soo theres an absolutly lack of nice (8) maps... lets make Project BWMN!
i was thinking of a 256x256 (8) map with awesome deco :D (no positional balance needed)
it should be the map with the most amazing deco ever made and desinged for fun FFA!
we have got lots of active mappers, so we could easily split the work... each will make a small part of the map and in the end someone gonna copypaste it all together and connect it :D
so, we coudl split the 256² in 16x64², we would need 16 interested mappers making their part (or if we dont get 16 i'm sure some gonna make more^^)
the main problem would be the doodad and sprite limit, so each player got an amount to use, but not more (actually dunno whats the max of sprites/doodas)
so...each player placing 2 exp on his part?!so we get 32 in the end :D
everyone seeing this map should say OMG HOLYCRAP >.
so... can we do it? :)
PS: for tileset i would say jungle would be best because u can decorate it the best way just with terrain... modified by Crackling
You can't split the map up without adding awful positional balance. No way is positional balance as important in big maps, but you should approach it atleast. Look at my map, (8)plutonian shores.
Important aspects of such a large map are (imo) that there should be early/middle/lategame still, not just mass air units until 200 then go in a certain direction and hope you find your enemy before he finds you. In my map, I made important expos in the center and the edges. The mains are not at the edges so that the distances are not that long.
Copy/paste is a bad idea, you can't use the isometric brush on copied tiles =/
hmmm i think Protoss4ever's deco is better than any of us.
NastyMarine and flo are the best mappers, maybe they can help/teach Protoss4ever to become a better mapper.
or just Protoss4ever can help flo and nasty doing thecorations :)
but as far as i know... nasty doesn't map anymore.
i only make 3 players map, so wouldn't like to be in the projecto.
but i'll pick up my pencil and see what can i do...
an 8 players map like Fantasy ;)
what about the bwmn mapping team? maybe we can work rogether? Nightmarjoo and Crackling can test the maps :)
will tk come back? he is a good player and know how to make a map :)
I wish Travin, noname, trcc, Arden(WoF), MillenniumArmy, StarParty, Me, Spitfire, flothefreak, Listoric all get together and make a map like this... It would be something like Inactive vs Active mappers :D
I am trying to to start mapping again. I have a few ideas. It's just that I've seen and made so many maps on all these tilesets, its just hard to create somnething new.