I thought so too, but if i went with a GM food theme i could justify something that odd. Plus i wasn't happy with putting up with a standard ending... that rocket gets used to much. It's in like half the entries too so...
Gee, it's kinda dark. And by that I mean very. Maybe rotate the whole map 90/180/270 degrees for a better light angle
There is no better light angle... There's really no other way to get better env' lighting because of the height and layout of the buildings; increasing the sun angle stops it being morning and totally throws off the theme (then it's just another generic noon setting adn i lose all my originality). The env light angle is already 10 degrees higher then the suns orientation to increase light getting into the play area. At least at it's current orientation only A is dark. It's the price i pay for a low sun angle and frankly i'm lucky that as much of the map is lit
is lit; only A is really all that dark whilst the beginning, B and the base entrance are reasonably well lit.
Changing the sun angle by less than 90 stops it from rising perpendicular to the map orientation, which is really important for mood and setting. I'm not willing to change this because not enough people have complained (and even though complaints in the thread outweigh support, there has been plentiful support in the steamchat). People seem to just want a noon setting because they know light = good without really thinking about it. It's just something they've seen complained about in 100 different dark maps along with the phrase "team recognition" and paste the same comments "here and there" with more to say.
I'm not trying to defend the lighting, i'm well aware it's not amazing, but i don't believe (other than perhaps A) it's bad either.
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Is there any other complaints besides the sun angle? I have to say the only thing i've been able to respond to is Tinker's observation of the details being too neat. I'm well aware C needs "more work" because it's not finished, and that the sky has no clouds (on purpose). But i've not got a lot of comments here to work with besides "looks great" or "X is meh".
Which either means i'm doing most things fine or people just arn't really caring for this map. Which has me feeling anxious.
I intend to throw a couple flood lights around A so it's less "meh" and a little brighter... but other than continuing to work on C none of the comments have been particularly enlightening.
I feel like people are holding back because the map looks "nice" rather than amazing or bad and don't want to hurt my feelings or something. Which doesn't help me.