How to release maps every chapter
It's been promised to us that chapters that come without maps, will have their maps added "later" or when they "have time" to create them.
And this happens since Descend Beyond chapter, now there's a backlog of almost 5 chapters to release maps from. At this point, picking just one of them at a certain point is more likely than getting them all delivered. And if they do work on a map, it's more likely they will pick the latest chapter for it, if not a rework from an existing one.
My suggestion is, for each newly released chapter, pick 2 or 3 already existing maps (can be from different realms), then just recolor them.
Change the tint of the fog or the illumination; use the textures from the new lobby in the map floor (just changing the textures can not break anything, right?); and even if you feel like you have time to do you job, you could design and swap a couple props. While keeping the exact same map layout.
It doesn't have to look perfect, even if you make it look like a high school videogame project, it should be fine.
Who wouldn't have liked a new map called "Mother's Dwelling (Sadako Rising)", with a slighty green tint and the lobby's textures? idk but to me the Sadakos trailer in the unmodified Huntress map, makes it feel like I am in 2017.
After all you already do skin recolors and resell them for full price. Just make sure the recolor doesn't make it twice the file size.
Now of course this would introduce duplicated maps. Do not count them as extra maps, as that would increase their chance of appearing. Pick map first and then 50% chance for recolored or nomal map to show up.
What do we gain with this? Well now from the same day of release, you already have the promised maps out. Then your next job would be, reworking all of the recolored maps, until there's no one of them left.
Whenever you feel like reworking maps, you can just pick a chapter, create a new realm, remove the provisional recolored maps and create new ones.
Why 2 or 3 maps per chapter?
Well why not? If you put a lot of work in new map prop designs, why not put them to use?
Also having multiple maps with the same map offering makes it easier to balance. If for instance, your first map layout attempt makes it unbalanced for one side, then the second map attempt makes it balanced. Then why discard the first one? Make a third one unbalanced for the other side and profit. That way nobody abuses map offerings.
Take Haddonfield rework for instance. We know it comes with fresh props, and we know you took over a year to release it. If it took me a year to create the props I wouldn't want to release a single map. If it took me a year to desing the layout, it's granted that I would have tried different layout combinations, why discard them all but keep only one?
It doesn't has to be always new realms. You can add maps to realms that sadly have single maps.
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It's been promised to us that chapters that come without maps, will have their maps added "later" or when they "have time" to create them.
no it hasn’t been promised..
Maybe not every time, but it was by the devs for the all kill chaper, i can search it for you later and bump this
Please do so. All I remember is people asking for it and the devs stating it’s not ruled out for the future. I would be very happy if it turns out to be confirmed..
Just to clear up something here...Mooks is quite correct we have not promised anything with regards to adding maps for past chapters. It's something that we might like to do at some point but it's definitely not confirmed or promised.
Alright then, even if the only reply from the devs were "later maps not being ruled out", this suggestion still applies.
Maps were always sold "as part of the DLC features" in their respective store pages, so this could increase sales.
Would you personally like different aurora borialis sky skins for maps?
Is it known if the new Haddonfield realm will be a single map again?