Create an official media kit page for Minetest

mnh48 commented 5 years ago

Media kit is promotional tool that contains specific information about a website, publication, games, etc. While some people thought media kits are press kits, they are slightly different in nature.

Media kit page will greatly help people who want to share about Minetest on other platforms or websites. It creates a standard guideline on how to promote the game or website.

I propose that the website to have a page of media kit, and at least includes the following:

[ ] A simple paragraph or catchphrases that can be used to identify Minetest from all other games.
[x] The Minetest logo in original colours (at least in SVG, optionally PNG) -downloadable
[ ] The Minetest logo in white-on-other-colour variant (at least in SVG, optionally PNG) - downloadable
[x] The mentions of the official colour codes of Minetest logo (and optionally the blueprint of the logo layout - eg the shapes and the features of the logo: I see cactus, tree, grass, sand, water, cave, is that correct?)
[x] A brochure and/or leaflet of Minetest (maybe ask Rubenwardy for this, iirc he has created PDF that he use to print in some conventions before? or create new one if he refuses to include his) - downloadable

Of course, all these should also be licensed the same way as the rest of the website (or mention the specific license if they were not licensed the same way).

Looking at the license file in the main repo, it looks like the base SVG file of the Minetest logo might be licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0, can someone confirm it? And the base SVG file itself is here.

I feel that media kit page should be stand-alone page but I don't mind if it's combined with the suggestions in #123

rubenwardy commented 5 years ago

https://rubenwardy.com/freenode-live

tacotexmex commented 4 years ago

This is is good! It calls for a unified visual identity for Minetest. Additionally a unified approach to the typography used is needed. I'd be willing to contribute.

tacotexmex commented 4 years ago

Here are the colors from the symbol: #73D216 #4E9A06 #729FCF #FCE94F #E9B96E #C17D11 #EF2929 #888A85

I think these are fine for the most part. What stands out from the rest is the red, which should be more like #F04D4D for wider use as a part of an MT palette.

tacotexmex commented 4 years ago

Regarding "brand" typeface the use of typography is quite ambivalent.

Titillium is being used on the website while in the client itself Arimo is used. They are both quite bland and certainly don't evoke a voxel game feeling. Both are distributed by Google Fonts which, I suspect, was a quick go-to when choosing fonts for the game.

I'd like a discussion on unifying the typography.

rubenwardy commented 2 weeks ago

done 3/5 here: https://www.minetest.net/press/

minetest / minetest.github.io

Create an official media kit page for Minetest #175