BioShock Wiki:Map Project

I want to start creating a Map of Rapture, but I can't do it alone. I'm going to need plenty of help, and the glorious part is that none of the work seems to be very difficult, only a bit time consuming. With that said it's only logical that the more help I can rally, the faster we will be able to see results. First thing's first though, for this to be a good, uniformed, and fully interactive map, i need to get floorplans cut out for each level. The map's of each level can be found for the respective location under each games headline (ie: Bioshock > Locations > Welcome To Rapture) in the form that you see them in the game as shown here.



From this form, the map's must be edited down to remove all of the un needed captions and markings. Don't worry everthing will come back with icons later, but for now i need everything removed except for staircases. Yes that means any piece of the brown background, circus of values markers, health markers, everything. The result should look something like this.



I used MS Paint to cut everything out of this picture. MS Paint however cannot create the final form because it will leave a white background. To be able to put these to use they will all need a transparent background, which I've read can be achieved by using a program like photoshop or gimp. I for one, have neither. I've used gimp before...and had NO IDEA how to work it. For that task, hopefully someone else will be able to get that going. Back on track the final form I would like to see the cut-outs in is like this (with the transparent background).



Having each piece separated will allow me to overlap floors. Wherever a staircase would be I can raise the next piece to simulate it being on a higher or lower floor to give a 3D effect along with correct placement and not being stuck with one part of the map permanently blocking the view of a lower level in the same spot.

To kick the project off, the following list is of the map's that still need to be edited down and cut apart. It was time consuming work for me, but the more people that want to help, the easier it will be on all those that do. Please put your signature behind anything that you are working on so we do not waste effort and duplicate work. I've signed off the first 2.

All finished and cut apart map images can be emailed to [mailto:projectrapture@yahoo.com projectrapture@yahoo.com]

Winston Hoffner 22:06, February 22, 2010 (UTC)

LEVEL'S TO BE COMPLETED:

Bioshock:

~Welcome to Rapture - Winston Hoffner 22:06, February 22, 2010 (UTC)

~Medical Pavillion - Winston Hoffner 22:06, February 22, 2010 (UTC)

~Neptune's Bounty -

~Smuggler's Hideout -

~Arcadia -

~Farmer's Market -

~Fort Frolic -

~Hephaestus -

~Rapture Central Control -

~Olympus Heights -

~Apollo Square -

~Point Prometheus -

~Proving Grounds -

~Fontaine -