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ZeroK-RTS / Zero-K

Open source RTS game running on the Spring/Recoil engine
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Chicken icons are not unique #3565

Open Oflameo opened 5 years ago

Oflameo commented 5 years ago

https://zero-k.info/Forum/Thread/24852 I mentioned that there were a bunch of chicken icons that were the same as bot icons.

Chicken (unit), Digger, and Glaive have the same symbol. Spiker and Ronin have the same symbol. Cockatrice and Thug have the same symbol. Lobber and Sling have the same symbol. Sporeshooter, Spidermonkey, and Recluse have the same symbol. Basilisk and Hermit have the same symbol. Blobber and Racketeer have the same symbol. Blimpy and Raven have the same symbol. Tiamat and Paladin have the same symbol. Dodo and Puppy have the same symbol. Blooper and Aspis have the same symbol. White Dragon and Chicken Queen have the same symbol.

This is notable because in a mixed chicken match where a side has both chickens and bots the action is a lot harder than usual to follow. For example these matches http://zero-k.info/Battles/Detail/486440 http://zero-k.info/Battles/Detail/486442 .

Lore wise, I can't figure out a justification why bots would mistake either mistake chickens for bots or not specially denote every chicken since they are such a large threat. Chickens seem to be organic because they bleed, but not enough research has been done on them to confirm.

sprunk commented 5 years ago

Here's some icons I put together using the biohazard symbol as chassis.

Lobber chickenarty Blobber chickenlrarty Cockatrice chickenassault Dodo chickenbomb Chicken chickenraider Digger chickenscout Basilisk chickenriot Blooper chickenshield Spiker chickenskirm Spidermonkey chickensupport Sporeshooter chickenaa Background pic base

Oflameo commented 5 years ago

Interesting! We need a second symbol for the rest of the chicken units though because there is so many.

Oflameo commented 5 years ago

I found this egg Unicode character that may also make a good icon. https://unicode-table.com/en/1F95A/

Anarchid commented 5 years ago

I fear the egg may be a bit too similar to "bot" chassis icon, represented by a circle currently.

But i guess that's what chickens mostly have right now anyways.

It would be good to see some mock-ups.

GoogleFrog commented 5 years ago

Interesting icons, but I don't think that the positive space of the biohazard symbol is solid enough to work as a background. Blobby, concave, icons make it easier to parse unit swarms. I'm not sure if that is important though.

Anarchid commented 5 years ago

IIRC Dragons and Queen already use biohazard.

Oflameo commented 5 years ago

I'll have some mockups ready by the end of Sunday.

Oflameo commented 5 years ago

Here are my mock ups.

chickenheavyassult chickencomeater chickensnipe chickenheavyraid chickenjammer chickenshield chickenspecial chickenbuider chickensupport chickenaa chickenscout chickenarty chickenheavyarty chickenriot chicken chickenskirm chickenassault chickenraider

GoogleFrog commented 5 years ago

I like the egg concept. More could be done to make the outline of the egg match the other backgrounds.

IIRC Dragons and Queen already use biohazard.

The queen icon and dragon icons should stay as they are because being huge and distinctive is good. There are no issues with parsing swarms of queens or dragons because they are very rarely found in swarms.

Oflameo commented 5 years ago

I think I have some time to clean up these icons this weekend.