Other Island ideas

[JansiGX]

I need some ideas about terrain for my map, Island Conquest

What I did so far:
Every island is raised from water in more or less different shape.
Every island also must have 7 buildings
Tor the terrain I use minimum 3 different textures and 2 types of doodads- palm tree and winy plant. There is also a small rock on few islands.

In the end I get island that look nice for a strategy game.

But doesn't look so good when I have over 50 islands (73 in total) made in the same style

So I need ideas what can I do different.

 

[Just_Spectating]

it looks weird because there is no mainland.

so its fine.

but maybe you could find a darker color for the water

 

[Mulgrim]

those look great, keep them that way, but you could add rocks to make waterfalls in a few, or make those that don't look good, better gamewise (strategic position, blah blah)

 

[Just_Spectating]

oh yeah, thats what was wrong.

all the islands are too flat.

 

[supertoinkz]

have a volcano in the center where it will burst and attack 2 random buildings
Also add storms, tsunamis ............

 

[Mulgrim]

ahh! weather effects, of course ^^^

 

[meOme]

"different shape"? At least 80% of the islands are shaped like crescents with trees on the outside... Sorry, but I think they all look nearly completely the same.

 

[JansiGX]

I like idea about waterfall. 3 or 5 islands could have that.

Is this good? maybe I can add something.

island with waterfall

I will try doing something with weather effects too.

 

[bounty hunter2]

Use cliffs, make the islands very high, make round islands, and water in the middle of them, make rivers on islands, make some artificial islands dunno.

 

[Hugget Sukker]

Vary size and shape more and create land mass patterns, like the land stretches below the sea, you know. Vary depth of water and create dots of shallow water, maybe even raise some above water and use a rocky texture on it, or doodads (like rock spires).

Most of the islands look like they're all beach on one side and all jungle and stuff on the other. Would be more natural if they were just slightly bigger and some had beach all way around the the conture, and vegetation in the middle.

 

[JansiGX]

thanks for suggestions so far.
now I have enough ideas to spend a few days on terrain editing.

 

[Handycombinder]

There is already a map named Island Defense

 

[JansiGX]

Your right. I meant conquest. silly mistake...
Edited my first post. Thanks for noticing.