Dev.Diary 3, Mapping (1)

 Dev.Diary 3, Mapping (1)

Now it comes to practical phase. 

The first step is build the base, the map, for further procedures.

Firstly, I cleaned a simple drawing of China map consists of the figure and capital cities.

Considering the war is mainly happened in east-south China, the insignificant lands can be cut off. And then use grids to represent these important cities, according to the point to point system.

The next step is the traffic routes. Modern warfare is heavily dependent on logistics, 

main forces can only lauch battle effectively with abundant supply. The game map design should also follow the principle of war. We need to mark railway and stations on the map ,to fill up the empty spaces among major cities. I followed the Atlas of Anti-Japanese War, which includes detailed geography information during the war.  

Link the grids up with thick lines representing railway, the first step of mapping is completed. Nextly we will continue on highway ,battleground mapping and starting armies.