Hello! I'm yanderecat, or as some know me as Chickeon. Recently, I've undertook the massive task of rebooting a roleplay that I never got off the ground. This is the map update thread for it. I've been working three days on it as of writing, in one to two hour spurts.
I think the first thing you should know about me is that when I take on a project, you bet I'm going to go ham on it if I want it to succeed. Maybe a bit too ham, since the map is laggy af. But rest assured! I will be making multiple, roleplay-friendly versions of the map once its finished.
Since I had already made a map prior to the rebooting, I had to make some decisions, as everyone who reboots does. And so, I decided to get rid of every single plant that didn't make up a landmark or camp. Came out odd, but I liked the result. I picked off little pieces at first. I worked on one of the camps, the few outdoor ones. It looks like this:
(https://imgur.com/Ax9wG02.jpg)
Compare it to this:
(https://i.imgur.com/r3zOePT.jpg)
I think its beautiful. It's really what I wanted out of this. It looks less like a bunch of trees and a camp and more like a forest with a camp in it. I personally think the mushrooms on the logs were a nice touch of mine.
For now, I've taken on the most tedious of the tasks: making the rivers more lively. By lively, I mean plants. Plants everywhere. Plants all around the place. So. Much. PLANT. I chose three plants for the river, and have finished one layer (coating?) of them and have just started the process of adding in another.
(https://imgur.com/nAqoWz2.png)
It looks worse from so high up, but I wanted to show you the size of this thing and how many of this one plant I placed. My dinky laptop only has trouble when I'm facing the camp above, but in-game, it lags little.
If you might be interested in actually playing and roleplaying in this map, consider looking through my site. (https://four-descendant-clans.weebly.com (https://four-descendant-clans.weebly.com)). If a built world, with history, culture, and especially conflict, piques your interest, you're free to join me in this "little" project.
I am looking for map testers, so if you'd like to beta this map and its future, less laggy variants, please join the discord on the site. If you're interested in the roleplay aspect, join the discord as well. Its temporary, until I get everything together.
I'm so happy to bring a map to life, especially one that started out like this:
(https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/509558780326051841/524284136773386250/unknown.png)
Any feedback on my work would be appreciated. I barely get enough critique as a regular artist!
Ooh! This is very neat, great job! When I care and am I'm invested in something, I too glue myself to it with attention and time. I think that kind of drive helps so much when it comes to groups, or any type of project. Best of luck to ya, Yander! Looking forward to seeing this project soar.