Game Idea: Sandbox Map

[FlameWizard492]

Here's an idea for a creative way to challenge ourselves.

1. First, one creator starts by opening a blank sandbox map.
2. Next, they will terraform it to their heart's desire, preferably a lot. For example, they could do a giant mountain range, a series of small hills all over the zoo, a few large mesas, a canyon, a large lake, a series of lakes, a large river delta, or an archipelago of islands in the middle of a lake or ocean.
3. The creator will then post the blank map on the Steam Workshop for all to download.
4. We can then build whatever we like upon their blank map while making as few edits to the creator's altered terrain as possible.

What do you all think? Does it sound fun or challenging? Has this all been done before and I'm just now catching onto the idea? Would any of you be willing to participate by making blank maps or building upon those maps?

 

[Nioell]

Pretty sure there are tons of maps like that already on the WS including some old, rundown zoos you can download to restore to new beauty. My personal fav actually because it's really fun to see the before and after. So not sure this would be any different from what the WS already has tbh.

 

[FlameWizard492]

Pretty sure there are tons of maps like that already on the WS including some old, rundown zoos you can download to restore to new beauty. My personal fav actually because it's really fun to see the before and after. So not sure this would be any different from what the WS already has tbh.

Huh. Strange. I guess I must not have noticed.

 

[Captain Callum]

Has this all been done before and I'm just now catching onto the idea?

Yeah even looking back on 2019 workshop submissions you can see basic carved terrain maps which some are popular but not popular enough to remain on on the general parks section of the workshop. Usual key words like 'terrain' can show some really nice realistic landscapes where you can easily challenge yourself to follow the terrain strictly. I even used one of them to build a recreation zoo since it was faithful to the real zoo landscape.