krysskroz
Joined: Dec 05, 2009
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Aug 03, 2012 - 05:23 |
 
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I think the big ones look fine. Although the VSG would be a pretty cool concept, but I feel as though the game would lose some of its "character" with that route. |
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WhatBall
Joined: Aug 21, 2008
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Aug 03, 2012 - 06:51 |
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I don't get all these references to losing the game's character? Please explain. |
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xnoelx
Joined: Jun 05, 2012
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Aug 03, 2012 - 07:44 |
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It's a compliment; it means people are worried they won't like the new icons as much as the old ones that you & others have created. There is a particular charm, for those of us of a certain age, in having bitmap sprites; just like playing Blood Bowl, it takes us back to those halcyon days of our youths. The 'character' thing is hard to explain, it's like the difference between Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion special effects and modern CGI, or old-fashioned hand-animation vs a cartoon created with Flash (in both cases I'm much keener on the former than the latter, others may disagree). Newer technology often makes things easier, but not necessarily 'better', although that's pretty subjective.
Edit: And of course, there's the instinctive fear of any change... |
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danielcollins
Joined: Apr 04, 2005
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Aug 03, 2012 - 08:35 |
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another analogy would be people preferring 2nd ed minis over 3rd ed or later ones. some people like the retro feel for reasons outlined above. |
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garyt1
Joined: Mar 12, 2011
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Aug 03, 2012 - 08:45 |
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Though there is some truth in that it is not the way to attract new players. Whatball is reliable with these things, and I'm sure the new icons would be better. |
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WhatBall
Joined: Aug 21, 2008
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Aug 03, 2012 - 15:16 |
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Ok, thanks for the input folks.
To clarify, my intent would be to make the icons look very similar in style to the current (most recent) ones, just scalable and with some more detail and diversity. I think once a prototype for testing is done people can give their input and we'll find a happy medium.
And I am one of those old guys who loves the retro games and 8-bit icons...  |
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darkwing2k6
Joined: Jun 28, 2007
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Sep 13, 2012 - 12:11 |
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was reading the LRB 5/6 icon post and got directed here. sounds like a cracking idea snd reminded me of a site i used many moons ago.
http://charas-project.net/charas2/index.php
basically pick a body shape/type/colour and then move onto face, clothing etc. works pretty well and on Fumbbl i think this would be awesome! |
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