Akilon Flats -new melee map

[Michael the Boombringer]

Best map for warden, hyppo and chim imbalance. Those ramps, man!

 

[Augustus_Magnus]

You should use more tiles for your terrain. Also, there's to many goldmines for a 1v1. Try to add two or four players. I like this idea though.

 

[Marcoromana]

thanks for the idea, i will think about this.

 

[Thing_I]

It seems to me like there are some balancing issues with the map. It is asymmetrical. This is okay, except when the creep balance is off.
For example: look at Red's creeps. He first has 2 orange camps - no fliers. These are the creeps that he will first be creeping. However, when you look at Blue's natural creep path, he has an orange camp (good) but then an orange camp with a flier. This kind of limits either creeping patterns for blue, or hero selections.
I notice too, that there are no green camps. Possibly add 1 or 2 around. The middle could use some love, and I'm sure they'd fit right in.

Spoiler: Open Middle of Map

Also, there are very few trees for each player, Blue is favored in this sense.
Finally, my last criticism is the terrain. It is very very plain and I believe it will not be approved if you don't change it a bit. I recommend adding doodads (especially rocks, the jagged edges of the cliffs look.. kinda bad) and definitely add some tile variation. The grassy cliff edges look out of place, when everything else is dirt. If you want to keep it as a barren place, consider looking at some Desert themed maps, and see how they pull it off. Sand is a good texture (however, it seems a bit more like a beach, but it's by far one of my favorite tiles)
It might be worth modifying your tile palette (Advanced > Modify Tileset...) and picking some barren tiles.
Another thing: Try to avoid sharp, straight lines - especially for cliffs.

Spoiler: Line I'm talking about

Final note on the terrain. Heavy, dark grass right into dirt generally looks messy and unnatural. Try Heavy Grass > Light Grass > Grassy Dirt > Dirt. It makes the transition much cleaner.

As it stands, I'll give a 2/5, but I'm willing to change when the map does

EDIT: Also, check out This Link. It is a melee map description example by Rufus. It'd greatly help your description

 

[Paillan]

Please fix that description as suggested and work on that terrain, it is really as empty as it can be. After you do that I will consult our melee maps expert.

 

[Marcoromana]

Fixed the map.

 

[Paillan]

I still think that using only one terrain tyle is not the way to make this. Awaiting update again.