Tips on Mapping?

[Lexi_Bat]

I'm wanting to take a more open-world direction with my fangame. Mostly like traditional Pokemon routes and towns but with much more exploration (areas off the beaten path, a fully mapped island or 2, fully explore-able buildings, hidden areas galore, etc). And I've quickly discovered I have no talent for outdoor map making. Can anyone point me to good tutorials with visual aids or even hop into a discord chat to walk me through their process?

 

[Mega Greninja]

I would personally suggest Compact Mapping by AenaonDogsky. It helped me a bit during my map making thought process.

 

[AenaonDogsky]

Ugh, I forgot to update the tutorial... I wanted to add some stuff that should pertain to what you want to do as well (for instance, Elevation, Gameplay-based design, Variability in paths) Hopefully I'll get to it asap, in the meantime I'm sure someone here or on the discord will be able to help you.