Does there exist any system to plan a map?
Like UML for programming… well there exist many models…
Would be interesting to make those models of each map…
Way to improve any game … if maps could be planned somehow.
(Not the architecture - the gameplay…)
edit: something like this:
when writing a plan for a map its a good idea to write it so that any level designer could make the map, the plan you have shown probably shoes something to the author but its over complex and doesn’t show much about the level
there is no set way to plan out a map but if your stuck for ideas then heres a possible method you can use
first think of a basic idea for a map e.g. allied assault on a axis beer factory
then break that down into the stages that will need to be completed in order to reach the final objective of the map e.g. destroy outer factory doors > start convener belt > steal beer keg > repair escape truck etc
when you have that information you can start to plan out a sketch of the topology of your map, knowing the first objective is for the allied to destroy the factory doors then i need some kind of environment outside the factory so that will be the first area i plan, i also know the allied need a place to spawn and the axis need a place to spawn
as you plan you map out keep tweaking and re thinking certain areas until you have something that looks like it would be fun to play
well I will make a plan for the map I am doing…
the Idea of a plan like this, is not define how the map looks like, its more to define how places shall be connected… how many routes do exist to the goal …
actually it should allow a mapper, to use this plan to make the map…
you could make whatever you like with it… a jungle map, a map in a complex…
well its my first try, so it lacks information, and it is not yet very good for that purpose…
btw its goldrush in the pic above
But its strange, there exists no scheme for this? or tool? - cant be that Im the first to think about this… ?!
Wouldn’t a simple, hand-drawn, picture be much easier to read and use and make for planning out routes to the objective?