Home of the modern zombie, Pennsylvania.

[Nero's Shadow]

Aight. Ever since the conception of games in this style such as Class3Outbreak, the idea of making my home area has been a thought. There are so many amazing options, Monroeville and the mall, Evans City, Any of the boroughs and townships in Butler and Allegheny Counties. And hell, to top it all off there is Pittsburgh. Now, I have absolutely no mapping experience and may just be using this as a good excuse to forget about my fiancee leaving me. However, I really want some input here.

Here are some Google Maps images of local areas including the aforementioned.

Monroeville: https://gyazo.com/e38857243ecbd99ea1fbc0119ff13970

The Mall: (featured in Dawn of The Dead) https://gyazo.com/bbaea16c9aa723ac43a5e8fa6e9249cc

Evans City: (Home of Night of the Living Dead) https://gyazo.com/2e55455f11d06c4271e6c0a1ea75e000

Butler: https://gyazo.com/9cedc6993d74d642f11b04d0cb152846

Cranberry Township: https://gyazo.com/2d03b8777935912067c88b71e9310353

Connecting roads: https://gyazo.com/b06bb52ddc7906bfdbce70d6470b6a2b

Zelienople: https://gyazo.com/e8602d983501e6a6e12e54fb439ba8ad

Callery: https://gyazo.com/03ea7cc1265bb8efaa4ef835d5d1af0f

Connoquenessing: https://gyazo.com/ca54b35b14bd084c4c8ea9867e082bf9

Meridian: https://gyazo.com/01e056def79de3da5867853cef1e1167

 

All of there are Southwestern PA, north of Pittsburgh.

I know scale seems to be a thing we all have a hard-on for and we definitely need some sort of MP or fleshed out SP to make these maps worth it. The resources contained alone would make it boring to play on your own.

Just wondering, is any of this something someone could take on? Can the game handle this sort of scale? Could it handle individual towns but not all of them interconnected?

Hit me up share your thoughts.

[cardenaglo]

I could try replicating one of those maps, not to scale, on my own map and then releasing that as a standalone area. 

As for the game handling it I'm sure it'd be more than capable and it'd end up relying on your rig if anything. 

The base game map currently has 5 individual towns and then add the modded locations and you have well over 10. It'd be entirely possible to do. 

 

If this is a project you're interested in I'd say go for it. The tools are simplistic and you'd be able to quickly get the hang of it with the tutorials available.

[Nero's Shadow]

Gonna try again playing around tonight and see if I can get a test cell up and running. I think I am gonna start with the smallest town and see just how many cells it would be.

I am a pleb and want this to scale lol. At least as close as it can be.

I guess I dream of potential for what this game could be, it is the closest thing to what I have dreamed up over about 8 years so why not dream big right?

Do you know where I could find somewhere that shows the cells of the finished maps for comparison?

[cardenaglo]

I understand bud, but im not entirely sure what you mean by somewhere that shows the cells. 

And for dreaming big thats basically me too haha. I always start projects huge even if im a novice at what im doing. 

[Ciber Ninja]

one tile is one meter square (more or less).  Each lane of a road is three tiles.

[Nero's Shadow]

Hey hey hey! This isnt dead!

Well, it was, but now it is undead!

haha....puns

My boredom has rekindled an interest in this.

[bobthejob]

I'm sorry your love left you. I feel for your soul.

 

I have an inspiring idea I felt like saying from nowhere, what if someone made a map that was inside a space station? the whole map = in space and you must navigate the technology hallways and run from many zombies crowded in small space trying to chase you?