Oh, that only makes sense @Theschabi. We should get extra credit for submitting in sequence!
Granted, @Monsen. I was a bit undecided as to whether or not include the fcw - but ultimately went along with it for informative purposes. Seeing as I made no research into the region before its making, I think it probably is for the best that it remains outside of the atlas project: even if no write-up exists for the city proper, it completely disregards the geographical context which otherwise would (and should) inform some of the design choices.
I've gotten a bit carried away with my Ravenloft map, and haven't started my street map - apologies.
So, I won't have a competition entry (wouldn't have challenged these amazing entries anyway!), but I still plan to map my street location for the Atlas anyway - just a little later than anticipated.
I think it's meant to be more of a personal challenge than an actual competition. That and just being part of a team working towards the same goal. I'm looking forward to seeing your bit of it :)
Thanks for participating everyone. It is now November all over the world, so the challenge is officially over. Of course, if you are working on a map and it isn't quite done yet, we will still love to see it when it is done, and I would still love to have the map for the atlas even if it didn't reach the challenge in time.
I've now put up the 6 maps that were submitted in the first post of the thread, and added a poll there. So, please go back to the first post and cast a vote for which map you think was the best map from this challenge.
I'd like to thank everyone that did submit a map in time, and good luck with the vote. However, do keep in mind that this "best map" vote at the end is just an extra bit of fun. The main idea with this challenge is to challenge yourself, maybe to do something you haven't done before, or to improve your skills. There are people of all skill levels here in the forum, and it shouldn't be the hope of winning that determines your participation or not, but rather the fun of participating. Also remember, even if your map should end up with zero votes, it doesn't mean people didn't like your map, just that it wasn't anyone top candidate.
Please remember when voting that this is a mapping competition first and foremost, and while we all love beautiful maps, I encourage you to take into account how they've solved the task of actually mapping their selected location in the city when deciding who to vote for, not just the artistic merit. The street should be a representaion of what we see on the city map, but obviously, that is a simplified view, so some interpretation of that is certainly expected.
I'm sorry I wasn't able to finish my map for the deadline. I hope to finish it in the next day or two so it can be added to the atlas. I've been pretty distracted lately.
I do want to say that all of the maps I've seen are quite beautiful, as well as appropriate to the task. I did submit a vote, but I'll never tell...
You have all been awarded badges for your efforts.
Thanks to everyone who participated. Remember, these challenges are more about challenging yourself than something you enter to win, so please join the next one, no matter your skill level.
I assume that everyone who have posted .fcw files want these included in the atlas, unless otherwise discussed. If this isn't the case, give me a note.
It's great seeing all these different styles and approaches to the application! It really can be what we allow for it to be.
And, might I add, for a master-level procrastinator such as myself it was great to have an incentive to actually wrap up a sizeable project for once...
I might do that one day. It is actually non-trivial to pick a good atlas city for this challenge. If the city is too large, the navigation links gets almost invisible, and if the city is too detailed, it isn't as fun as a contest because the look of the buildings is locked down already, providing little freedom. Some cities also have a very heavy .fcw file which may not be too kind to those with a weaker computer, so I want to avoid using those for a challenge like this as well.
I do have a few other candidates though. But I also try to vary the content of the challenges, so it won't be streets next time.
I purposely waited until after the Official(tm) content of the thread had expired before posting this so as not to hijack it while the Official(tm) content was still in progress.
But if picking a good atlas city is a challenge in itself, why not make it a Part I of II (or III or whatever) challenge? Pick spots on the atlas continent for people to build cities, and that's the Part I of the challenge. Then Part II is mapping a section of the first place of the Part I challenge?
You could get a lot of mileage (or, you know, meter-age, depending on your units) out of this..
But you can't map a section of the city you made - you have to do the sectional map on someone else's. The part three could be mapping a building on someone else's sectional map. I really like the idea.
And to stop cities getting too big/involved, you only have a month to do one.
I'll probably never to cities as competions. The most common thing I hear every time someone announce a challenge or competition is "sorry, I just don't have time right now, working on this other map/real life/etc...". And cities are one of the most time-consuming things out there, which certainly wouldn't help with people having time to take part. (And while you can do something like a Watabou city really quick, that wouldn't be much of a mapping challenge considering most of the work is just changing properties on the import, especially when all the entries are like that)
And for that two-parter idea to work, I would have to put really strict rules into place regarding how to build the city for part 1 for it to be suitable, I don't think that is really going to work out well.
How about we each pick a building from the street maps we've just done to do a full building plan of the interior and any sub levels?
I know Quenten kind of did that anyway with his entire street, but I'm talking about a dungeon plan based on one of the buildings from this most recent challenge. And I don't think it matters if you want to pick one from your own street or someone else's.
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This is Area 20 ready for submission.
@Lillhans Seeing, that the road from area 19 also runs through this one I shamelessly stole the name Beggars Lane.
Oh, that only makes sense @Theschabi. We should get extra credit for submitting in sequence!
Granted, @Monsen. I was a bit undecided as to whether or not include the fcw - but ultimately went along with it for informative purposes. Seeing as I made no research into the region before its making, I think it probably is for the best that it remains outside of the atlas project: even if no write-up exists for the city proper, it completely disregards the geographical context which otherwise would (and should) inform some of the design choices.
