A hex world WIP (and WIP app) - personal project

[torstan]

A quick update - testing the coastlines with a rough colour, and a couple of terrains:

[J.Edward]

Looks good. It will be interesting to see a larger set utilizing the coasts.
The jaggedness and irregularity adds a lot.
The 3d nature of the mountains is really nice. Takes it to another level.

[torstan]

Indeed. Here's a larger style test, and I think the lower set of sea styles will do the trick.

[J.Edward]

It looks good. The only problem I can foresee with the lower sea texture is the rotation issue.
Though... I guess you probably have these tiles coded to not need to rotate... so I guess it isn't a problem.

[torstan]

Yep As soon as you go with isometric, you break the symmetry and can't do any rotation. So these are staying aligned as is

[Carnifex]

Very cool project! Very nice style and well done! Maybe the sea could be a little "calmer" if you know what I mean?

[torstan]

You're not the only one asking for that. Looks like I need to create some intermediate options for the sea tiles. Thanks for the note.

[torstan]

Here's the progress on the coastlines. Getting there, they're up and in the app, and currently being tested.

[torstan]

And a quick test, mapping Slaver's Bay:



Full write up: http://www.fantasticmaps.com/2015/05...g-slavers-bay/

[torstan]

Which type of borders?

I'm testing different ideas for border styles. I think all of these are possible to create, and each have some pros and cons:
1. Filled Regions: simple - easy to fill a hex with a colour
2. Blurred Edges: a bit of a pain to illustrate and code, but totally doable.
3. Illustrated borders: works until you have two different border types collide (a fence, and a line of standing stones side by side?)
4. Simple Dots: already coded, but a little stark.

Thoughts? (and 'none of those' is a totally valid answer)