Intermediate world-map difficulty options, and draw-your-own maps

[eMander]

Currently, there's nothing between having an uncolored map and having no map. I was thinking it would be neat have options that still let the player have some map functionality, while not simply handing world geography to the player.

One idea is 'blank map mode', which still lets you set waypoints, and still tracks the player's location, but does not show any of the world's geography. Such a mode could have a built in pencil tool for the map, which lets the player map out the land themselves, drawing landmarks, boundries of geographic features, etc. to whatever level of detail or lack thereof they want.

An additional option for extra difficulty could make the player''s location marker gradually become less accurate over time, until the player manually recalibrates by sliding the player marker to be roughly at their actual location, which they will have to determine themselves through use of landmarks.

I think this could provide more interesting options for those who like to challenge themselves, while not straight-up taking away the map entirely.

Edited February 16, 2025 by eMander

[Yerik]

I absolutely love this idea! To tie it into the existing game mechanics you could draw on it the same color as the pigment in your hand.
Time to research how to mod the map.....