@Lillhans That's your decision obviously, but most atlas maps aren't that well researched anyway, and your map certainly wouldn't be out of place.
It looks fantastic, congratulations!
This is area 6 for submission. Bow of Promises Street - your way from or to the harbour of Dunor.
The .FCW includes the night version that can be viewed in my gallery or in this discussion:
So, I won't have a competition entry (wouldn't have challenged these amazing entries anyway!), but I still plan to map my street location for the Atlas anyway - just a little later than anticipated.
I think it's meant to be more of a personal challenge than an actual competition. That and just being part of a team working towards the same goal. I'm looking forward to seeing your bit of it :)
Posting this later than I planned to as my house was broken into and ransacked last night. Not a nice 'Trick' for Halloween.
FCW will follow later. Can't easily access the computer it's on.
Area 17.
Oh no! That's a terrible thing to happen ?
And despite that you still took the trouble to sort out the map for us. How very kind of you!
Thank you very much! We seem to be missing a comforting hug emoji, but you would have had one if it was there.
My offering will be completed for the Atlas, but not in time for the Contest. C'est la vie
Dreadnought, your text is a little crowded; I sugeest reducing the font size a tad. Great map
Thanks for participating everyone. It is now November all over the world, so the challenge is officially over. Of course, if you are working on a map and it isn't quite done yet, we will still love to see it when it is done, and I would still love to have the map for the atlas even if it didn't reach the challenge in time.
I've now put up the 6 maps that were submitted in the first post of the thread, and added a poll there. So, please go back to the first post and cast a vote for which map you think was the best map from this challenge.
I'd like to thank everyone that did submit a map in time, and good luck with the vote. However, do keep in mind that this "best map" vote at the end is just an extra bit of fun. The main idea with this challenge is to challenge yourself, maybe to do something you haven't done before, or to improve your skills. There are people of all skill levels here in the forum, and it shouldn't be the hope of winning that determines your participation or not, but rather the fun of participating. Also remember, even if your map should end up with zero votes, it doesn't mean people didn't like your map, just that it wasn't anyone top candidate.
Please remember when voting that this is a mapping competition first and foremost, and while we all love beautiful maps, I encourage you to take into account how they've solved the task of actually mapping their selected location in the city when deciding who to vote for, not just the artistic merit. The street should be a representaion of what we see on the city map, but obviously, that is a simplified view, so some interpretation of that is certainly expected.
I'll leave the voting open until November 7th.
Jim squeezes through a tiny space in the Internet. And votes.
I like all of them. But I made a choice.
Battery going out. See ya when I can.
5. WeathermanSweeden (Location 6) is the winner (for me), but all are great.
Hmm, so hard to decide. I'd like to vote for all of them, they're all without question great maps but that would be pointless...
I'm sorry I wasn't able to finish my map for the deadline. I hope to finish it in the next day or two so it can be added to the atlas. I've been pretty distracted lately.
I do want to say that all of the maps I've seen are quite beautiful, as well as appropriate to the task. I did submit a vote, but I'll never tell...
Time for voting is now over.
The winner of our little challenge here is @Lillhans with 38.89% of the votes. Congratulations.
@Maidhc O Casain and @WeathermanSweden shares second place with 22.22% of the votes each
Congratulations Hans! :D
A pair of really lovely maps from the runners-up, and good ones from the rest too.
Congratulations you all !
Congratulations, Hans! All of these maps are really good!
Fantastic maps all, and Lillhans - yours was so awesome.
Great maps you got there. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.
It's great seeing all these different styles and approaches to the application! It really can be what we allow for it to be.
And, might I add, for a master-level procrastinator such as myself it was great to have an incentive to actually wrap up a sizeable project for once...
@Lillhans Congratulations! I like your map and your special technique.
I think that all participants did their best!
...and still there are some more interesting maps that did not make it in time out there ?
The following maps are now available in the atlas. Thanks so much for contributing:
But if picking a good atlas city is a challenge in itself, why not make it a Part I of II (or III or whatever) challenge? Pick spots on the atlas continent for people to build cities, and that's the Part I of the challenge. Then Part II is mapping a section of the first place of the Part I challenge?
You could get a lot of mileage (or, you know, meter-age, depending on your units) out of this..
But you can't map a section of the city you made - you have to do the sectional map on someone else's. The part three could be mapping a building on someone else's sectional map. I really like the idea.
And to stop cities getting too big/involved, you only have a month to do one.
I'll probably never to cities as competions. The most common thing I hear every time someone announce a challenge or competition is "sorry, I just don't have time right now, working on this other map/real life/etc...". And cities are one of the most time-consuming things out there, which certainly wouldn't help with people having time to take part. (And while you can do something like a Watabou city really quick, that wouldn't be much of a mapping challenge considering most of the work is just changing properties on the import, especially when all the entries are like that)
And for that two-parter idea to work, I would have to put really strict rules into place regarding how to build the city for part 1 for it to be suitable, I don't think that is really going to work out well.
I think the street map was ideal.
How about we each pick a building from the street maps we've just done to do a full building plan of the interior and any sub levels?
I know Quenten kind of did that anyway with his entire street, but I'm talking about a dungeon plan based on one of the buildings from this most recent challenge. And I don't think it matters if you want to pick one from your own street or someone else's.
I'm happy to do a building from someone else's street. My street is still progressing slowly