SomeTroglodyte
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11 months ago This is a case for - a Mod, trara! I think everything needed exists. There's also "source" Gimp files for these in ImagesToNotAddToGame (#4961) so you can create versions without extra quality loss, and still layered so you can tweak colors more easily.
As for the process how to use these gimps - obviously you'll need to scale, export, undo the scale, once for StatIcons once for EmojiIcons - but how exactly? Some 5% transparent border so texturepacker soesn't touch antialiasing is already included, but... Ah - I dropped that in #4954: I used "NoHalo" scaling. You could also try whether linear looks better...
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yairm210
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Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I am colourblind, and sometimes i wish i could distinguish the resource logos better, especially between Gold, Population, and Food. They all have icons which makes them distinct, and of course you end up infering which is which depending on the terrain and building on top, but still, for players discovering the game, quick visualisation, or more surprizing scenarios, having better coulour differenciation will help.
Describe the solution you'd like I fiddled a bit with the colours of the logos. First i went for Food logo, but it didn't work well. Quickly i switched to working on the Population logo:
… that's right, a simple colour swap between the Population icon and its background.
If this one changes, it means you'd have to also change the "empty hex logo" when nobody is exploiting a tile. I'd argue no logo at all would also work, or the same one with transparency applied. But extra work still.
I realized midway through that what mattered the most was differenciating Food and Gold directly on the map. So i tried my hand on the Gold logo:
It still is a swap between background and icon, but i put more contrast between the two, which i think strikes a good balance.
Describe alternatives you've considered Just for a test, i combined two variations of the Population and Gold logos, and i think it looks good too.
Additional context There are many colourblind variations, i personally don't see red as vivid as most describe it, and i sometimes mix up light green and yellow (hence this suggestion). If anyone else having colourblindness can give their own input on the matter, you're welcome!