Posted by Underdog on Thu Oct 13th 2005 at 1:53am
Children's sand castles tend to be round affairs since a pail is often used to make them with. If its realism you are after, lose most all the 90* angles.
Just my take on the theme.
Posted by FatStrings on Tue Oct 11th 2005 at 7:08pm
have you thought about putting some terrain in the sand like some hills or something
also it seems really small to me
Had he said "LOL THIS MAP SUCXORSZ :LOL," then yes, that would have been rudeness. However, by this forum's standards, he was only being honest. Just want to clarify that.
I don't require clarification. I'm well aware of the fact that posting personal work on a site such as this will draw both positive and negative comments. What I found to be rude was when he referred to a part of my map design being "lame", which is unnecessary in the terms of constructive criticism. I was not referring to his comments in whole, as any suggestions are good suggestions to me. Quoting one line of text stating "don't get offended" does not make it law, besides the fact that that statement is meant for those forum users who take even the mildest comments the wrong way and fly off the handle. I don't consider "Thanks for the suggestions but no thanks to the rudeness" flying off the handle.
So please, save your lectures for someone else.
Posted by Cassius on Mon Sep 5th 2005 at 4:18pm
Had he said "LOL THIS MAP SUCXORSZ :LOL," then yes, that would have been rudeness. However, by this forum's standards, he was only being honest. Just want to clarify that.
Posted by MisterBister on Fri Sep 2nd 2005 at 12:10pm
I agree. Really cool theme though.
Posted by $loth on Wed Aug 31st 2005 at 10:54pm
I am definatly liking the idea of this map, I haven't played it but I think it's a brill idea. Maybe the colours could be changed on the tub and truck.
Posted by RabidMonkey777 on Wed Aug 24th 2005 at 6:03am
I'm intrigued as to the scale - It just seems a little small, but I'm not sure how the actual map works and just assumed a little bit - Is the actual map based around the entire backyard, or just the sandbox? If it's the latter, it seems like a really tiny map in terms of playable area, at least, from what I see. Perhaps enlarge the sandbox somewhat?
The terrain and sand bases need some displacement work by the way. Since the house is a very large (literally) bit of the skybox?/map, it could use some more architectural detail - I think it would be cool to see a few houses down the block, too - Maybe a big downtown skybox in the distance, some trees, just to make it feel like you're in an actual backyard somewhere and not just near a house and a fence that the map limits you to.
Exactly... I don't want sugarcoating, but I don't want to be insulted either. As I said, I like your suggestions and now I respect you as well.
Posted by Tracer Bullet on Tue Aug 23rd 2005 at 3:40pm
Sorry about that. As Maze said, it's a very cool concept, A nice twist on the old "rats" theme. I wouldn't have commented at all if I didn't think the map had potential. I am glad, however, that you are an individual capable of accepting criticism while ignoring the potentially offensive manner in which it is sometimes given. Keep on this way, and you'll be a good man to have around.
I want to use models my friend made. :/
