my first map attempt
Creator: xaventos || First Published: 04/08/2013 || Players: 4 || Size: 20x20
Categories: None
Rating: 5.00 in 2 ratings
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Comments:
Xmo5 (04/10/2013 07:45pm):
Few tips:

1. A lot of silo's are generally considered a bad thing on this site: they take away from a lot of the fun
of strategizing against similarly skilled opponents and leave a lot to luck. This is especially pronounced
when they are all in a clump, in the center, or both, because it almost ensures the first player to get
there a win. In this case the first turn advantage (FTA) is a little strange because you center island isn't
very centered though. However, the point remains the same.

2. You add some more things to fight over. Maybe more islands and more neutral properties, possibly a
couple towers or something interesting.

3. Spice up the terrain some, make it look interesting. Look at some popular maps on the map page to
get a feel for what patterns of terrain look nice together if you're not sure. Generally it looks nicer if you
avoid large sections (maybe 3x3 or greater) of only one terrain type. More islands will help with this
too.

4. You should leave a comment on your map and let people know what your intentions were when you
designed it. Did you plan it as a team game? Sometimes its nice to say whether you meant to make a
map for fun, or if it was meant to be for serious competitive play. Nobody expects that on your first
map though.

There are a lot of other things to keep in mind when designing a map that you can read up on in the
map makers guide in the forums. (below) Just remember, making maps to use with other people is
much different than making maps for use against the computer. This is much harder to do well, believe
me lol.

http://www.amarriner.com/awbw_forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=10780




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