World Map THread

I am pretty sure Atlanticus is actually in between TPS and Isra, but this is how I generally think of the map.

Here's a map of the land immediately surrounding Isra that Ildesias Xen Torsal made. It is a very rough draft, created in only twenty minutes or so, but the general placement of things is correct. My understanding is that Goraia/The Region of Medan is to the south, and Atlanticus is to the north-west. 



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Work in progress, I have a lot of stuff to adjust, but that's the general placements of things, I left out misty woods, forgotten usque, Traakas jungle cuz I didn't think of them at the time

Those are just temporary lables I added in paint, that's Carmella Island

I have always strongly, strongly discouraged the notion of making a "world map."

The reason is because the Overworld is always in flux (hence why it doesn't even have a name--your overworld is what you define it to be). When new players join up to TFS, one of their first comments is usually "this is a bit overwhelming. Where should I start?"

Naturally, one of the first places they'll want to check is a "map" thread.

This becomes a problem when the new player mistakes this map as officially endorsed or accurate to the game. This becomes an even bigger problem when retired states are still recorded on the map. Mapping retired states essentially creates big swaths of unusable land and can throw wrenches into new lore and complicate things beyond necessity.

We want new players to integrate into the world as seamlessly as possible. Statistically speaking, the greatest barrier to "new player retention" is outdated, abandoned material that they mistakenly interact with because it was not retired from the game in a timely fashion (which kills their enthusiasm for a game that comes across as vibrant and active). Because of the necessity to make joining a streamlined process (there's more lore and "stuff" to TFS than traditional RPs, but you don't have to spend any time learning it before jumping in), information about the game and the world have to be presented in a very consistent way (Overworld boards, for instance, are always ordered roughly north to south, every government must have an OOC board, etc). That said, any world map would have to be as consistent as everything else, and maintained accurately and on the fly by an unofficial editor. This in and of itself has problems, particularly as the cartographer is not a staff member and has no obligation to stay.

A theoretical, unofficial world map would thus have to have a consistent system to it. It is a very bad idea to record some of the retired states, but not all of them--and it is equally bad to portray all of them.

My suggestion is that anyone with the time, tools, and enthusiasm to bring more maps to the game to focus more on making local maps of frequented areas or even nations.

People want a map and I am always here to edit.

I've found this link that I think will help with map making: https://www.reddit.com/r/itmejp/comments/2idf33/west_marches_resources/


Part of it is less relevant than others but the first batch is all about making hexagonal maps.

From my understanding, norkari are on the west side of Isra, so I will connect the mountains and that entire ridge can be Saskatoon Mountains. I can readjust borders for desert, didn't have a 100%, I just knew LTS and TPS were border nations.As for extending Norkari, a fair chunk of TPS and Isra borders go from forests/plains to desert. At least this is how it was rpd in the beginning.