>>37628333>>37628408this is a rough of the map, the green would be flatter land, brown is mountains
the route layout is final, but the bg i just now mocked up
red is towns, blue is landmarks, yellow is land routes, blue is water routes.
the maps i've posted so far are of the left most island, which is the starting zone.
the general idea is that the player starts on the east island, takes the ferry to the big island and is after that free to progress how they see fit, taking the ferry between islands until they get access to surf, and each island will have area's accessible to them with varying levels of hm use
so you could choose to go to south island first but only half of it is available without strength or something, so you go explore north island and see some stuff but need waterfall, then you when you find those hms you can go back and find more
going for a zelda feel basically, still working out the specifics