Mapping Voting

[Chocolate Kitty]

Tileset, FE8: 18 5A 1A

Size: 24x24, allowed to vary in 1-2 tiles as shown:

26x24, 25x24, 24x26, 24x25, 25x25

OR

22x24, 23x24, 24x22, 24x23, 23x23

Requirements, as selected by Feaw):

- throne with carpet(s)

- at least 3 chests with at least 1 treasure room with a door or cracked wall (there's no max amount of chests or rooms)

- part of outside can be seen (at least 15 tiles)

- needs to have stairs INSIDE the castle (different levels), so entry stairs from the outside don't count (the one-tiled "reinforcement" stairs don't count either, but they're advised)

Go Vote!

Voting ends the 21st

Edited January 23, 2011 by Hero of Time

[Nanami Touko]

Votin' for SL. I would love to play on that map.

[Feaw]

Voted for Mr Hotness, becuase I actually like it very much, even though it's symmetrical.

[Darros]

Voted for Trent, because his map is organized, and I like it the most.

[CT075]

Voted Feaw's because of MIGHTY MINDFUCK.

SL for close second.

[Celice]

SL's is the only one which looks like an actual map from recent Fire Emblems (I only say this because Gaiden's maps were... just horrible).

And has the least amount of problems, both in gameplay and aesthetics.

[Astelaine]

SL's is the only one which looks like an actual map from recent Fire Emblems (I only say this because Gaiden's maps were... just horrible).

And has the least amount of problems, both in gameplay and aesthetics.

This. SL got my vote too. Feaw's is decent but too cluttered, and the others fall victim to either tile spam, too much symmetry, or mixing indoor and outdoor perspective. (Something breaks my brain when houses and forts are used in an indoor map.)

That said, this is a great exercise for improving our mapmakers, and I'm glad there's so much turnout. :) Maybe I'll join next round, if I can make something that doesn't look like barf.

[Nanami Touko]

Asty, just wanted to let you know about the indoor/outdoor thing, we were required to use both indoor and outdoor in the map XD

I do agree that SL's is the best though.

[Feaw]

Me not being the best.... =(( whaaaaaaaa *cries*

Well I guess it's just too epic for you guys to contain.

/me being cocky.

/joke

Anyways, Seph, outdoor doesn't mean you have to use houses and stuff. Just grass was enough.

Edited January 21, 2011 by Feaw

[Chocolate Kitty]

Gotta agree with Feaw, but I can see how it would work Trent.

Since when was symmetry bad

[Astelaine]

Anyways, Seph, outdoor doesn't mean you have to use houses and stuff. Just grass was enough.

Yeah, this. It just looks weird when an entire house or fortress is dwarfed in comparison to a hallway or a throne. Outdoor maps seem to happen in a "zoomed out" perspective, where you can see entire miles of terrain, and fortresses and towns are reduced to a few representative tiles. Indoor maps, on the other hand, are "zoomed in," focused on just one building's interior. Mixing the two isn't really a good idea. Tree tiles seem to be okay in either, though; in indoor mode they just become a single plant or hedge.

[Feaw]

Yup, that's true for the most part.

There are still lots of times the tilesets mix them up, but that's mostly excusable.

But indoor + houses and stuff can rarely be used together. An exception is Chapter 2 of FE7, since it's a tiny fort and the houses are relatively far away from it.

If houses would be used with castles, it should be large ones used in village chapters, but those can't be used together by normal means.

[Celice]

Me not being the best.... =(( whaaaaaaaa *cries*

Well I guess it's just too epic for you guys to contain.

/me being cocky.

/joke

Anyways, Seph, outdoor doesn't mean you have to use houses and stuff. Just grass was enough.

If epic is full of clutter D: That amount of randomness is more planned for outside areas, since the large varied terrain kinda is part of naturey nature.

But, it does have the makings of a labyrinth. And would fit too. But as a castle, it seems really wonky and needlessly complicated :/

[Feaw]

It's not that complicated.

It's just not boring like most IS castle maps.

But yeah, everyone has their preferences.

Edited January 22, 2011 by Feaw

[Chocolate Kitty]

And closed Feaw wins

[Feaw]

Becuase I won (yay!), I get to choose the rules for the next map.

BUT, becuase I already won in round 1, I think someone else deserves that honor now.

So I'm giving Luigi, the number 2 of this round, the chance to give the rules for the next round.

If you don't feel up to it, I'll choose someone else.

Edited January 22, 2011 by Feaw

[Feaw]

Lol, uhh, HoT, I think you forgot to close the poll, now Luigi's on top  .

[Chocolate Kitty]

Whoopsie lol

And Feaw, you may have to choose if SL doesn't give me anything by the end of the day (it's 2PM here)

[Feaw]

I'll wait til tomorrow, it's 11 pm here now.

[Chocolate Kitty]

K' Do what you gotta do