This is great stuff. I agree with many points on both sides of the debate.
I think we've been seeing a large need for mapping tools in the community for a long time. The map generator is just a way to play with the shortcuts and compile them into one easy *Kaboom!*.
I believe it all comes down to the process by which you create, which is why I heavily support the new territory V-man is stepping into.
We discussed this topic recently in an interview V-man, myself and Ronald had for AC radio.. which hasn't been posted yet, (*a-hem* Waffles <3).
There are:
1) Artistic/ emotional based people
2) Logically minded people
Both create effective pieces of art, using very different methods.
This map generation IMO, is a very unique and brilliant form of art based on facts, patters and Logic. This starting point will be effective for people that are dominantly left brained in their methods of forming and creating art.
For mappers that are dominantly right brained in their creative development, beginning by moving a single cube up or down IS effective. Trying to successfully recreate something they saw in a dream is what they live for!
IRL - I find furniture restoration and re-purposing old items to be frustrating. You gotta admit, there are some really tricked out beauties that come from this form of thinking. I know I could really benefit from stretching myself.
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p.s. - I don't think there is any shame in people that feel the same way Cleaner does about this project. I think up until this point mappers have been made out of people who are very artistic thinkers, with a special gift for also being able to problem solve analytically. Logic thinkers may have had to work very hard to "catch up" if they were determined to learn the emotional basis for mapping. I think this project will close the gap for a lot of those people and open new doors for us all at some point.
I think we've been seeing a large need for mapping tools in the community for a long time. The map generator is just a way to play with the shortcuts and compile them into one easy *Kaboom!*.
I believe it all comes down to the process by which you create, which is why I heavily support the new territory V-man is stepping into.
We discussed this topic recently in an interview V-man, myself and Ronald had for AC radio.. which hasn't been posted yet, (*a-hem* Waffles <3).
There are:
1) Artistic/ emotional based people
2) Logically minded people
Both create effective pieces of art, using very different methods.
This map generation IMO, is a very unique and brilliant form of art based on facts, patters and Logic. This starting point will be effective for people that are dominantly left brained in their methods of forming and creating art.
For mappers that are dominantly right brained in their creative development, beginning by moving a single cube up or down IS effective. Trying to successfully recreate something they saw in a dream is what they live for!
IRL - I find furniture restoration and re-purposing old items to be frustrating. You gotta admit, there are some really tricked out beauties that come from this form of thinking. I know I could really benefit from stretching myself.
p.s. - I don't think there is any shame in people that feel the same way Cleaner does about this project. I think up until this point mappers have been made out of people who are very artistic thinkers, with a special gift for also being able to problem solve analytically. Logic thinkers may have had to work very hard to "catch up" if they were determined to learn the emotional basis for mapping. I think this project will close the gap for a lot of those people and open new doors for us all at some point.