You could get a lot in 75Kb if it were not in a raster image format. You could also do a lot better if you split a raster image into sections and you could do better with a file format that is not very common like jpeg2000. So I disagree that VT's need a minimalist map for low bandwidth its only true if you use a system like that proposed. What if you submitted 75K of source material which when unpacked generated a raster image - like html + images... Anyhoo, I digress.
Its a generous offer by them and looking on past months they ought to get some great maps to use.
My tip is for entrants to swat up on the image file formats and which ones compress well under different circumstances. For example if you have a tiled floor then Jpeg with tiles on 8 pixel boundaries would compress real well. Old school style areas filled in are better than line art like cross hatching etc.
Below is this months Thumbnail page. All entrants get a position on the page but the updates to the images are done using a script and you need to put...
### Latest WIP ###
on every post with a newer image. The last one (should and I know there some errors there...) should be the thumb.
Code:### New Challenge Entry:Ravells,1950 ### New Challenge Entry:Gamerprinter,1954 ### New Challenge Entry:Sigurd,1961 ### New Challenge Entry:rlucci,1962 ### New Challenge Entry:delgondahntelius,1963 ### New Challenge Entry:Torq,1967 ### New Challenge Entry:Malakor,1969 ### New Challenge Entry:keithcurtis,1973 ### New Challenge Entry:Midgardsormr,1974 ### New Challenge Entry:meleeguy,1979 ### New Challenge Entry:terrainmonkey,1982 ### New Challenge Entry:NeonKnight,1985 ### New Challenge Entry:GM's Apprentice,1995 ### New Challenge Entry:Redrobes,1998 ### New Challenge Entry:mathuwm,2004 ### New Challenge Entry:Valarian,2005 ### New Challenge Entry:SpamValiant,2006 ### New Challenge Entry:rpgmapmaker,2011 ### New Challenge Entry:Cisticola,2015 ### New Challenge Entry:alucard339,2020 ### New Challenge Entry:torstan,2034 ### New Challenge Entry:RobA,2038 ### New Challenge Entry:dorpond,2054 ### New Challenge Entry:aegean,2094 ### New Challenge Entry:Vry,2103
May 08 Thumbnails
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