Making a World Map

[xxultimaxx 0]

So I am finally making some progress with my game, and now find myself with the dilemma of how to have the player traverse from locale to locale. I like the way Final Fantasy 10 has a world map where the player can make a selection from a list of locations and then be transported there. I am posting an image of the concept below:

 

 

 

 

So I guess I am looking for some discussion on the best way to implement this type of world map system. Would a script be most effective, or perhaps it could be accomplished with events? How could one go about actually doing this? Thanks for the insights!

Edited July 14, 2011 by xxultimaxx

[Gary The Duck 8]

You may want to fix the link to your image, because it's broken...

[xxultimaxx 0]

Well, I have made progress with the World Map, and it is almost what I want. But, there is one small problem I hope someone with scripting experience can help me with. The problem involves a cutback to the previous map before fading out and making the transition to the new map. I would like it to fade to black while the World Map is the current scene and then transition to the new map.

 

Resolved quite easily with this code:

 

$game_screen.start_tone_change(Tone.new(-255,-255,-255,0), 20)

Edited July 16, 2011 by xxultimaxx