Ask Genesis :3

[Genesis9]

Hey everybody! Thought it might be fun to start up one of these!

If you don't know, I make maps for Feral Heart, ranging from Ember Island, the Forest of Lights to one of my newer creations, the Verto Animus Map Pack. So I thought it might be nice to have a little ask me thread if you have any questions about how I make my maps or anything really I'm happy to answer any questions you may have for me so ask away

~ Genesis  

[WhiteLightHeart]

Oh la la~ Heya fellow map maker. c;

What was your very first map like? :3

[Genesis9]

Hellu ouo

xD My first map? Ah, it's hard to remember which was the first, but I'm fairly certain it was a map called 'The End'.

Made for my Dragon Rp 'Draconifors' it was a rag tag little map that used the Watermill height map and mask, with lava under the water and dark grey ground surrounding it. It was supposed to be the city of the 'Darkness Dragons' after it had been thrown into ruin, so I raised the height of the map by quite a bit (which made it tricky to navigate by foot ;-;) and placed a ruined palace atop one of the hills. There were also three floating islands in the center, a graveyard near the edge of the lake, a small temple that marked the bridge to an encampment across the water and a sandy path that led all around the map.

Needless to say, as my first map, it wasn't the best, but I figured out how to add music and a dark grey sky to help with the ambiance at least The music was 'The Forbidden Pool' from Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers for anyone who's curious!

Despite my lack of skill as a map maker back then, the group got quite a bit of use out of it, and some pretty epic role-play instances as well! It was where we held the finale to our First Season, and I miss visiting it now a bit, as it was lost when I got a new laptop o3o

Great first question! Thanks WhiteLightHeart! x)

[LordSuragaha]

Let's see...

If you had the chance to modify one of the game's official maps which map would you pick and how would you change it ?

[WhiteLightHeart]

o-o (I used the WaterMill heightmap for my first map, too. xD)

But, still, for a first map, you really went all-out with it! Awesome stuff, dear! I especially like the multiple floating islands, and the fact that you went and put lava, and even some music, is really quite unique for a first map.
Very nice stuff, though I am sorry you lost the map. Old stuff like that still holds a little sentimental value, no? <3

You're very welcome, dear, and thanks for answering! 'Tis very cool. c;

[Genesis9]

Let's see...

If you had the chance to modify one of the game's official maps which map would you pick and how would you change it ?

Ah, that's a tricky one, there is so much that could be done for all of the current main FH maps (one problem that I've always had is that I wish there was a staircase beside the waterfall in Ficho so you could actually jump back up to the top level without spamming the prtscn key xD)

 But I think I would have to choose Flourite and just give it one big overhaul, mainly I would want to update the heightmap and make it a bit more interesting/realistic, then I would want to add some more structures that people could congregate around like Stone Bridge, but only a tad more interesting >u< I'd also want to re-vamp the current locations and make them larger and more fun to be around! Like the N/Z for example, I think i'd put something really cool there, along with adding some stuff to the barren wasteland that is the + !

There's so much to do in that map I could hardly list the things I would want to change x'D But the only problem I would have to worry about was to make sure it wouldn't lag o3o Because that would not be good!

Ah, one more thing, I'd add a cool bridge type thingy that led out to the island where the CODW Portal is as well so people don't always have to swim to get there ouo Along with fixing all the current problems with the floating meshes and stuff.

Thanks for the Question Lord Suragaha! I've actually thought about what I could change in the main maps from time to time, but it was kinda nice to flesh it out a bit

@WhiteLightHeart

The old stuff deffinatly holds sentiment, even if sometimes I just want to delete all my old maps that I /do/ have in a rage xD And no problem! Twas a pleasure to tell you about it owo

[WhiteLightHeart]

Squee, thank you for sharing, floof~<3

Hm... Now, if you could be any animal for a day, what would you be?

[Genesis9]

That's an easy one x3 I'd defiantly want to be some type of bird, a Red Tailed Hawk or some sort of Eagle, because i've always dreamed about having wings and flying up there among the clouds since I was a kid! Even if it was only for a day, that would be amazing!!

[SteampunkWolfdog]

You like making maps, eh...

What would your reaction be if someone came up to you with an OS map and said "Make me one of these would you?" Do you have OS maps in Canada? I'm not sure... :/

[Genesis9]

Lol yeah, we have those too x3 Most of them are just these huge maps that take forever to unfold and re-fold properly whenever we're on a road trip

But if someone asked /me/ to make one of those? xD Well I wouldn't know where to begin really! I'd probably just direct them to the nearest convenience store where they could purchase one. Or tell em to look it up on google maps!