That's alright. Napoleon--we all get writer's block at some point or another.
Do you remember what I told you way back in December about writer's block?
Alrightie folks! Big news up at the lodge this week...CC3 is going to be ordered tonight, which means that it will probably be within my hands in a few weeks (the time allotted for shipping). What does this mean? It means that by the end of July (and possibly sooner), we could have a real, professional-looking map to go with our story. I'll do all the gritty work (the actual process of making the map), but what I need from you guys is a template for me to go off of (this mostly means you, Napoleon
). There is already a list of countries, and we've kinda-sorta made drafts of what it should look like in the past, but a sketch on paper might work well.
This is how it will probably go:
First, I'll make the landmass; this is just a big green blob that can be shaped however we like it. This blob is the continent of Castleland.
Next, mountians will be added. This will happen after the shape of the landmass and sorrounding islands has been determined. All the while, after I make a set of changes, I'll post the image on this thread, and you guys can tell me how it should be shaped (and otherwise offer suggestions).
Rivers, poltical borders, cities, castles, forests, marshes and swamps, and whatever will follow after that.
Before I make the map for our Castleland world, I will make a smaller, practice map in order to refine my skills with this program. From everything I've heard, it has a steep learning curve. Once I've got everything figured out (I've found a set of tutorial videos that have been
extremely helpful), then I'll start making "the big map".
On the program,
everything is measured in miles. So, Napoleon (and anyone else with suggestions), if we want a 3 mile wide Potomac River, or a huge set of mountian ranges, then just say so.
Napoleon: how many miles wide and how many miles tall is this continent going to be? I know Castleland has its own system of measurment, but for mapping's purposes, how many miles is it? This will help me plan things out.
We've all been waiting a long time for this; this is going to be awesome!
Oh, and another thing that's cool: I can link certian symbols and areas of the map to a web adress or anything else; so, I can basically make an interactive map. For example: I could link the name of a certian forest to the web adress of a site page that has a description of the forest, who lives there, and so on
This is gonna be great!