January 2018 Challenge: The Nine Kingdoms, Divine Wind

[Azélor]

When I type plinky music I only get strange results on Google.

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I know, I'll fix the trees later. They appear over the mountains.

I had a question about the grass/plain. I was wondering if it was better to have a fake 3d grass like the farmlands (number 1), or more like a flat texture (number 2). I might need to adjust the colours too. I can still use 70 other colours before I get to 256. 256 is the ideal number if I plan to animate the (not really).

I was also wondering what type of farmland looked the best. I think it's the one in the north west so far. I will probably redo the one in the east in a similar fashion. That is the last style I tested and also the one that took the least time to do.

A bit of background. Each country has a different architecture, navy and flag. Ship are identified with the color of their country.

South est = Italy
South west= Asian nomadic orcs
Vossarik SJvoji, Arabian with Slavic names..
Kanemoon = France
Grimpathi= Viking
North est: Nothing specific, Northern Europe

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[Azélor]

Finally, the map is not animated but we can see the details. Maybe I'll do another animated version eventually.
I'll consider it finished unless someone spot something needing to be fixed.

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[Ilanthar]

Pixel power ! And somehow, the good old "the settlers" comes to my mind .
And I think an animated map/version could be fun.

[Diamond]

Really cool, Azelor. I caught myself thinking 'now where should I send my settler units...'

[Azélor]

Oh. I wanted to include units as well but at this scale it looked awful.

[ThomasR]

You made me want to play again ! Wonderful map !

[DanielHasenbos]

That's an amazing pixel art map, Azelor! Very unique!

[AzureWings]

Chiming in just to agree that this is some amazing pixel art. Some of the small details are especially neat, like the different regions having different styles of farmland/fences/etc and the different ships, animals, and riders - and even just having nice, intelligible townbuildings when three or so fit comfortably inside 10x10 pixels! The framing of a menu for a strategy game is great and fitting presentation too, although the map itself seems like it could also suit a classic computer RPG adventure.

...Also I'm a little curious where that one camel rider is headed in the southeast corner Secrets of the desert?