Wooded Foothills 8Player XXL Multiplayer Map
Since I love Knights and Merchants and I loved to make maps back in the day, I thought I would try my luck with a Knights and Merchants multiplayer map. Wooded Foothills is the result. Its designed to be very different from other maps like cursed ravine, since Im getting sick of maps like cursed. Cursed ravine has very simmilar locs and therefore gets boring quickly since you always do the same thing. Wooded Foothills is supposed to have something special on every loc ( of course mirrored on the other side, so that balance is assured) and therefore be a map with alot of variation in it . Player 1 and 5 are "power locs" with 5 iron mines and additional 10 gold, corn and 5 timber in their storehouse at the start. Player 3 and 7 have the option to build 3 iron mines while Player 2/4/6 and 8 can only build 2 iron mines. Loc 1 and 5 are very different from all the others, since they are the ONLY players who can build towers on this map! Mainly to protect the tiny entrance to their base close to the enemies territority. This tiny way through the mountain at loc 1 and 5 close to the enemy is supposed to open more tactial options for both teams. I choose to ban towers, since this map is supposed to give the player who camps a disadvantage. Towers normally are a big advantage for the camping player. Also this forces the teams to get control over the middle area to prevent the enemy from getting into your base. Also the map is designed in a way, that defending at your base will hurt your economy badly, since important ressources are positioned in a way, that they are difficult to defend.
Well it might not be the best map in the world, but I'm pretty happy with the result for my first multiplayer map!
Of course I would love to get suggestions and feedback about the map!
The layout of the map:
The upper part of the map:
The lower part of the map
The middle vulcano: