Larysia Con'd: Tuschana WIP

LadieStorm · March 2016

So this is mid progress of my last continent for Larysia... Tuschana. Now Tuschana was one of the two empires that started the Great Larysian Wars in my game... so it was one of the hardest hit when the gods brought their wrath down on the mortals of this world. Its civilizations have also taken the longest to recover... which has allowed the land to 'flourish'. It looks like it's doing fairly well, except for the magic that has twisted alot of the flora and fauna here(not that you can see that from the map!)

I am still tweaking the land itself, so there this map is far from complete... but for some reason, it's not going as smoothly as the others did. I'm not quite sure why... I'm just not feeling it with this map, although I can't put my finger on anything that's 'wrong' with it. I can't really explain it... Maybe you all can put your fingers on what's nagging the back of my mind on this map.

seycyrus · March 2016

LadieStorm,

I haven't noticed this before, but I think the "river police" would not like what you have done with your waterways.

LadieStorm · March 2016

I've actually received a decent amount of positive feedback on that effect. If you look at the other maps I made, they all have this effect. I admit, my rivers were one of the things that another d me a bit....not because of the effect, but because I had to go back and widen them to make them continuous...

jslayton · March 2016

I think he may be referring to the non-gravitational flow of your rivers. Water flows downhill, meaning that things like rivers connecting two different pieces of ocean are very unlikely.

The river police comment stems from a bunch of rabidly-gravitational folks over at the Cartographer's Guild forum. See http://www.cartographersguild.com/showthread.php?t=3822 for the "How to get your rivers in the right place" discussion thread. I also recommend the works of "waldronate" over there as well, but that's mostly because I have a towering ego and like to hear myself talk.

Shessar · March 2016

There is also a great PDF available from the ProFantasy site that was written by a user.

Rules of Rivers

Svaala · March 2016

Rivers, the ever recurring discussion topic for every map !

LadieStorm · March 2016

Well, I have been thinking about what has been nagging me about Tuschana. I even came back here, and re-read all of the posts about it... including my own, and it finally dawned on me why I wasn't happy with this continent. Tuschana was one of the empires that instigated the Great Larysian Wars, and it was one of the hardest hit when the gods vented their wrath. The land itself is flourishing in this map. Tuschana shouldn't be flourishing. So I have restarted this map, with a completely different flavor. I have also (hopefully!) appeased the river police with this version of Tuschana..... I will let you decide for yourself. I'm not done yet, but I think it's coming along much better.

LadieStorm · March 2016

And at this point Tuschana is almost finished. Just have to do roads, and the ocean stuff, plus the text labels and the known world of Larysia is complete!

Tonnichiwa · March 2016

Very nice. I like it much better now

LadieStorm · March 2016

and here is the finished continent of Tuschana. I hope you enjoy!

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