Thread: *** May Challenge - Prize List from rpgtonight.com

Originally Posted by Gidde

Thanks, GP and Ascension, for the ideas ... I still have quite a large talent deficiency, but I may throw my hat in the ring just for practice

But that's the real point of participating in a challenge here. Yes there are prizes this time, when usually its just an ego prize and a badge. The true purpose of a mapping challenge is to get you to try and do a map in a limited period of time - so you can learn and improve your mapping skills.

I can honestly say, I've learned the most in cartographic work by participating in challenges. Many of the techniques I've learned directly apply to professional commissions I am getting now.

Its worthwhile to participate even if you never win - its the exercise of mapping that is the important thing here!

GP

OK, I may have come up with an idea - now to find time to work on it.

Originally Posted by Gamerprinter

Well the challenge is intended to be used in a Virtual Terrain application, in this case, RPGTonight for the purpose of a chase scene in an RPG game - so how could that not be appropriate???

Unless you mean the prizes - and you must be pulling our legs with that comment!

GP

yes just teasing they look great...... i think i will join.....
chase scenes are always trouble in a game as playing area does not always match needed battle area.... but i got a few ideas....

maybe i missed it but is there a specific suite of software we should use? handdrawn? etc.

Originally Posted by lobsternooberg

yes just teasing they look great...... i think i will join.....
chase scenes are always trouble in a game as playing area does not always match needed battle area.... but i got a few ideas....

maybe i missed it but is there a specific suite of software we should use? handdrawn? etc.

No other restrictions. We've had past entries done in play-doh with a photo of it for a map. Look at Torstan's though he's using a drawing tablet, its very much a hand-drawn design. While mine is created using vector software with photo textures for "color". You could use Campaign Cartographer, Dundjinni, GIMP, Photoshop, or Crayola Crayons - whichever method works best for you.

You only need to meet the final dimension, file size and ppi restrictions is all.

GP