Idea and Map

Idea

Idea noun - Something imagined or pictured in the mind.

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Map and idea are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Map" instead a noun "Idea".

Nearby Words: ideal, ideation

Map noun - An illustration of certain features of a geographical area.

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Idea and map are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Idea" instead a noun "Map".

Nearby Words: mapping, mapped, mapper

old	old idea	old map
good	good idea	good map
similar	similar idea	similar map
original	original idea	original map
Other adjectives: single, rough, simple, popular, actual, entire, real, big, main, decent, new, early, next, basic, different, overall.

He also references the first part of the Tolkien quote above regarding this decision, so the comments on this page about Eddings being responsible for the map-first idea are a little off-target.

Source: Fantasy World Map
Later, games added the idea of a "world map" that connected the areas: you could now travel between worlds at will, perhaps unlocking shortcuts or alternate routes — but the map was a bland, uninteresting area in and of itself, existing only to carry you from one location to the next.

Source: Hub Level
Reducing the cooldown time of darkness while increasing the length in which it stays on the map was also a bright idea.

Source: Video Game / Darkeden

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