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I want to make a good presentation for my map, coz last one sucked bad.
Help me pls?
Help me pls?
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How to present a map?
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Take a look at the stickies as well as existing threads. I usually write some short exposition/motivation/teaser, core functionality, important characters, maybe some example, screenshots/video, progress, downloads, credits. Just clearly emphasize the features of your project. Decorate everything to make it look interesting, professional and coherent. You have to be able to read it well enough, no monstrous wall of text, no bad formatting.
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As WaterKnight said.
Describe what your map is all about, the plot perhaps, the genre, some features which only your map has, some screenshots and use BB Code to attract people. Using a reference will help you out, just go take a look around the map development section and take one of them as an example.
Describe what your map is all about, the plot perhaps, the genre, some features which only your map has, some screenshots and use BB Code to attract people. Using a reference will help you out, just go take a look around the map development section and take one of them as an example.
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I made a tutorial with a few tips and tricks for this specifically.
There is also a map description template.
There is also a map description template.
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http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/map-development-202/war-forest-276976/ ty guys, its done. What do u think?
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It looks okay but I can be better.
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/miscellaneous-tutorials-456/map-thread-guide-271816/
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/miscellaneous-tutorials-456/map-thread-guide-271816/
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Pay attention to readability and aesthetics, that "Created by" for example is hardly visible on the background. The color scheme is very dull, which would maybe fit some scifi project (silver/metal) but not so if it's about a forest. The title should stand out more, maybe even use an extra decorated font for it.
The description is lacking, I cannot really picture it from your few lines.
Do not introduce own abbreviations without defining them (write "In War For The Forest (WftF)" instead). Later on you can just use the abbreviation. What is a race class? What do you mean "if there is"?
Elaborate and pick better phrases. Flatly comparing it to XYZ is lazy, assuming that the reader knows it and selling your work cheaply. You basically state that you do not bring anything new to the table, respectively that it can be described as primitively. If your map/project is indeed an Altered Melee, denote it as such right in the title and then only focus on your specific vision. What's possible to have is a debate/motivational introduction but then actually expose some reason/detail of your train of thoughts, what is good, what you think should change.
There is no gold in your project.
Are you serious? Write properly. Leave out vague expressions. And ideally substantiate it. Why would I automatically jump to the conclusion that your AI and terrain are bad? If you want to list up features, those are formal facts and I think they should rather be placed at the end of your presentation before dowloads/closing remarks/credits because how is the reader to make head and tails out of it at this stage? That only works if the context is already known.
"Miscellaenous". Apart from the headline and the insufficient content, that's something to be pushed behind the presentation, more so since it's something easy to change later on.
The screenshots are too large. Avoid the user having to handle the horizontal scroll bar.
About the credits: You do not tell what you thank them for. Are these coworkers? Have you only taken some resources from them? How are they linked to your project? What is the abcd pattern for?
Add a download paragraph including the map (big button), current version number and maybe what specialties the user has to adhere if there are any (technical stuff like map is protected, download mirrors, extra executable, works only with SharpCraft etc).
The description is lacking, I cannot really picture it from your few lines.
Do not introduce own abbreviations without defining them (write "In War For The Forest (WftF)" instead). Later on you can just use the abbreviation. What is a race class? What do you mean "if there is"?
Elaborate and pick better phrases. Flatly comparing it to XYZ is lazy, assuming that the reader knows it and selling your work cheaply. You basically state that you do not bring anything new to the table, respectively that it can be described as primitively. If your map/project is indeed an Altered Melee, denote it as such right in the title and then only focus on your specific vision. What's possible to have is a debate/motivational introduction but then actually expose some reason/detail of your train of thoughts, what is good, what you think should change.
There is no gold in your project.
Are you serious? Write properly. Leave out vague expressions. And ideally substantiate it. Why would I automatically jump to the conclusion that your AI and terrain are bad? If you want to list up features, those are formal facts and I think they should rather be placed at the end of your presentation before dowloads/closing remarks/credits because how is the reader to make head and tails out of it at this stage? That only works if the context is already known.
"Miscellaenous". Apart from the headline and the insufficient content, that's something to be pushed behind the presentation, more so since it's something easy to change later on.
The screenshots are too large. Avoid the user having to handle the horizontal scroll bar.
About the credits: You do not tell what you thank them for. Are these coworkers? Have you only taken some resources from them? How are they linked to your project? What is the abcd pattern for?
Add a download paragraph including the map (big button), current version number and maybe what specialties the user has to adhere if there are any (technical stuff like map is protected, download mirrors, extra executable, works only with SharpCraft etc).
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