Zylox: moving Fresh Maps -> Category:Fresh Maps

Zylox — Tue, 01 May 2012 17:55:31 GMT

moving Fresh Maps -> Category:Fresh Maps

New page

== Introduction ==
Okay, Hello. This page exists so I can fool around here without mucking up anybody else's hard work (as I tend to do because I'm a bumbling fool most of the time). I'm gonna try to be a cartographer (feel free to snigger) and use this page to tinker with different ways of creating new maps for, well pretty much everywhere. I want to create a system that involves the use of colored ASCII art in a structured way to make creating new maps a lot easier. With that said, please feel free to leave feedback etc etc on the discussion page!

== Speculation ==
First I want to establish what information is useful in a map.
World Maps:
* Terrain (also flight needed/no flight needed?)
** Characterize by what fieldcraft skill applies?
* Cities etc.
* Paths
* Altitude
City Maps
* Shops
Both:
* Can't go there messages - some way to include them
* Notes on people, animals and places seen and where
* Some sort of coordinate location system
* Links to stable places on the map

== Sandbox ==
<code>Characters for different ways to travel between coordinates? 
~ Swimming 
+ Walking 
. Flying 
& Action (like picking a lock etc) 
• 
@ Solid things 
</code>
<pre>
ALL ASCII CHARACTERS
© © ! ! _ _ Û Û ® ® " " ` ` ž Ü Ü  
# # a a Ÿ Ý Ý " " $ $ b b   Þ Þ & &
% % c c ¡ ¡ ß ß < < & & d d ¢ ¢ à à > >
' ' e e £ £ á á À À ( ( f f ¤ ¤ â â
Á Á ) ) g g ¥ ¥ ã ã Â Â * * h h ¦ ¦ ä ä
Ã Ã + + i i § § å å Ä Ä , , j j ¨ ¨ æ æ
Å Å - - k k © © ç ç Æ Æ . . l l ª ª è è
Ç Ç / / m m « « é é È È 0 0 n n ¬ ¬ ê ê
É É 1 1 o o ë ë Ê Ê 2 2 p p ® ® ì ì
Ë Ë 3 3 q q ¯ ¯ í í Ì Ì 4 4 r r ° ° î î
Í Í 5 5 s s ± ± ï ï Î Î 6 6 t t ² ² ð ð
Ï Ï 7 7 u u ³ ³ ñ ñ Ð Ð 8 8 v v ´ ´ ò ò
Ñ Ñ 9 9 w w µ µ ó ó Õ Õ : : x x ¶ ¶ ô ô
Ö Ö ; ; y y · · õ õ Ø Ø < < z z ¸ ¸ ö ö
Ù Ù = = { { ¹ ¹ ÷ ÷ Ú Ú > > | | º º ø ø
Û Û ? ? } } » » ù ù Ü Ü @ @ ~ ~ ¼ ¼ ú ú
Ý Ý A A ? ½ ½ û û Þ Þ B B € ¾ ¾ ü ü
ß ß C C ¿ ¿ ý ý à à D D ‚ À À þ þ
á á E E ƒ Á Á ÿ ÿ å å F F „ Â Â æ æ
G G … Ã Ã ç ç H H † Ä Ä è è I I ‡
Å Å é é J J ˆ Æ Æ ê ê K K ‰ Ç Ç ë ë
L L Š È È ì ì M M ‹ É É í í N N Œ
Ê ? î î O O Ë Ë ï ï P P Ž Ì Ì ð ð
Q Q Í Í ñ ñ R R Î Î ò ò S S ‘
Ï Ï ó ó T T ’ Ð Ð ô ô U U “ Ñ Ñ õ õ
V V ” Ò Ò ö ö W W • Ó Ó ø ø X X –
Ô Ô ù ù Y Y — Õ Õ ú ú Z Z ˜ Ö Ö û û
[ [ ™ × × ý ý \ \ š Ø Ø þ þ ] ] ›
Ù Ù ÿ ÿ ^ ^ œ Ú Ú
</pre>

Source: http://www.web-source.net/symbols.htm

* Remember - between <nowiki><code> and </code></nowiki> wiki markup does apply! This means some characters can't be used first onna line (*,#) but also things can be linked from :D 
* Finally got a way for colors to work in ASCII characters: TEXT YES!!! 

== Cimbra Map Mockup ==

* See [[Map:Cimbra]]

==To Do==
* Figure out what all the terrain colors should be
* Figure out what symbols to use on the map: I want to use symbols for the placeholders that change depending on whether you have to swim, fly, etc to get there
* Finish fleshing out this map with terrain/locations
* Organize the key and make it universal
* Run around making sure everything is accurate and all the coordinates are here
* Link all the dots on the side to the adjacent areas
* Make map pages and link them to descriptive pages?

==Other Notes==
* http://www.network-science.de/ascii/ - graffit font for title
* http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_color_formatting_help

Feedback on this scheme would be greatly appreciated: I'm not entirely sure that this way is easier than making actual PNGs of the maps, but it works better for me since all I need is a browser to edit it and I use a bunch of private and public computers etc etc.

Specifically, does this width work on your monitor? I'm gonna check it on all of mine to see...

== Terrain Color Key ==

See [[Maps:Terrain Key]]

== Reference ==
This may be helpful later: [[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Pre#Special_characters page on what special characters work]]

<pre>Characters: – — … ° ≈ ≠ ± − × ÷ ← → · § ~~~~
Wiki markup: {{}} | [] [[]] [[|]] [[Category:]] #REDIRECT[[]] <s></s> <code></code> <blockquote></blockquote> <ref></ref>
<div class="references-small"> <references/>  <includeonly></includeonly> <noinclude></noinclude> <nowiki></nowiki> <code><nowiki></nowiki></code> • (templates)
Symbols: ~ | ¡ ¿ † ‡ ↔ ↑ ↓ • # ¹ ² ³ ½ ⅓ ⅔ ¼ ¾ ⅛ ⅜ ⅝ ⅞ ‘ “ ’ ” ¢ $ € £ ¥ «» „“ „”
Characters: Á á Ć ć É é Í í Ĺ ĺ Ń ń Ó ó Ŕ ŕ Ś ś Ú ú Ý ý Ź ź À à È è Ì ì Ò ò Ù ù Â â Ĉ ĉ Ê ê Ĝ ĝ Ĥ ĥ Î î Ĵ ĵ Ô ô Ŝ ŝ Û û Ŵ ŵ Ŷ ŷ Ä ä Ë ë Ï ï Ö ö Ü ü Ÿ ÿ ß Ã ã Ẽ ẽ Ĩ ĩ
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== Random Ideas ==
Moved to [[User:FreshAlacrity#Ideas for Lost Souls|my user page]].

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