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Policy icons concept
Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2021 11:01 am
by The Silent One
So I've started a bit of conceptual work on the policy icons. Drawing inspiration from Civ where policies look a bit like playing cards, here's the design I came up with so far.
[Edit]Added more advanced card design.
[Edit]Updated mockup.
Re: Policy icons concept
Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:06 pm
by Geoff the Medio
Looks good, though something more than just colour to differentiate categories is needed, as some people are comourblind.
Re: Policy icons concept
Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:34 pm
by The Silent One
Geoff the Medio wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:06 pm
Looks good, though something more than just colour to differentiate categories is needed, as some people are comourblind.
For that I had intended the shape on the card cover - wing-shape on the military policy cards, circle on the social cards (something to determine on the economic cards). Not enough?
Re: Policy icons concept
Posted: Sat Oct 09, 2021 5:59 pm
by Geoff the Medio
The Silent One wrote: ↑Sat Oct 09, 2021 1:34 pmwing-shape on the military policy cards, circle on the social cards (something to determine on the economic cards). Not enough?
sounds reasonable
Re: Policy icons concept
Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2021 9:15 am
by Vezzra
Looks very good, big thumbs up from my side!
Re: Policy icons concept
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:08 am
by Ophiuchus
Also love it.
For color-blind visibility one could add some slight variation on the card shape. E.g. cutting away a small half-sphere in the "waist-area" on the left and right side for the social cards. With waist I mean the space between the icon and the text. If the economy cards get a diamond theme, cut away half-diamonds for those.
Re: Policy icons concept
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:52 am
by Oberlus
Ophiuchus wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 9:08 am
Also love it.
For color-blind visibility one could add some slight variation on the card shape. E.g. cutting away a small half-sphere in the "waist-area" on the left and right side for the social cards. With waist I mean the space between the icon and the text. If the economy cards get a diamond theme, cut away half-diamonds for those.
+1
Re: Policy icons concept
Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2021 6:20 pm
by The Silent One
Thanks
. Placed a category marker on the bottom of the card and gave it a bit more of a washy/used look. Will use this as reference for the other cards.
Re: Policy icons concept
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 11:36 am
by The Silent One
Making some progress, some icons are not finalized (looking at you, terror suppression).
Last chance to suggest changes to the layout.
Re: Policy icons concept
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 12:10 pm
by Geoff the Medio
Are the gold icons separate .png files, which can be used in other contexts, like a list, where more square-shaped icons would fit better?
Re: Policy icons concept
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 1:30 pm
by The Silent One
No, they're baked, but I agree it would make sense to make them separate, so I'll see what I can do.
Re: Policy icons concept
Posted: Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:58 pm
by The Silent One
Works ok:
[Edit]All basic category cards done.
Re: Policy icons concept
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2021 1:51 pm
by Geoff the Medio
If you want or have time to make a few extra icons, my list of maybe-could-add policies includes:
- Formation - +2 shield -10 speed (minimum 10) for armed ships in systems where you have at least 3 armed ships
- Guardians - In systems with at least 1 armed and at least 1 unarmed ship, +2 shields to unarmed ships, -1 weapon damage to armed ships
- Sentinel - +10 empire detection strength, -1 ship weapon damage, -1 ship shields, -10 speed
- Diversion - In systems with at least 1 armed and at least 1 unarmed ship, +10 stealth to unarmed ships, -10 stealth to armed ships
- Planetary Militia - increase troop regenerate rate on planets with low stability
- Exploitation - increase industry output on planets with low stability
- Psychotropic Treatment - increase stability but build up tolerance to drug, produce withdrawl if revoked (via specials),
- Psychotropic Distribution - increases stability but lowers growth and industry. Planets develop dependence (as an attached special), which reduces the benefits from the policy. If their supply connection is distrupted or the policy is revoked, planets will undergo withdrawl, producing different / opposite effects.
- Psychotropic Extortion - Planets with the Dependence special have strongly increased stability and influence generation and no withdrawl symptoms.
- Psychotropic Rehabilitation - Planets with the Dependence special lose it faster and have lessened withdrawl symptoms.
- Eco Tourism
- Cultural Tourism
- Psyonic Shielding
- Imperial Identity - gives +30 stability, spread evenly over all populated planets
- Traditionalism
- Stability
- Battlefield Refinement
Having icons in the same style for those might be useful.
Re: Policy icons concept
Posted: Thu Nov 04, 2021 5:05 pm
by The Silent One
Once I'm done with the current ones (still on the icons for the social category), I'll see what I can do.
On top of that, should someone at some point need to recreate the style of the policy icons, it shouldn't be too hard, as I usually leave some indication how they're done in the source files.
Re: Policy icons concept
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 5:32 pm
by wobbly
These look great. Unfortunately they're way too large in game. I have to expand the policy window till it takes up most of the screen space and I still can't easily see what the available policies are.