Do we need to show all the symbols/colors ?

[tsimbalar]

During a game, the goal is pretty simple : bring a given robot to a given spot.

• Is it really useful to display all the symbols that are not the current objective ?
• Do we really need the notion of color for the robots ? isn't there just "THE" robot + 3 "other" robots ?

Without changing the principle of the game we could :

• display only the current objective on the board, as a special marker (the symbol is actually irrelevant)
• display the current robot for the objective in a way, and the others in another (identical) way ...

This would make the game zone leaner , but probably also sadder ...

Any opinions ?

This is also related to the usage and "re-colouring" of the Glyphicon icons ...

[makemeunsee]

• it's not useful indeed, so we can try and see how it changes the feeling of the game
• robots are still all movable and useful and must be distinguishable. even if the code could be simplified to reflect the need of only a special marker, it works well with the colors and it could also be used later for different game modes (place all robots on a color corresponding symbol, first to place any robot on a star, etc.)

tl;dr we can try showing only the right symbol but I see no reason to change working, more generic code.

[tsimbalar]

yep, that's quite true :-)

Anyway, if you want to see what it would look like without the "other" objectives, you can already click on the current objective in the menu bar :P