FROGGE'S PROFILE

This is an awesome game!

author=Kattriella
I love the game so far, but I seem to be suck in the chessboard room. I can't figure out where to move the chess piece to. Can anybody give me a hint?

Here's a hint:
Win the game

author=Liberty
Actually, I like your nature maps quite a bit, ED. Sure, you do need to practice some more with them but they're a very good start and your treelines are quite well done for someone who is relatively new to mapping.

That said, I'm not big on your houses. You make them very large on the outside when they don't need to be. I understand that some people like more realistic images but they take up so much space on the map that walking around a town you'd make would take a forever. ^.^; That said, the general layout and ideas are pretty good. I'd like to see you use water correctly (those tiles aren't the bottom of the riverbed but actually underwater cliff tiles. Used in conjunction with the tile next to it, it can create more depth in water) and varying things up a little like the water fall - making more out-juts and making cliffs not straight walls (you're doing well with the saloon image in that regard).

Now the marsh itself isn't bad, but the thing is that you've a sea of green grass. Try to vary it up a little and break up the bland a bit more. Use longer grass to create patches to break up the sea with small islands. Vary the height - maybe have in-dents or small upper levels. Have some dirt under and around the tent to show that people have been walking/camping there.

Oh, and not big on the light effects. They need to be a bit more subtle. Try using the add and subtract feature on pictures to see how they work. They can help make an effect a lot better.

Ok then,here's my opinion.I like your pub.Even though you said you are not very good at it I think it was still better than mine.I also liked your remake,it added in a lot more detail to it.The only thing that's a bit off is the bridge to the graveyard.The dust on the ground links up with the dust on the bridge and makes it look a little bit off.
As a response to your advice,thank you for telling me your opinion.I will really try to listen to it and hopefully my next maps will be better(Isn't that actually the point of this thread?Improving your maps?XD).The treeline thing is,I basically don't want to leave the dead ends open,so I cover it in trees,and what do you know,it turns it works out.So really it's just a cover up thing.Another thing is that I like to make the houses big since it makes it easier to make a town.I am quite into big houses,and I also think they look good.And I agree on the waterfall thing too.I did actually try making some platforms and such,but it didn't seem to work out so I decided to just make it straight.Now,about the marsh,I actually jsut made a flat green land and added random water spots,it didn't work out as good as I expected it to be but I was too lazy to fix it.Also,people actually haven't been there.It was just like a camping thing.I actually have been trying to use the add and subtract button but I was never sure what they did.I didn't really look it up either so I just used opacity instead.

P.S:Here's the pictures used for the light effects:
The one I used in almost all of them

The one I used in the bridge

author=Liberty

Also, ED? Don't multipost. It's against site rules. Instead, use the handy edit button at the bottom of your first post to add in the stuff you forgot.

Really?Didn't know.Thanks for telling,I won't do it again.

***Edit***
I figured out what the add and subtract button does...
Well,it didn't work out much for the other maps but it seemed to make the saloon-western edition better.It made it have a more western-ish feeling.