Land of the Golden City

[ElfSpeaker]

It's a bit hard to comment as the map isn't really big. Could you save in a bigger resolution?

Done.

I tried playing with the contour colors a bit too. What I'll need to do for the next time around is start with a lighter color sea and add dark contours. I couldn't get the color to look quite right as it was.

[Karro]

Hmm. This looks suspiciously like the area around Greece, Turkey, and Egypt, but with things moved around a bit. Was that your source for inspiration for the geography?

Incidentally, Iskandarun is a real place (on the southern coasts of Turkey rather than in the location of Alexandria where it appears to be here.

[ElfSpeaker]

Hmm. This looks suspiciously like the area around Greece, Turkey, and Egypt, but with things moved around a bit. Was that your source for inspiration for the geography?

Incidentally, Iskandarun is a real place (on the southern coasts of Turkey rather than in the location of Alexandria where it appears to be here.

Yes, that region was my inspiration for the map. Good catch on Iskandarun. It is the Arabic name for Alexandretta so I applied it to the Alexandria-esque city. Eneiyala is also Arabic in origin.

[Karro]

Yes, that region was my inspiration for the map. Good catch on Iskandarun. It is the Arabic name for Alexandretta so I applied it to the Alexandria-esque city. Eneiyala is also Arabic in origin.

Ah, yeah, I guess I knew that (al-Iskanderun with the "al" chopped off for some reason), and yet didn't make the full leap. I have to say I do like little things like that embedded in a world.

[Kingbreaker]

I Think the issue with the mountains is not the spacing,, it's the uniformity. The mountains are evenly distributed both N/S and E/W. Perhaps move some of them around so that you get distinct lines suggesting ridges and valleys?