Sounds great, maybe push the length of the landmass some more if we want any desert on it? think this should be the 'main' continent (ie Eurasia type) or are we planning on having that further up in the mostly empty spaces?
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Sounds great, maybe push the length of the landmass some more if we want any desert on it? think this should be the 'main' continent (ie Eurasia type) or are we planning on having that further up in the mostly empty spaces?
I was imaging it would be something like this. Another China sized continent in the Northwest, no idea if we should add one more in the Northeast.
Not sure if it'd be the main continent, I'm thinking the northern coast of the Blob and all the way to the crater would be the "main" area.
But I'm thinking humanity ITTL could've developed on the continent.
Could the northeast be a mostly isolated continent that would develop a different form of intelligent life? Like Lizardfolk or Kenku?
Sorry, there can only be humans, but unique lifeforms can develop on the isolated continent.
Added some coasts and what I imagine would be half of the permanent snow-cap, it looks a bit too big though.
You might find this interesting for the equatorial continent: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_species
It's a shame non-humans aren't allowed. But still, I'll see what critters can I dig from my folders
It's a shame non-humans aren't allowed. But still, I'll see what critters can I dig from my folders
Hmm, I think that the north eastern continent should be larger and more... continent shaped. We've already got one wacky northern island, it just sin't realistic to have it as it is.
Yup. Continents need to make some sense, I still don't know about the ridge either, it just looks off.
I agree, it doesn't match the style of the rest of the continents and is just too spiky.
It's supposed to be an exposed oceanic ridge. So maybe the coasts are smoothed by erosion, but still clearly 'ridgy'.
As I said before it could be the mountain ranges of a continent that surrounds it.
I think I'll have a go at redoing the ridge as I (its creator) don't really like it either even though I thought it was an interesting idea. Just give me a bit.
EDIT: Some people may think this looks hideous and we can still tweak it a little but I took a bit of bathymetry from the actual mid-Atlantic ridge and have grafted it onto our world as the ridge island. So for all those who still thinks the ridge looks ugly and strange, this is how it is meant to look as it was taken from a real-life example. Indeed, if you look at good bathymetry pictures, you'll find some very strange topography that you'd never see created in say, a fractal continent generator which is why those generators sometimes produce artificial results. Real life topography is sometimes just strange so it is probably better to have some odd looking landmasses with a good precedent than none at all.
EDIT: Some people may think this looks hideous and we can still tweak it a little but I took a bit of bathymetry from the actual mid-Atlantic ridge and have grafted it onto our world as the ridge island. So for all those who still thinks the ridge looks ugly and strange, this is how it is meant to look as it was taken from a real-life example. Indeed, if you look at good bathymetry pictures, you'll find some very strange topography that you'd never see created in say, a fractal continent generator which is why those generators sometimes produce artificial results. Real life topography is sometimes just strange so it is probably better to have some odd looking landmasses with a good precedent than none at all.
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A version I made with enhanced editability for claims (more green pixels) if you prefer:
I think it looks great now, will work on some more coasts around the island chain area today and think I'll work on the southeastern continent if nobody else wants to add anything to it.
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