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The Sinking Isles

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The Sunken Isles
Created by MrMyers743

Map Info:

"The rains thicken, the tides rise and the sands slip beneath the ocean. These islands do not have long before they are lost to the world, along with their treasure and powerful artifacts. Claim what you can before these lands drown."

This is my first attempt at a standard melee map, and features the ability to attack from the sea which it seems many melee maps do not have.

Features:


  • Sunken Ruins Tileset
  • 1v1, 2v2 and FFA
  • large number of creep camps


Some more stuff about the map:

The map itself is using the Sunken Ruins tileset, and features multiple creep camps some of which are only accessible through the goblin shipyards. Ships can also be used for surprise attacks from the water, as the entire island is surrounded by the ocean. At the center of the island is the last remaining ruin of the Sinking Isles; a temple to the great hydras to which the natives had worshiped.

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Terrain Screenshots:


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Author's notes:

Please inform me of any issues that you may find with this map and I will fix them and update accordingly.

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Keywords:
melee, sunken ruins, paradise, island, isles, troll, hydra, rain, tropical, temple, ancient, ship, water, sea, ocean
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The Sinking Isles (Map)

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09:04, 13th May 2016 Ardenian: Could profit from some more small doodads, especially in the center area, tile variation is good. The only point I see is that the starting locations are too close to the gold mines. You should fix that up. Please also...

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The Sinking Isles is a melee map which is consistent throughout, but may lack some of the little things melee players are accustomed to.

What a player will notice first is the unorthodox starting position style. Both entrances are main entrances as if you start in the middle of a path, the closest creep camp is behind the trees, and your town hall starts a little closer to the mine than usual. None of these are absolute bad things, but they're things that, especially competitive players, aren't used to. Also, adding a creep camp to the taverns takes away the ability to start with a tavern hero, which many players do.

There aren't a lack of creeps, but there's a lack of nearby creeps accessible from the start - giving Humans (militia creeping taken away) and Night Elves (ancients creeping taken away) a small disadvantage. The creeps chosen we're actually good, as it helps tone down air superiority in a map with long pathways like this. Item drops levels seem fine to me. Most have good variety, and some have a specific set item that don't hurt.

Everything in this map is distanced perfectly from each other, showing no advantage to a specific player. Though, distancing between everything is further on average, causing campier gameplay. What you can do if you want to speed it up is add 2 or 4 gold mines around the map, maybe on the islands to make ships have more significance, and lower the starting gold mine some.

The terrain is not bad. Tile usage and height variation is its strong point, while doodad usage is a little on the scarcer side (exluding trees). Overall, it's decent and more doodads placed around the map would improve it.b

Overall, a working melee map that I give 3.3/5. Map approved :thumbs_up:

Melee references:
Competitive Melee Map
How to create Melee Maps

09:04, 13th May 2016
Ardenian: Could profit from some more small doodads,
especially in the center area, tile variation is good.

The only point I see is that the starting locations are too close to the gold mines.
You should fix that up.

Please also clarify author status.
 
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Level 6
Joined
Feb 5, 2012
Messages
1,685
Your terrain is well done.

I would like to suggest some things.

- Add more enviromental doodads. For some of the parts are quite empty.
FOR EXAMPLE: Add some shells to the shore.
Some grass on the roads as well as rocks then some Vines on the center. Like those in the edges of the cliff adding vines should add more goodness to aesthetics

Overall every part is balance. Should be acceptable 4/5.

Also may I ask are those number of trees intented? Because I feel it is a little bit too crowded of trees. Maybe reduced a little bit to add some space on the battlefield.
 
Level 32
Joined
Apr 2, 2013
Messages
3,953
The Sinking Isles is a melee map which is consistent throughout, but may lack some of the little things melee players are accustomed to.

What a player will notice first is the unorthodox starting position style. Both entrances are main entrances as if you start in the middle of a path, the closest creep camp is behind the trees, and your town hall starts a little closer to the mine than usual. None of these are absolute bad things, but they're things that, especially competitive players, aren't used to. Also, adding a creep camp to the taverns takes away the ability to start with a tavern hero, which many players do.

There aren't a lack of creeps, but there's a lack of nearby creeps accessible from the start - giving Humans (militia creeping taken away) and Night Elves (ancients creeping taken away) a small disadvantage. The creeps chosen we're actually good, as it helps tone down air superiority in a map with long pathways like this. Item drops levels seem fine to me. Most have good variety, and some have a specific set item that don't hurt.

Everything in this map is distanced perfectly from each other, showing no advantage to a specific player. Though, distancing between everything is further on average, causing campier gameplay. What you can do if you want to speed it up is add 2 or 4 gold mines around the map, maybe on the islands to make ships have more significance, and lower the starting gold mine some.

The terrain is not bad. Tile usage and height variation is its strong point, while doodad usage is a little on the scarcer side (exluding trees). Overall, it's decent and more doodads placed around the map would improve it.b

Overall, a working melee map that I give 3.3/5. Map approved :thumbs_up:

Melee references:
Competitive Melee Map
How to create Melee Maps
 
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