First map, a practice run

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Lovely map - any chance of a higher res version?

I made it at exactly the same size that I uploaded it, so I'd have to reconstruct it. Given that I had no particular clue going into this map, I think my next map had better be something I actually planned ahead.

Then again, I could try and rebuild this map using some of pasis' techniques. Something to think about.

Where do all these "this is my first map" people come off with such nice maps? My first map looked like some kind of Crayola aneurysm.

Well I do have some experience with Photoshop (having dabbled with making Half-Life 2 textures has had a good influence on this map), and I have made maps before, though they were never made-to-be-pretty maps.

I looked into world mapping a while ago when I worked on a world map for a MUD, and I got back into it now since I will hopefully be doing the same thing again in the near future. Such maps, though, are made to directly render the game world, with specific hex colours determining the terrain type, so any effort to make the map look nice would ruin its purpose.

They're hired guns, ringers I tell ya.

Ooh, that reminds me - I need to cash in my paycheck.