Fallout: The Search for the Fountain of Youth
Creating the Map
The must-have tool for any vault-dweller-turned-wasteland-explorer is a device called a Pip-Boy. Essentially a wrist-mounted computer that serves as your in-game inventory/quest/map manager among other things.
I don’t think I am going to go too mad recreating all of the screens, because that would be a crazy undertaking, but I do want to have a map reveal and exploration experience that is similar.
So with the aid of Snazzymaps.com I’ve created a pip-boy style map for my location. I’ve got one with the real-world place names on, and one without. The one without the locations is going to be the one I’ll use – as mentioned I really want to explore and discover, unbiased by knowing what’s where. I will need the locations to refer to as I move around the map. That will also allow me to research a new area and try to bring some real-world influence to the locations. I just want to try to avoid knowing too much about a location in advance.
This one will be tucked away until needed. I may even try to find a way to cover it up and reveal the place names as I journey around the map.
The best part of any Fallout adventure - a blank map! An open-world wasteland ready to be explored!
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