I'm posting preview on the new map pack - Noxious Valleys! A dry, unhospitable and toxic environment with some spots of plant life - struggling to survive those conditions. I've played a lot with different layouts for this one - maps should look interesting and be connecting in natural manner reg...
2022-05-23 10:39:56 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm uploading full versions of newest oceanic maps. I had to tinker on water wave size, so it would look good after being printed - preview version of the map looked fine while zoomed out, but there were problems close up.
Anyway - have fun with this map pack! I hope it will offer somethi...
The next map pack is going to be a bit experimental! This map pack, will allow you to fight some underwater combat, at the same time I've put enough sectors with shallow water to allow you stay being only partially submerged. Hopefully this will add up some nice bonus variety to already available...
2022-05-13 07:37:15 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm uploading the full version of Desert Oasis map pack. It bases on one of the earliest biomes I've worked on - brings me some good memories of planning previous desert maps layout in notebook, before I've started to do it in the graphical program. A blast from the past.
I hope you guys will ...
Back in a day, I worked on a sandy desert oasis. I even put the biome on the front page long picture! (though last time working on a similar biome, the final result ended up a bit different from the original concept shown there and there were only 2 sheets with the theme). Since a few people were...
2022-05-04 04:25:45 +0000 UTC View PostWhile working on new biomes layout for this month - an idea came to my mind. It's something that would be potentially cool and interesting, providing a widely different gameplay than usually - but also something that I think is rather controversial. I would like to ask you about your opinions on ...
2022-05-03 22:08:40 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm uploading the finished map pack. Have fun using it! This one is really cool to shuffle the sheets and connect them together, lots of cool terrain combinations from the gameplay point of view!
I haven't planned out what to do for a next map pack yet, but I've played Star Control 2 again ...
2022-04-26 23:26:39 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm finishing up the work on a new volcanic biome of moutains and lava pools. I've figured out, it has been a quite a while, since I last worked on something magma related and I had some unused layout ideas to expand on - (if working as intended) offering a lot of spots on the map sheets pr...
2022-04-24 11:47:42 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm uploading full version of Tropical Pools map pack. Hopefully, you will like the results. I've tried to focus on sort of 2 pararell biomes at the same time here - one made out of dry highlands and the other of wet and lush lake areas.
I've mentioned an insect mechanics before. My proposi...
2022-04-17 01:58:21 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm sharing the preview of the newest map pack: tropical pools. My goal here was to make something reasonably open with highland centerpieces. I've restricted map foliage to minimal but important spots you can use to take cover.
I've also tinkered on covering parts of maps with swarms...
2022-04-14 20:24:20 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm uploading full versions of Flooded Swamps maps. In the end, while labeling I've decided to focus on water hexes to avoid imparing movement too much (I've played with the thought to make the map mostly out of "swamp" hexes, but playing on map like that would look like hell). That being said, I...
2022-04-07 14:09:31 +0000 UTC View Post
The newest map pack is going to be focused around swampy area. I've tried to balance out the atmosphere of the place with the relative ease to navigate here, despite the fact the place is a hard terrain to move around. Hopefully, the results are as intended. The map pack will be available in next...
2022-04-04 13:38:30 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm uploading freshest map pack - hopefully it will be a good blast from the past, as it should fit older Winter themed maps just fine, giving you more variety if you like the terrain. I've also added a small number of things that may serve as objectives for different missions or scenarios - I've...
2022-03-28 11:28:00 +0000 UTC View Post
People seemed to like older winter maps from Wave 1 a lot. Though one of recently released map packs for SlumCity surface was themed as a cold, arctic wasteland kind of biome, I've decided to make some more winter landscapes - this time more earth-like however - with coniferous forests, rivers an...
2022-03-25 21:08:41 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm uploading full versions of underground city layer below the ice. I've managed to finish all a bit sooner than expected, I had several of my teeth removed on Wednesday so I took some off work time and I've spend some time on finishing this biome up.
As I've mentioned in previous posts, m...
2022-03-18 22:16:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I've managed to finish the other half of the twin map pack - underground level of domed city, deep under the ice wasteland. I've changed the way lights work on maps to make it look more interesting. I will be uploading full files in a moment.
2022-03-18 22:03:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This map is pretty complicated. It will probably me take a few more days to finish it up - but hopefully the final effect will be pretty cool. As you remember, the map pack is connected with the previous one with the network of elevators on surface, transporting you down here to the underground c...
2022-03-16 01:12:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Quite a loaded post this time - I'm uploading 2 versions of the planet surface for a surface/underground twin map packs I've mentioned: the normal one and the night version of the map. I wasn't sure which seemed more interesting so I've gone with both.
You can see elevator hexes on ea...
2022-03-08 10:37:44 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm uploading preview of a new map pack. I'll be releasing full versions soon. It's going to be one of mentioned twin Surface/Underground map packs. I'm starting with the surface, as it's less complicated - after that the next up will be the map pack of tunnels and streets underground connecting ...
2022-03-05 22:14:42 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm uploading full versions of Scorching Canyons biome. I will be working on surface/underground map packs I've mentioned in pools earlier next.
2022-02-28 09:23:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Preview of the new map pack - desert biome with canyons. Desert canyons were the theme of my first map pack ever, but I decided it's time to make some new additions to the biome. Those canyons are self-contained in each sheet, instead of relying on multiple maps to form a canyon. I've also experi...
2022-02-25 23:12:03 +0000 UTC View PostI was thinking recently about a potentially cool idea, I want to know if you guys are interested in something like that, because it goes a bit out of the box and would require some custom rules.
The idea is, to create twin maps, one of the planet surface, the other of an underground facilit...
2022-02-21 06:30:51 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm uploading full versions of moon maps. Have fun with those!
2022-02-18 08:06:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I will be finishing up the new biome soon. I decided to add some frozen liquid pools on the moon surface to make things pop up a bit more. From a gameplay point of view, my idea was to turn impact craters into sort of trenches you can go to and hide or take cover in while repositioning your units...
2022-02-17 06:48:24 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm uploading full files of the map pack. This time I'm also including hexless versions in this post. Printing versions of the map looks brighter, to avoid troubles while being printed (it makes everything look darker, than in digital versions).
Have fun with the pack! I have some cool idea...
2022-02-10 07:24:36 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to do some more packs set at night.
The problem with night maps is the visibility - while everything is dark, it's hard to get this cool points of focus on the map. Adding some bright elements makes the map more interesting - so I stated to tinker on what was supposed to be s...
2022-02-08 00:25:26 +0000 UTC View Post
These are Hexless versions of recent map packs. I'm changing the way, those are released - I'll just attach those to normal map posts when the new map pack is released.
Here is the list of hexless versions in this package:
-Subterrain Facility
-Abyss (both versions)
...
2022-02-02 12:01:51 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm uploading full versions and printing files for Martian maps. I'm glad I came back to this old idea, because I feel that this type of landscape was something big missing from the map pool. Have fun using the pack!
I will prepare Hexless versions of recent maps for tomorrow.
2022-02-01 11:30:34 +0000 UTC View Post
This time, the map pack is focused on martian/metal theme. At first, I wanted to make a map pack with just plain martian features (which I may do in future, as an expansion to this biome's sheet pool) - but I decided it may be more interesting if I add metal elements to the battlefield. There are...
2022-01-29 11:47:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm uploading full maps of this new map pack. It's a simple earth-like grassy biome with moutains, but I think my map library misses more variety in those simpler types of terrain, so I plan to work on it and give it some focus. Saying that though, for a next week I'm planning a martian-themed la...
2022-01-21 11:22:54 +0000 UTC View Post