What's the longest you've ever spent on one map?

[JoshStolarz]

Holy crap guys. I don't know what you're charging...but it's not enough haha

I think the longest I've spent on a map is only 50 hours for a commission that also required a decent amount of research as part of the process.

- Josh

[Jaxilon]

Holy crap guys. I don't know what you're charging...but it's not enough haha

- Josh

That's what I think whenever I toy with the idea of trying to do it for a real living. Either I need to dramatically and exponentially be faster than I am or I definitely need to charge more than most people would be willing or capable of paying. Especially when there are many artists willing to work for peanuts.

One of my favorite quotes when it comes to being paid for making a map comes from Napoleon Dynamite, "that's like a dollar an HOUR!" <-- and that's kinda what it feels like if I do the math. Of course, a large part of why I bother with it is because I enjoy it and that's worth quite a bit.