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ZedKalEios β Creating a region from scratch.
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Published: 2012-10-25 13:47:51 +0000 UTC; Views: 2456; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 9
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A long time ago, I set out to create a map for the Izaga Region. I started with a simple black outline and worked my way forward by studying the Sinnoh map, with some errors along the way, until I finally achieved the result I was looking for.For a static result of the last image, you can find the region map here [link]
Town/city markers and route colors (c) Nintendo
Topography/lay of the land (c) ZedKalEios
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I need to make a region but I'm having trouble. It needs to be based off the UK.
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What style/gen are you trying, and what aspects are holding you up the most at the moment? Outline? Topography? Size(ie where to begin and where to cut it off)?
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I have no trouble designing the towns etc. It's the actual LAYOUT I can't do. I want the outline to look like the UK, but I can't place the towns in a good place. I'm never happy with it XD
As for the gen, any is fine. It needs to be around the same size as any of the main series games. I'd probably say something like Sinnoh.
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Could you give me a sample of what you've done already, so I can get a solid visual of your hangup?
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I haven't thought of anything but the region itself... there are no towns or routes yet. I plan on adding lots of bridges and rivers, and the London based city will be the main focus.
This is what I have:Β sta.sh/02dh9xn63ax5
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Hm. A good outline to be sure, but capturing the fullness of the country just doesn't seem possible with how thin the landmass is. You'd have to probably double it width-wise or else narrow down the towns/routes quite a lot in order to avoid cramping... or maybe if you turned the whole image once counter-clockwise before laying out towns etc it could work kind of like Hoenn is in comparison to its real world position. Even still it would be cramped but not necessarily as much as it is.
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I'll try making it fatter. Thanks for the help :3
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Np, and great work with the design!
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i wanna make my own region but i got no idea how. cna u help a bit?
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Sure. What did you have in mind?
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well I'm thinking a sort of archipelago
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Okay. Do you want to sprite it, and if so, what generation-style do you want to recreate? Or are you looking for ideas to help build the region's back story and history and such?
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maybe generation 5 map artwork, i enjoyed gen 5, and i dont think i need help for the backstory but maybe it turns out i do need help
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Hm, I myself don't have much time invested in gen 5 mapping so I don't know that I could offer you any good advice, but here is an example of Unova style map building with great instructions the-godlings-rapture.deviantar⦠That should help you build your map from scratch.
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well, i cna work with gen 4 map stuf,f i just wnat the routes and stuff to be gen 5 if you get what i mean
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Yeah, I see what you mean. I've never considered pairing those up before so I'm uncertain how they would really look, but visualizing it in my head it seems like an idea worth trying.
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ya, maybe evne gen 3 idk, i dont have all teh details worked out, that may be cus i dont know what is really required to be thought out
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It also works great as a time-lapse image of the region over time. With climate change and urbanization and what-not.
Great map!
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Yup, that too. Thank you(and for the +watch)!
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Thank you very much 
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Aww you're very welcome ^W^
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