The concepts are cool, but I think the whole "inset" thing would work much better for something like Flash animation. For one, the labels for Fromeltar and Ktsk Kar blend in so well with the overlay that they could be mistaken for in-system entities.
Overall, I love this map. I love the Star Frontiers setting and this map is truly a dedication to those fun days as a kid where I pored over those poster maps and rules and those little spaceship chits. Thank you for making it. I'm glad you had fun and learnt a few things as well.
When I started reading through this thread and looking at your first couple of WiP's I thought that the idea was well designed but a little "blah." Then I got to the last few WiP's with the insets and call outs and saw the halftoning on the screen image. This is a very strong piece.
It is very easy to feel like this is a screen capture of some program with roll-overs and such. Really top-notch stuff here.
Something witty and pithy
OK, so I thought, What the Hell! I am bored, and figured I would try my hand at some crappy animation
http://www3.telus.net/NeonKnight/Frontier.swf
Be patient, it does take a little time to load in.
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That animation works great!
Something witty and pithy
That's pretty darn cool, nice job.
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Not bad at all NK, kudo's for giving it a shot.
Just wish FLASH worked better with things that aren't vector graphics...
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