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| - | Here is a collection of smaller maps scraped from the Clockwork Hounds servers which are mostly appropriate in size for blitzes and duels. | + | ======Maps====== |
| - | Available for download here: | + | Every game of Dominions 5 is played on a map, which defines the look, geography, and provinces. The map can be hand-made, or randomly generated by the game or another tool. |
| - | https:// | + | For a [[single-player]] campaign, you usually care less about map balance and more about interesting features and beautiful images. For a multi-player game, balance is often a top concern. Multiplayer maps often need to wrap around in order to not give players advantageous corner starts. |
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| + | Hand-made maps can be downloaded from the Steam Workshop. As it might be difficult to browse, and there are many maps that are not balanced for multiplayer, | ||
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| + | FIXME: make a sweet table or something for the below list, or maybe a template that includes stuff like number of players. (also consider in which way these lists should differ from the Steam workshop -- only in being curated?) | ||
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| + | FIXME: should also list a couple common complaints about each maps, to nuance and not make it seem like just a list of "the good maps" | ||
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| + | =====Random Maps===== | ||
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| + | The game has a built-in random map generator, which is rarely used for multiplayer games. Reasons include imbalanced starting positions and [[cap circles]], many underwater provinces, and risk of starting on a small island. The [[Random Map NoStart Setter]] tool can make these maps more sensible for multiplayer games. | ||
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| + | [[MapNuke]] is the current state-of-the-art of random map generation. It is used by most multiplayer games and is under active development. The second random map generation tool is [[Cartographic Revision]], which also produces playable multiplayer maps. | ||
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| + | FIXME: write something about what to consider when tweaking the random maps | ||
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| + | =====Long-form 8-16 Player Maps===== | ||
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| + | FIXME intro | ||
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| + | * Biddyn | ||
| + | * Snerdryn | ||
| + | * Hexawyr | ||
| + | * Edowyn | ||
| + | * Lucid' | ||
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| + | =====Blitz/ | ||
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| + | Here is a collection of smaller maps scraped from the Clockwork Hounds servers which are mostly appropriate in size for [[blitz|blitzes]] and duels. | ||
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| + | Available for download here: https:// | ||
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| + | FIXME: host the maps on the server? | ||
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| + | FIXME: download the maps from 7th's google drive and upload them here | ||
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| + | FIXME: if maps have designated throne sites, give the number of thrones for the map | ||
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| + | =====Very Large Maps===== | ||
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| + | Some well-known maps are considered too big or silly for serious games, and only played for special occasions, under carefully calibrated rules, or for //the experience// | ||
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| + | * [[Oeridia]] | ||
| + | * [[Latus]] | ||
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