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I Have No Intrinsic Mapmaking Ability

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Author TheKitchenSink
Tags author:thekitchensink awful bad mines playable symmetrical unrated
Created 2008-07-13
Last Modified 2008-07-13
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Description Here's a map as proof.

See the bottom left corner? I tried to make something that was odd and asymmetrical. A few minutes later, poof. It's symmetrical.

It seems that I cannot make a decent map that's asymmetrical. It's quite saddening. I wish I were better. But I'm not.

Anyhoo, this is a simple mine dodger. Not really a jumper. The bottom area's mines are generally very easy to avoid. The upper area is a lot tougher.

If anyone by chance gets and AGD, I'll give them a DED on my next Micro map. But don't bother yourself, this map sucks.

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TheKitchenSink
2008-07-14

Huh

I didn't think anyone would actually do it. :P

Nice job, you've earned yourself a DED.

Also lol at the part in the lower left where you missed the single piece of gold you were jumping for. >_>

Wind
2008-07-13

AGD

I finally did it.
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Wind
2008-07-13

Ugh

I can get one half of the gold but keep messing up on the other :/ Pretty decent map though.

TRT_Bardock
2008-07-13

completion..

to ensure that people play ur map u have to make sure that it isnt too frustrating.. those mines r very tough to pass when u r coming from the upper areas..
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astheoceansblue
2008-07-13

There appears

to be a problem with submiting maps atm. Arachnid is aware of the issue, should be fixed soon.

Riobe
2008-07-13

Umm...

Is it just me, or why has the last map submitted been submitted 3 hours ago?

astheoceansblue
2008-07-13

Just keep pushing yourself.

You're aware of your faults and that's the biggest step :)

TheKitchenSink
2008-07-13

But the thing is

I have no intrinsic mapmaking ability :P

All right, see. First off I can't make a good looking tileset in the first place. I tried to make an elephant as a DED to elephant_shit, as an example. http://nmaps.net/119980

That elephant took me like 15 minutes to make, and it still looks awful. v.v

It's just, I have a style that's nigh impossible to break myself from, and it's unfortunately only "decentish." :P

Thanks for trying to help though. :)

astheoceansblue
2008-07-13

The best way

I've found to practise asymmetrical maps is to look outside of NUMA. Just think of something you're interested and construct a representation of it in tiles in NED. Consider a theme such as submarines [nmaps.net], a monster [nmaps.net] or some kind of landscape [nmaps.net].

Oftentimes these are the more atmospheric and interesting designs.

TheKitchenSink
2008-07-13

Completion Demo

I didn't go for any of the gold.
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