/hand-drawn style, but I feel your options are limited with a crayon design.

Evil DIMwit · Post by **Evil DIMwit** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:20 pm

mibi wrote:I think the child crayon theme was a bad idea from the start. sorry, that's certainly something that shouldn't be said on page 29, but there it is.

Don't worry about it. It's not like I put any effort into this map.

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:26 pm

OH NO!! does this mean ur quitting?

Evil DIMwit · Post by **Evil DIMwit** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 8:30 pm

Enigma wrote:OH NO!! does this mean ur quitting?

No, but it does mean I'm rethinking. Hopefully that rethinking won't mean I'm quitting.

mibi · Post by **mibi** » Sun Apr 22, 2007 9:05 pm

good luck.

Captain Crash · Post by **Captain Crash** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:37 am

Sorry to go against the grain but I like:

1) The number of countries...a really small map would be very different to anything else on offer.

2) The graphics...simple, definite theme, bold and colorful.

Overall I think this map is a winner pretty much as is!

Not a fan of 'doodle' earth but hey I might be persuaded!

boberz · Post by **boberz** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:32 am

KEYOGI wrote:
mibi wrote:I think the child crayon theme was a bad idea from the start. sorry, that's certainly something that shouldn't be said on page 29, but there it is.
I pointed this out on page 10 but was largely ignored. I think there's room for a kid-orientated map, I'm just not convinced a world map / crayon combo is the way to go.

KEYOGI wrote:I'd prefer to see something more approprate, like a puzzle, colouring book, toy store, play ground, etc.
There's plenty of themes you could go with, those were just some examples. Any of them could be done in a kid/hand-drawn style, but I feel your options are limited with a crayon design.

i thought this was discussed ages ago and loads of people liked it; the theme is great please dont give up

max is gr8 · Post by **max is gr8** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:22 am

mibi wrote:as for 18 territories i think it needs some play testing before the idea is a go or a disaster.

as for the graphics, meh, they kinda suck. people are tossing around words like 'genius' and 'brilliant' um... i don't think so. I could replicate this map during the commercials of an episode of Seinfeld. Technically, its rather cheap and not all that great of an execution.

as for the theme, maybe my nephew will like, he's 6. This map has novelty. but novelty wears off. Whats going to make people stay with this map? The graphics? The gameplay? The novelty? My guess is none of the above, but I would like to be proven wrong.

I agree with keyogi that this map is setting a really low bar in the graphics department, I dunno, make it takes someone with some graphic ability to understand how easily this map is made.

that being said, I would like to see more small maps on the site. I wouldn't mind a world .5 at all with 18 territories that didn't make me feel like i was babysitting.

I play tested it it was fun lasted 4 rounds I enjoyed playing we played in CC format with 3 on each one

Ruben Cassar · Post by **Ruben Cassar** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 10:58 am

KEYOGI wrote:
mibi wrote:I think the child crayon theme was a bad idea from the start. sorry, that's certainly something that shouldn't be said on page 29, but there it is.
I pointed this out on page 10 but was largely ignored. I think there's room for a kid-orientated map, I'm just not convinced a world map / crayon combo is the way to go.

KEYOGI wrote:I'd prefer to see something more approprate, like a puzzle, colouring book, toy store, play ground, etc.
There's plenty of themes you could go with, those were just some examples. Any of them could be done in a kid/hand-drawn style, but I feel your options are limited with a crayon design.

I agree with Keyogi on this one. There are so many themes that would be more appropriate using this style. Why not make a map with the theme of a fable for example?

Evil DIMwit · Post by **Evil DIMwit** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 12:11 pm

Ruben Cassar wrote: I agree with Keyogi on this one. There are so many themes that would be more appropriate using this style. Why not make a map with the theme of a fable for example?

If I had to pick a reason off the top of my head, it would be that I like this theme more than a fable or puzzle book, and I can't at the moment think of any theme I like better.

Jedimika · Post by **Jedimika** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 9:53 pm

I think this theme/map combo is great. I can't wait to play.

Enigma · Post by **Enigma** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:08 pm

Evil DIMwit wrote:
Ruben Cassar wrote: I agree with Keyogi on this one. There are so many themes that would be more appropriate using this style. Why not make a map with the theme of a fable for example?
If I had to pick a reason off the top of my head, it would be that I like this theme more than a fable or puzzle book, and I can't at the moment think of any theme I like better.

theres nothing funny about doing a childs theme on a fable.
but i think a world .5 is hysterical, and would play it even more for the laugh value.
i mean, come on. its natural! classic world, world 2.0//2.1, and now world .5 ... pure reason right there.

lettherebedwight · Post by **lettherebedwight** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:49 pm

I personally think the map is doing well, just definetly not a map for 6 people to play on. Doodle earth is the name to go with, because everybody loves a good pun. If you wanted to add a country add madagascar, because every kids knows that it exists because of the movie. Draw a little hippo next to it or something.

johloh · Post by **johloh** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 2:50 pm

I play tested it it was fun lasted 4 rounds I enjoyed playing we played in CC format with 3 on each one

i dont think a game that lasts only 4 rounds is what CC needs...

Evil DIMwit · Post by **Evil DIMwit** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:04 pm

johloh wrote:
I play tested it it was fun lasted 4 rounds I enjoyed playing we played in CC format with 3 on each one
i dont think a game that lasts only 4 rounds is what CC needs...

On the contrary. I think it's what CC lacks and so it's exactly what CC needs.

hulmey · Post by **hulmey** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 4:09 pm

i agree with keyogi as well....Orginal idea but just not a origanal map!!!

Try a playground...Taht should be interesting and lots of differents aspescts and orginal ideas like a saddle and roundabout.....Sand dug out might be a bit hard

KEYOGI · Post by **KEYOGI** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:14 pm

How many territories should this map have?

Fewer than 18
8% [ 7 ]
18
50% [ 44 ]
20 or 21
16% [ 14 ]
25
6% [ 6 ]
More than 25
12% [ 11 ]
19, 22, 23, or 24
5% [ 5 ]
Others (somehow?) -- specify in post
0% [ 0 ]

Total Votes : 87

lord twiggy1 · Post by **lord twiggy1** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:12 pm

it looks great. but theres two things i think you should do to it.

1. make ireland a country
2. somehow split australia in two peices(mayby Tasmania and Australia)

Evil DIMwit · Post by **Evil DIMwit** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:17 pm

lord twiggy1 wrote:it looks great. but theres two things i think you should do to it.

1. make ireland a country
2. somehow split australia in two peices(mayby Tasmania and Australia)

I sort of need Ireland to hold the numbers for the UK... As for Australia, it's not its own continent, so I think there are better places in Asia to put in new countries.