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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #20 on: April 12, 2009, 12:25:10 am »
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What's wrong with it?
It needs to be more interesting; its a bit... plain. Add some sort of decorations, statues, etc.  Maybe change the shape to make it less... square. 
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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #21 on: April 12, 2009, 12:25:57 am »
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Okay, I'll mess with it. Gotta make it fit on the ledge though.
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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #22 on: April 12, 2009, 12:27:56 am »
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Um, the castle looks to me like it has no depth.
As if you were to go through the front door, you would only be in a hallway or something.

The castle has no body to it.  It's just a wall with a door on it.
If you give me a minute I could fix it up to show you what I mean.
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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #23 on: April 12, 2009, 12:41:44 am »
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Um, the castle looks to me like it has no depth.
As if you were to go through the front door, you would only be in a hallway or something.

The castle has no body to it.  It's just a wall with a door on it.
If you give me a minute I could fix it up to show you what I mean.

Please do. I'd like to be able to fit the castle within the ledge boundaries.
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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #24 on: April 12, 2009, 12:42:49 am »
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Here's what i came up with.

It's not great(I !@#$% up alot of the pixels...I was using Paint).
But basically you need to try something to that effect.
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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #25 on: April 12, 2009, 12:43:47 am »
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Ah, I see. I see. Okay, hold on a sec...

EDIT: Here. This better?
« Last Edit: April 12, 2009, 12:51:44 am by Jeod »
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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #26 on: April 12, 2009, 12:50:14 am »
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What's wrong with it?
hmm I would prove my point basically, right now your castle looks like a rectangle with another rectangle inside, you should really mess more with figures, same with the town, I allow you to use my edit, but! It would be even better if you make it yourself, that way you will learn more. but anyways.

1st) try to make it original, hell it is a castle, but what is different in your castle?

2nd) lol, zelda games tend to have castle with secret entrance (OoA/LA/OoT/ALTTP) I reccomend you that before you continue mapping, think what items will link have when he goes to the castle? what type of mini puzzels I can add( for example add rocks blocking the way or hiding stairs)

3rd) well, in many GB games a map doesn't fit perfectly with the maps to the sides( for example see the castle in OoA)


well here are the maps if you want inspiration:

LTTP: http://www.zelda-infinite.com/files/wallpapers/lttp/1280x1024/castle.gif

Oracle of Ages( top middle part): http://www.vgmaps.com/Atlas/GB-GBC/LegendOfZelda-OracleOfAges-Labrynna(Past).png

LA: http://ndex.simgames.net/specials/gb/ladx/map/kanalet.shtml

Oracle of Season(top-left): http://www.vgmaps.com/Atlas/GB-GBC/LegendOfZelda-OracleOfSeasons-Holodrum(Default).png

Currently yours remind me of LTTP, which is fine, but try going for more original figures.


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« Reply #27 on: April 12, 2009, 12:54:31 am »
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Ah, I see. I see. Okay, hold on a sec...

EDIT: Here. This better?
Yes, because now the castle looks like it has depth and height.
Still a rectangle though...lol but a better looking rectangle.

Nice job!
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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #28 on: April 12, 2009, 12:55:36 am »
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Well see I'm designing this while keeping the items and all that in mind. The castle plays an early role in the game, so Link will barely have any items. There is maybe one secret entrance under a rock in the corner, but that's about it.

The castle is not huge because "Queen" Zelda does not care for her royalty to be a big thing. The castle matches her personality: a loving queen who cares more for her people than herself.
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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #29 on: April 12, 2009, 09:33:56 am »
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Maybe Zelda doesn't care for her royalty, but a castle is the home of a family for many generations. Her predecessors have put in some decorations. Your castle as it looks now is more like a gangs hideout. Wild growth and barely a decoration. In the attachment I've marked some changes that might be usefull.

1) The castle gate is not attached to the castle. At the place of the red square should be some additional gates. Or the secret entrance under the rocks in the corner doesn't serve a purpose. Or with the secret entrance in mind, you need move the gates.

2) Your castle does look like a cube. It isn't that bad, if you add some variation to the form. For example put towers on the corners of the walls.

3) The look of your castle is plain and looks nothing more than fortress for thugs. Even if Zelda doesn't care, her predecessors might have cared and the big guys in her staff also might care. So give it some more decorations. Put some statues at the front entrance and on the second level. You don't need to use Zelda statues, but some may be nice. Put the trifoce symbol on the walls on the second level and maybe even on the walls outside. Because you do want the outside people to know that this castle is home to the royal family.
Some flags and banners are a nice addition to the castle.

4) The garden looks a bit like Wild growth, instead of a garden. My advice is to remove the stone floor tiles (only leave them in the path to the door). And put some structured flower beds and plants there. A tree or two isn't bad, but it does fill the garden. Maybe put in some color next to the oh so dark castle walls.

I hop
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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #30 on: April 12, 2009, 01:26:18 pm »
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I don't have a tower that I can use but I did the rest. There is a reason the gate is not at the entrance to the castle itself, but I won't say now.
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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #31 on: April 12, 2009, 08:01:48 pm »
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with the current tileset you are using you can make a tower >_>.
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« Reply #32 on: April 12, 2009, 08:05:35 pm »
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Meh, it looks good anyway. Besides, there are other buildings where I can use towers.
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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #33 on: April 18, 2009, 02:29:29 pm »
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Did some more work. I'm not done with the beach yet. I think the Zora area could use a touch up.

DO NOT USE THIS MAP. (Like you would anyway)

Credit: Kren, Xfixium, Niek

http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/33/hyrule.png
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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #34 on: April 18, 2009, 02:41:55 pm »
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I had a map similar to your atlas somewhere for a game I was going to make. I might even get the inspiration to do it if I start tiling it.
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« Reply #35 on: April 18, 2009, 06:12:20 pm »
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The map looks nice, it seems to have a broad variation of areas. But I can't help but feel that the field part dominates the map and pushes out the other parts. But I don't know what you've planned for the map. I only see Lon Lon Ranch and Graveyard in the field.
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« Reply #36 on: April 18, 2009, 06:43:10 pm »
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http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/33/hyrule.png

That better for visualization?

EDIT: Update. Have the desert now, and finished off the beach.

http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/97/hyruleg.png
« Last Edit: April 18, 2009, 10:27:54 pm by Jeod »
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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #37 on: April 18, 2009, 11:26:35 pm »
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Hmm, looks like many maps are there just to make space, that is something wrong, in all GB Zelda games each map is important in certain way, but you seem to just add map without thinking for what it is going to be used. And again the tilling is really bad D:, you should add more objects or change the shape of different parts.. anyways to illustrate my point here is my edited castle. The colours in your castle made it look lika a villian tower of some sort.

EDIT: it seems that I forgot to add some tiles making some parts look odd :P my bad, I will fix them later.
« Last Edit: April 18, 2009, 11:36:50 pm by Kren »
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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #38 on: April 18, 2009, 11:37:17 pm »
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Thanks Kren, I did change the colors. But Hyrule Castle doesn't play a big role in this game, so I don't think it has to be that big.
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Re: Practicing my GB mapping skillz
« Reply #39 on: April 18, 2009, 11:40:45 pm »
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Thanks Kren, I did change the colors. But Hyrule Castle doesn't play a big role in this game, so I don't think it has to be that big.
erm >_> but It has the same size, 3x3 screens, and it has the same quantity of doors 2, I don't want you to change it I just want you to improve your mapping it is just.. way to simple.
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