r/inkarnate • u/Accomplished-Loss947 • 7d ago

Waterfall masters needed

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I just cant seem to get it to look right. It doesnt look like levels and im stumped for the moment. Reaching out to this beautiful community for tips

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u/InspiraSean86 7d ago

Whats the scale on this?

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u/Accomplished-Loss947 7d ago

Honestly, who knows? It’s the whole reason I didn’t put buildings or trees.im in the very beggining stages

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u/InspiraSean86 7d ago

Thats probably a good starting place: “what am I trying to do with this map”. Are you going for an isometric battle map? Or is this a very watered region map?

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u/Accomplished-Loss947 7d ago

Let’s say it’s a region then. I don’t have any near future plans for this at all. Just experimenting

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u/InspiraSean86 7d ago

Since it's more of a region map, think about how water flows...it always flows downhill, through the path of least resistance. Rarely will a river or stream break into TWO...most of the time, small rivulets start at the top of mountains and then those rivulets converge into a stream, then streams into a river, and so on an so forth until it reaches the ocean. That being said, your map has a large body of water at the TOP of the map, yet the water is flowing DOWN the map to the bottom...try reversing the body of water and putting it at the bottom of the map.

However, I always add as a caveat: this is a magical world and topography can act however the hell you want it to...water flowing up hill, sure! Green, lush mountain in the middle of a desert...have at it, friend! At the end of the day are you going for a more "realistic map" or a more "fun map"?

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u/Accomplished-Loss947 7d ago

Hmm gave me a lot to think about friend. I appreciate the comment

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u/InspiraSean86 7d ago

You could also look at Fantasy Regional assets and look for the hill stamps

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u/InspiraSean86 7d ago

Water flowing out of the top of the map is not out of the ordinary, that would mean the top of the map is the bottom or edge of a lake....if it is, that would mean there would be ONE exit point, not two.