Awful contrast/colour scheme on new title screen.

Post by **Kestenvarn** » October 9th, 2005, 11:32 pm

appleide wrote:

This one! this one! this one!

I liked that one too, appleide. It has character.

In the current logo, the only interesting part about it is the shield in the background. The letters are bland and forgettable - they don't draw the eye at all.

nonobots · Post by **nonobots** » October 10th, 2005, 1:15 am

Zebulon wrote: Xan's modified version:

Wow
It's GOOD.
Professional quality logo.

Just the shield could make for the application icon and could be made into the favicon of the website.

I find it better than the current and old one because it scales well, is very readable and the color scheme is simpler and efficient.

Loki · Post by **Loki** » October 10th, 2005, 2:35 am

I'd be interested to see the logo at the top of the webpage (or something similar) on top of the shield. What's on the shield now is nice and all, but it doesn't look particularly warlike.

Once again, unless I missed it somewhere: Could we get a copy of the shield with no lettering so anyone that wants to might have a go?

appleide · Post by **appleide** » October 10th, 2005, 8:30 am

ivanovic wrote:For being able to test in such a resolution we would first need a screen that is able to display it.
Do you really think a poll would be the decission for the game? At the end we (the devs) have the final decission and the old logo does not look nice in front of the map at all. The colors of the old background looked nice, but the image did not (at least this is my opinion). A real high-quality version of the old image would be what I really would like. But since we do not have this or a by far better image for the background we do have the map in there. Maybe the map that is currently in work could replace it but I am not this sure about it at the moment.

What's so good about a map? It's boring. All it depicts is the campaign you are about to play (but ti doesn't even tell you that...). The map is emotionless.... lacks suspense, and most importantly, does not draw the eye.

Devs has the final decision... yes of course, but if they don't take into consideration about other people's opinions, then the game would go downhill from here... (don't worry, I still have trust in the devs...)

If you are going to replace the old purple image.... then Put something else OTHER THAN a map in... It needs to show emotion, suspense, excite ment, or stuff like that...

Yes... the shield does look professional... but professional = roughly same quality as any other game... The logo on the top of the webpage does not seem professional, but it is different. It has style other professional logos does not have... And most importantly, it shows that Wesnoth is a fantasy game, not just some TBS about barbarians vs romans... The logo also shows mysteriousness, and this captures attention.

Post by **Jetrel** » October 10th, 2005, 10:07 am

ivanovic wrote:A real high-quality version of the old image would be what I really would like. But since we do not have this or a by far better image for the background we do have the map in there.

That basically sums up my stance on the issue.

As for the logo, though the shield is final, we welcome any attempts at a new letterform.

appleide · Post by **appleide** » October 10th, 2005, 10:27 am

So we might not have a map afterall ^^

Whats wong with the old logo... and Please don't change the one on the webpage.... the shield would never fit in!. (eg they dont match)

Woodwizzle · Post by **Woodwizzle** » October 11th, 2005, 4:41 am

The shield is final? Awww, I just got done with midterms and got back to work on mine. I finally brought it into the gimp for some detail work.

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » October 11th, 2005, 11:25 pm

The rivets now need major fixing, IMO.

Post by **Zebulon** » October 12th, 2005, 12:03 am

I think Xan's one is better than that.

Post by **Jetrel** » October 12th, 2005, 12:32 am

Woodwizzle wrote:The shield is final? Awww, I just got done with midterms and got back to work on mine. I finally brought it into the gimp for some detail work.

Well, unless yours suddenly gets *really* good. It has to start leaning a bit more in the photorealistic direction.

Elvish_Pillager · Post by **Elvish_Pillager** » October 12th, 2005, 10:20 am

Yeah - the rivets need smashing, the wood needs woodizing, and the Wesnoth needs to look better.

Post by **irrevenant** » October 12th, 2005, 11:05 am

Ooh, what would be really cool would be if you made the words "the battle for" actually emblazoned onto the shield. IMO, anyway...

Disto · Post by **Disto** » October 12th, 2005, 4:30 pm

Zebulon wrote:I think Xan's one is better than that.

Of course you would.

Post by **irrevenant** » October 12th, 2005, 9:21 pm

Disto wrote:
Zebulon wrote:I think Xan's one is better than that.
Of course you would.

I think he's saying that Xan's is better than the one Woodwizzle just posted (which it is, 'cos Woodwizzle's only just started the detail work on his).