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Hi. So, if you've played a video game in the past 20 some years you're probably aware that video games sometimes have world maps. World Maps are cool. I like them. Generally, games provide a simple map display for the players, like this one:  Feel free to discuss world maps that are epic or world maps that suck. I'm going to start with a specific discussion topic, though: map projection. The earth is an oblate spheroid. Trying to represent this on a flat map accurately isn't easy. Here's a world map most of you are familiar with:  It's not a bad map. Actually, that's a lie - it's a terrible map. This is an approximation of the globe, and the further you get from the equator the more distorted the scale gets. Famously, Greenland is roughly the size of Africa on this map, despite Africa having an area of 30 million square kilometers and Greenland having an area of 2 million square kilometers. Do you think this applies to video game world maps as well? FF2 actually somewhat solved this issue by having the world map be an actual globe, but like everything else in FF2 it's implemented horribly and is a chore to use. _38.gif)
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Jan 17, 2015 01:10
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 E.D.N. 3 has Europe completely intact.
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Jan 17, 2015 01:37
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Silver Striker posted:FF2 actually somewhat solved this issue by having the world map be an actual globe, but like everything else in FF2 it's implemented horribly and is a chore to use. FF2's world is one giant continent that wraps around the planet and reconnects to itself. I think in the first Let's Play for the game people concluded the world would have to be donut-shaped or whatever for that to make any sense. 
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Jan 17, 2015 02:04
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Jan 17, 2015 02:41
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this seems really familiar, what game is this?
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Jan 17, 2015 03:21
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Bobnumerotres posted:this seems really familiar, what game is this? legacy of the wizard
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Jan 17, 2015 03:22
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This world seemed pretty gigantic when I played M&M 2 on Genesis in 1991.
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Jan 17, 2015 19:20
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Through a lot of effort and fuckery you can export 5-6 specifc map types in Dwarf Fortress and put them together to form a rough satellite image of the world you generated Its probably more effort than its worth but it produces some cool looking stuff 
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Jan 17, 2015 19:52
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Robot Randy posted:Through a lot of effort and fuckery you can export 5-6 specifc map types in Dwarf Fortress and put them together to form a rough satellite image of the world you generated that looks loving awful dude
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Jan 17, 2015 19:53
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Dexters Secret posted:that looks loving awful dude yeah, i dunno. this was the only image i could find and it comes from some plugin that makes it automatically for you. i remember it looking tons better done the manual way, but i cant seem to find anything on it
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Jan 17, 2015 19:57
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Jan 17, 2015 20:11
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thats a nice looking map
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Jan 17, 2015 20:11
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the map that came with morrowind was good
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Jan 17, 2015 22:22
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most 2d jrpg worlds are toruses
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Jan 17, 2015 23:30
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Lamebot posted:most 2d jrpg worlds are toruses that's a Pokémon dumbass
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Jan 17, 2015 23:32
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the best world of all time
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Jan 17, 2015 23:33
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Jan 17, 2015 23:37
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i still have my cloth map in my desk drawer, sometimes I pull it out and smell it just to remember what everquest smelled like
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Jan 17, 2015 23:39
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the completed super highway that leads straight to a haunted pumpkin deadland
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Jan 17, 2015 23:44
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Proud Rat Mom posted:the completed super highway that leads straight to a haunted pumpkin deadland an island right off the coast of the city inhabited solely by monsters
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Jan 17, 2015 23:46
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In game maps are loving boring. I miss when they gave you a giant folded up paper map in your game box. twice the size of your small child body.
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Jan 18, 2015 00:01
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I don't like the Dragon quest games, but they do have nice world maps
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Jan 18, 2015 00:24
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good arino ep
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Jan 18, 2015 00:26
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homeless snail posted:i still have my cloth map in my desk drawer, sometimes I pull it out and smell it just to remember what everquest smelled like I'll bet you do, creep.
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Jan 18, 2015 01:30
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Did you know that if you go to the bottom of the overworld map in Zelda II: The Adventures of Link, it is actually the overworld from the original Zelda.
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Jan 18, 2015 01:39
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farsel posted:good arino ep i didn't know arino played it holy poo poo my parents didn't give me anything to make maps with and put me in front of this game and i think i only ever found one boss in years of playing because i didn't bother writing down passwords either
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Jan 18, 2015 01:40
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wG5vwzslDg
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Jan 18, 2015 03:27
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Jan 18, 2015 03:39
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 Never been to the States but I'm pretty sure this is accurate
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Jan 18, 2015 05:13
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Jan 18, 2015 05:41
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any old gamers here remember the dragon warrior maps and beastiary included
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Jan 18, 2015 05:41
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Looper posted:I don't like the Dragon quest games, but they do have nice world maps Sorry about your AIDS.
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Jan 18, 2015 05:46
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Eindyin posted:
Michigan is definitely a big fat burger.
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Jan 18, 2015 06:06
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As much as I love Drakengard and Dragon Age, the world maps being south-up maps of europe is a bit half arsed
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Jan 18, 2015 08:47
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Strong Convections posted:As much as I love Drakengard and Dragon Age, the world maps being south-up maps of europe is a bit half arsed as i said. this is an accurate depiction of the non-metropolitan areas in washington state Fur20 fucked around with this message at 09:48 on Jan 18, 2015 |
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Remember when games came with physical maps and cool poo poo like that?
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