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Re: New splash screen and icon
Posted: Thu Nov 02, 2023 9:38 pm
by Redspear
Consider the following a rough mockup, not optimised, not agonised over. just patched up...
(source of original royalty free background image included at base).
Printed far too large of course (apologies) but how does one
shrink post link, so to speak?
Re: New splash screen and icon
Posted: Fri Nov 03, 2023 3:28 am
by phkb
I was thinking something along those lines, but using in game assets instead.
Re: New splash screen and icon
Posted: Sat Nov 04, 2023 6:38 am
by hiran
phkb wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 9:22 pm
hiran wrote: ↑Sat Oct 28, 2023 12:51 pm
When looking at OoliteStarter now the question would be whether I go for an orange icon or for a splashscreen that better matches the new logo..
It's a pretty good splash screen, without changing anything. I probably wouldn't go with an orange variant on the logo, as the image has a predominance of orange already.
I just did a quick look at putting the red logo on the existing image, and I have to say I think the red logo adds to the drama. I'd probably recommend doing that, and keeping it simple!
Thank you for taking a look.
I updated the splash screen for future versions.
Re: New splash screen and icon
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:24 pm
by another_commander
For fun, I asked Copilot (the new AI thing bot installed with MS Edge) to create its own version of the Oolite logo. The prompt it worked with was:
"create a logo based on the existing Oolite game logo, but make it predominantly red. The new logo should be viewed reasonably clearly up to resolutions of 16x16 for use in icons,"
And it came up with this:
Not too bad (I guess), although it's got plenty of "artistic license" in there... I get Star Trek vibes too if I stare at it for a while.
Good boy, Copilot. Here is a cookie.
Re: New splash screen and icon
Posted: Sun Nov 05, 2023 3:45 pm
by Redspear
Not bad...
phkb wrote: ↑Fri Nov 03, 2023 3:28 am
I was thinking something along those lines, but using in game assets instead.
Besides an in-game eclipse or a ringed planet, what about the nav buoy? It's unique to oolite, an intriquing shape yet a simple outline... Just a thought.
Re: New splash screen and icon
Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2023 3:05 am
by phkb
Here's my first pass at this:
Or maybe this:
Re: New splash screen and icon
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 2:45 am
by phkb
Another attempt:
Re: New splash screen and icon
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 3:23 am
by arquebus
I'm in love with those last three! Especially the one with the three ships.
Re: New splash screen and icon
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 9:53 am
by Redspear
arquebus wrote: ↑Thu Nov 09, 2023 3:23 am
I'm in love with those last three! Especially the one with the three ships.
That's the one I like the least
First one is good though. Reason being that it's clearest what it is (that's the angle that you'd typically line up to dock), the shadows don't interfere with that clarity (unlike with the ships) and it's simple. That combination makes it the most iconic of the three, to my mind at least.
Re: New splash screen and icon
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 6:55 pm
by arquebus
I don't like the first two as much mainly because there's not enough definition in the station. If you don't know what it is already, you won't know what it is. I think it would work better if the light were hitting it more from the front.
Re: New splash screen and icon
Posted: Thu Nov 09, 2023 9:40 pm
by cbr
Re: New splash screen and icon
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 1:56 am
by 0b1
All fanstastic work! I wish I had something that spectacular for Obelite (the WebGPU Port)
Re: New splash screen and icon
Posted: Fri Nov 10, 2023 9:57 pm
by Killer Wolf
i kinds think it might look good if the logo was painted on the space station.
Re: New splash screen and icon
Posted: Sun Nov 12, 2023 11:39 pm
by seventh
Re: New splash screen and icon
Posted: Tue Nov 14, 2023 6:34 pm
by seventh
