https://blog.jonmikeys.com/tags/influence-maps/ Recent content in Influence-Maps on Coyote Time Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.jonmikeys.com/posts/influence-maps-turning-the-fight-into-a-heatmap/ Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://blog.jonmikeys.com/posts/influence-maps-turning-the-fight-into-a-heatmap/ Visibility tells you whether a place can be seen. Influence maps tell you how much pressure exists there. That difference matters. A position can be visible without being dangerous, and dangerous without being fully visible. Influence maps help estimate the shape of the fight instead of only the geometry of the map. What an influence map is An influence map is a grid layered over the terrain. Each cell stores a value that represents power, danger, control, or importance.