All articles tagged with #world map
A Nintendo UI/UX designer explains creating Mario Kart World's expansive map by prioritizing immediate track recognition (tracks → roads → land), using palm-sized dioramas for icons, and integrating the map with navigation and loading screens to enhance immersion and help players orient themselves in the connected world.
A climate data scientist at the Met Office has created a two-dimensional representation of what the world really looks like, revealing that many countries, including Russia, Canada, and Greenland, are not nearly as big as we think. This phenomenon can be attributed to the Mercator projection, a map most commonly seen hanging in classrooms and in textbooks, which was created in 1596 to help sailors navigate the world. It gives the right shapes of land masses, but at the cost of distorting their sizes in favour of the wealthy lands to the north. Africa is actually three times the size of North America and also significantly larger than Russia, despite the opposite appearing true when looking at a map.
Final Fantasy 16 on PS5 will feature a world map with areas that can be seamlessly traveled to, according to producer Naoki Yoshida. The game will consist of several large sandbox locations, each densely populated and fully explorable. The Hideaway will serve as the base of operations, where players can upgrade weapons and partake in other activities. Players can also return to previously visited locations and explore new side-quests.