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#1 Phoenix Rising

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Posted 26 October 2007 - 09:54 PM

After 14 months of solo development, Phoenix Rising has finally become a proper team. Faced with the challenge of mapping out dozens, potentially hundreds, of maps by myself, I've opened the doors to the fan community in order to complete the task. And jdk002 has risen to the challenge!

Although new to Empire mapping, jdk002 brings his talents from Starcraft and Warcraft 3, so he's a seasoned RTS veteran. His first map is for the grimy industrial planet of Metellos:

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Metellos is the working-class capitol of the galaxy, paling in comparison to its brighter neighbor of Coruscant. Denizens of Metellos are characterized by deep social divisions, with the majority living in filthy slums on the ground level, while the rich reside in immense floating cities and stratoblocks in the skies. Despite these issues, the planet is a major producer of energy for the galaxy and is also noted for its corporate spies and other questionable professions.

As you can see, jdk002 has taken a single piece of art and fully realized it into a living world. I'm glad to have him on the team and look forward to seeing what he comes up with next!

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Posted 26 October 2007 - 10:21 PM

After 14 months of solo development, Phoenix Rising has finally become a proper team. Faced with the challenge of mapping out dozens, potentially hundreds, of maps by myself, I've opened the doors to the fan community in order to complete the task. And jdk002 has risen to the challenge!

Although new to Empire mapping, jdk002 brings his talents from Starcraft and Warcraft 3, so he's a seasoned RTS veteran. His first map is for the grimy industrial planet of Metellos:

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Metellos is the working-class capitol of the galaxy, paling in comparison to its brighter neighbor of Coruscant. Denizens of Metellos are characterized by deep social divisions, with the majority living in filthy slums on the ground level, while the rich reside in immense floating cities and stratoblocks in the skies. Despite these issues, the planet is a major producer of energy for the galaxy and is also noted for its corporate spies and other questionable professions.

As you can see, jdk002 has taken a single piece of art and fully realized it into a living world. I'm glad to have him on the team and look forward to seeing what he comes up with next!


Not bad, so Metellos is kindof like a newer version of Taris I'm guessing, good job jdk002 btw!

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Posted 26 October 2007 - 10:22 PM

Oh, btw can you make a section for new planets....like their abilities and such?

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Posted 26 October 2007 - 10:34 PM

How many planets are you hoping to map by release time?

By the way, how long did it take jdk002 to finish the Metellos map?

EDIT: What is the planet ability for metellos?

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Posted 26 October 2007 - 10:35 PM

Not bad, so Metellos is kindof like a newer version of Taris I'm guessing, good job jdk002 btw!

Well, it's been around longer than Taris (at least as a Human colony), but yeah, it definitely shares some similarities. Taris seems a bit cleaner to me though, at least before Malak bombarded it.

Oh, btw can you make a section for new planets....like their abilities and such?

Eventually.

How many planets are you hoping to map by release time?

As many as he gets done. I don't have a set amount.

By the way, how long did it take jdk002 to finish the Metellos map?

I'll let him answer that :grin:.

EDIT: What is the planet ability for metellos?

Well, there are a couple. The corporate info companies give it a spy ability similar to Bothawui, but with different characteristics (mainly economy-based), the sheer amount of people give it high credit value, and planetary rings afford it space base stealth (standard mechanic for planetary rings).

Edited by Phoenix Rising, 26 October 2007 - 10:41 PM.


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Posted 26 October 2007 - 11:49 PM

By the way, how long did it take jdk002 to finish the Metellos map?


About 10-12 hours over 3 days. I'm not done polishing yet though, but the space map for Metellos is done. :grin:

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Posted 27 October 2007 - 12:08 AM

That's a nice start, jdk002 :grin:.
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Posted 27 October 2007 - 01:02 AM

Amazing detail. :grin:

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Posted 27 October 2007 - 03:29 AM

wow!! that is probably one of the most detailed maps i have ever seen with all the boxes and stuff

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Posted 27 October 2007 - 11:46 AM

Wow, awesome looking map there! Congrats jdk002, looking forward to seeing more maps as and when you get them done (and then playing them when the mod is released) :grin:

Although, i have to admit ive never heard of Metellos before..
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Posted 27 October 2007 - 03:01 PM

Although, i have to admit ive never heard of Metellos before..

Yeah, it's fairly obscure, but that's part of the story behind it. Nevertheless, a good planet to start with.

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Posted 27 October 2007 - 03:19 PM

im not sure but i think it was in legacy of the force sacrifice

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Posted 27 October 2007 - 04:37 PM

Is there a Zann Consortium thing in the last picture, the thing that makes repulsorlifts slow down?

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Posted 27 October 2007 - 05:01 PM

sweet man, cant wait to play!

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Posted 27 October 2007 - 06:44 PM

Is there a Zann Consortium thing in the last picture, the thing that makes repulsorlifts slow down?


that's just a building marker :good:

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Posted 27 October 2007 - 06:55 PM

Yeah, those will get swapped out with whatever you build there; that's just how it looks in the editor.

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Posted 27 October 2007 - 08:37 PM

this is a little off topic but how far done would u say u are

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Posted 27 October 2007 - 08:49 PM

Overall? At least 90%.

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Posted 28 October 2007 - 12:49 PM

nice, then we soon get to play!!
and a little off topic from me too, i cant remember whether skirmish is gonna be supported in this realease? is it?

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Posted 28 October 2007 - 04:19 PM

im not sure but i think it was in legacy of the force sacrifice

Heh, that might be why ive not heard of it then, ive only got up to book 4 of LotF (waiting for the paperback versions).

Overall? At least 90%.

Sounds great :rolleyes:
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