From: David P. <pl...@mi...> - 2008-02-29 21:46:26
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> Quoting Markus Maier <ma...@in...>: > >> dpeg said that there will probably be a second round of adjustments >> after some testing, so here are some early comments after playing with >> it and thinking about it some more, so that I don't forget about them: >> - Giant bats look too bright on lightgrey, I'd prefer red. > > I disagree. Of course, darkgrey fit them perfectly and lightgrey seems > much brighter in comparison (esp. seeing how bats turn up so often and > early), but I don't think it'll matter in the long run. Red however > would make them appear as more important than they really are. IMHO, > of course. Personally, I'd like them to be brown, but that would make > all early monster brown, which would be a bit boring. > Now, vampire bats (player only, currently) I could totally see on red. > >> - Swapping the colour of snakes and small snakes is probably a bad idea. > > Hmm... I think it's a brilliant idea. Sure, it takes some getting used > to, but after a while my pulse started to go up whenever something > bright green (or yellow or pink) appeared on my screen. (I admit, > though, that having played only in tiles lately is likely to have > influenced my easier adaption to the new colours.) > >> - If quokkas can't be yellow, they should remain lightgrey and grey rats >> should be recoloured to white instead. > > I considered that, too, but IMHO grey rats should stay grey, if only > because of the name. Alternatively, quokkas could be red, a colour > that is not quite as alarming as yellow but more distinctive than white. > > One of the problems in discussing colours is that different players > might have differently calibrated screens. For example, on my screen > darkgrey is much easier to make out than dark blue. So it's quite > likely that my order of colours ranging from unobtrusive to alarming > is different from yours, and a third person might have another > perception. :/ Bonded by blood or whatnot, but I think that here, Johanna got it right. I don't mind the snake colours, but I adapted very quickly to the green swap. The yellow quokka does indeed look a bit odd, but the quokka is odd in the first place. So whatever :) Have fun, David PS: altogether, the new colours are much better than the old ones. Also note that simply swapping blue - dark grey is now an option. Should actually look quite well. We might want to hint at how to do that. |