Tips for new map makers?

[EverlastingRoses]

Heyo! I have a question or so about map making that I'd like to have a few pointers on.

Tips for balancing out map size to make gameplay not feel like you're going on a 5 year trip across the U.S back and forth?

Making a map interesting?

I have a feeling these may be fairly vague, but I wanted to ask this here considering the mountain of great map makers.

[Dasher]

http://www.gametoast.com/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=31078 maybe have a look here, other than that, check out the FAQs in general, you might stumble across interesting topics there and maybe see things that your map doesn't feature

[Teancum]

If you want faster paced gameplay, make your map grid 128x128. This creates tighter battles. Most of the stock maps are 256x256, but only use about 1/4 as playable space, with the rest just as part of the background. If you keep your play area to maybe 64x64 or a little bigger regardless of the size of the terrain you'll find the game a lot more fast paced.

[EverlastingRoses]

Thanks you guys! I appreciate it :3