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Development of artwork, requests, suggestions, samples, or if you have artwork to offer. Primarily for the artists.
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Tyreth
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#2 Post by Tyreth »

I think some of these look good, and have food for thought too.

I'm not much of an artist though, so I'm not going to brave suggestions on how to improve it.

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#3 Post by drekmonger »

The button shapes look nice, and well laid out. Everything looks fairly good.

Not so sure about the detailed texture on the buttons, clashes a bit with the rest of the design.

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#5 Post by Neuromancer »

They look nice.
Just talk to drekmonger and find a common way of working. If possible.
Good job, anyway.
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#6 Post by The Silent One »

I love the idea of the "discoverer's box", but why not let it have an effect upon the game?

Also, we should make a decision which will be the "lead color" of the game - I myself favour blue :wink: .

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#7 Post by Nightfish »

The Silent One wrote:Also, we should make a decision which will be the "lead color" of the game - I myself favour blue :wink: .
I tend to agree. Blue is the color I associate with MoO for some reason. No idea why, though.

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#10 Post by Impaler »

Discovery boxes sound nice, I am assuming most are of an astronomical nature maybe with some anchinet civalizations or space oraganisms thrown in.

Game play effects could be lots of things with free reserch points being the most obvious.

As for color its not a big concern as long as the color dose not induse eye strain, people will be looking at the screen for a LONG time after all. Perphas it could be adjustable?
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#11 Post by tsev »

The "color" of version 0.1 is going to be the monochromatic blacks and greys you've been seeing in the screenshots. These colors are easily changed in "config.xml", so feel free to tinker.

The design of FreeOrion so far has centered on a very spartan interface. Not a lot of bells and whistles. The green button graphics above don't really fit in well with the current scheme, in my opinion.
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#13 Post by tsev »

Okarena wrote:I mean the color of buttons and graphics. Also the color of nebulas.

OK, I change the green buttons into more spartanic ones.

Whats about the font? Is BankGothic ok?
Only if bank gothic is public domain....we can't use any copyrighted fonts.
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#15 Post by Aquitaine »

If you can't be sure it's not copyrighted, we can't use it.

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