User Guide

APPENDIX A: A GOOD

INITIAL SKETCH

The enclosed drawing is the original concept sketch for the Skirmish map titled, “Alpine Assault.” In the

drawing, you can see how closely it compares to the final produced map. Additionally, the artist has

indicated where passable slopes are located. One suggested improvement to this drawing would be to

differentiate between supply depots and oil derricks, which are technically limitless.

You might want to print out this page and compare it to the map in the game. In the final design, the

designer did a good job of freeing up more space in the middle by moving the railroad to the left and

cutting back significantly on the number of trees. Also, the number of supply depots was cut for both sides,

and the railway station was removed.

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Original Alpine Assault concept sketch by Ejah.

railwaystation

railroad

buildings

height difference

roads

cliffs

slopes

supplydepot

startlocations

forest

Noticed from a screenshot by

the editor at a games Web site

that there are railway tracks.

And since I’ve been to

Switzerland before I still

remember these villages with

their small train stations.

Start locations are in the

woods, with a small village

nearby, split by a railway track.

The village is located in a valley

surrounded by smaller and one

large mountain range.

At the top of the biggest

mountain there is the snow

boundary (not sure if this is

the right word for it).