Map New Pewter City + Cerulean City reworks

[Eaglit]

Not finished right now, but I want some feedback on what I should change. Just for something I'm making for my friends but I wanna put actual effort into map design! I already know I should probably fix the path to the route being grass and make it water but I want some other ideas.

 

[SalyaDarken]

looks nice

 

[wrigty12]

Wholistically, this is an interesting take on Cerulean! It definitely could use a bit of polish to make it really shine.

1) The paths lack depth. You should look into adding some legs that visibly go into the water so it looks like the paths are just above the water.
2) The buildings look out of place just floating above the water in some places. Maybe my #1 suggestion would help there, too.
3) Make sure to go through and touch up the details, like some missing coastal portions under the mountain in the top left, or under the house on the coast on the top right.

 

[Eaglit]

Wholistically, this is an interesting take on Cerulean! It definitely could use a bit of polish to make it really shine.

1) The paths lack depth. You should look into adding some legs that visibly go into the water so it looks like the paths are just above the water.
2) The buildings look out of place just floating above the water in some places. Maybe my #1 suggestion would help there, too.
3) Make sure to go through and touch up the details, like some missing coastal portions under the mountain in the top left, or under the house on the coast on the top right.
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Legs like what
Any ideas/examples?
Also I did touch up the map a lot, I'll send the changes later

 

[wrigty12]

Legs like what
Any ideas/examples?
Also I did touch up the map a lot, I'll send the changes later

1) Doll legs! No I'm kidding, the legs/supports that are in the base tileset:

2) An expanded wooden base or something beneath it maybe?

 

[LinKazamine]

Maybe have something bellow the bikes? They seem to be floating in the water or the air.

 

[Eaglit]

Made a few changes
Brock is just there as a test NPC don't worry about him

 

[wrigty12]

It's looking better!
Be consistent about using the shadows under all the bridges though. You have them on most of them, but some don't (Paths to the left and right).

I also feel like there's an overuse of the plank-style walkways. Try to use the planks as connection walkways, and the solid wood square platforms as intersections or larger areas. Think about how they would be designed in real life, too, as that will make it feel more realistic.

 

[Karthik_]

View attachment 26373Not finished right now, but I want some feedback on what I should change. Just for something I'm making for my friends but I wanna put actual effort into map design! I already know I should probably fix the path to the route being grass and make it water but I want some other ideas.

You can check his thread it's really useful:

https://eeveeexpo.com/resources/372/

 

[Eaglit]

New Pewter City!
I feel like I did a little bit better than last time, but I could always use feedback!

 

[A.I.R]

Feels Empty.

 

[Eaglit]

Feels Empty.

How? Where should I add things?

 

[A.I.R]

In the Upper part, the way the grasses are scattered feels unnatural and kind of empty.

 

[wrigty12]

I think I agree with A.I.R. The town itself feels quite spread out and empty. I'd also recommend trying to make the town borders not a square (I know that's similar to how it looks in FRLG, but still, square towns need a bit more variety for their border shape).

Take a look at how Pewter looks in HGSS, to make it feel more "filled"

As for the upper part, it feels a bit better, but the grasses being scattered like that does feel off.