Aww...Atnas you beat me to it, by 6-days.
I just finished a variable and switch map which is modeled after the first Final Fantasy game. You open a door and the roof pops off and the surrounding area dims a bit. It is awsome, I've been trying a hole bunch of new things like this recently.
Also created a character switcher with 16 characters.
Hey Wolfturn if you need to go advanced with the colonial branches, switches and variables, ask me, it's my specialty.