Preferred icon for game releases?
Which icon do you prefer?
Feb 14, 2019, 12:58 pm
The Imperialist
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Location: New Attnam
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What does everybody prefer, the pixelated icon or the realistic one?
The realistic one has the benefit of working on any background color. The pixelated one has a slight shadow so it should still be visible even on gray/yellow backgrounds. We can of course always add a background color to it as well.
If you prefer to try them out yourself (Mac only), download this file:
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmQtxPa5PGQE1FZCQMWrTQLFF6RWmopvjNeUFGP...
You may have to rename it to .zip to open it
The realistic one has the benefit of working on any background color. The pixelated one has a slight shadow so it should still be visible even on gray/yellow backgrounds. We can of course always add a background color to it as well.
If you prefer to try them out yourself (Mac only), download this file:
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmQtxPa5PGQE1FZCQMWrTQLFF6RWmopvjNeUFGP...
You may have to rename it to .zip to open it
Feb 14, 2019, 4:11 pm
Ex-Tyrant of the IVANers
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Personally, I prefer the classic pixel icon.
"Put more stuff in the... thing where... more stuff goes in."
Feb 14, 2019, 5:04 pm
The town crier
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+1 for the classic icon. I'm 100% biased though, since the modern icon has represented attnam.com specifically for ages.
Feb 14, 2019, 5:07 pm
The Imperialist
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What's the history on the modern icon? Did Blob draw it? Was it specifically for the website?
Feb 14, 2019, 5:19 pm
archangel
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For the purposes of distributing the IVAN software, I prefer the pixelated too. The icon has brand recognition after all these years. I like to think its style was appropriated by Minecraft.
I like the modern banana pickaxe logo for our website though, reckon it'd look great on a t-shirt. Not sure who the originator of that logo is.
I like the modern banana pickaxe logo for our website though, reckon it'd look great on a t-shirt. Not sure who the originator of that logo is.
its been so long since i had gotten that far i didnt think it through. arrrr!!!!!!
Feb 14, 2019, 10:45 pm
Ex-Tyrant of the IVANers
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I vaguely recall creating it myself in a super-crude MSPaint work. But I would hate to take credit for Blob's work. Maybe I made a shittier, cruder version which was later made more properly by someone with Photoshop?
"Put more stuff in the... thing where... more stuff goes in."
Feb 15, 2019, 12:46 am
archangel
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For the purposes of distributing the IVAN software, I prefer the pixelated too.
I like the modern banana pickaxe logo for our website though, reckon it'd look great on a t-shirt.
I like the modern banana pickaxe logo for our website though, reckon it'd look great on a t-shirt.
+1
Feb 18, 2019, 2:51 am
kobold lord
Joined: May 22, 2008
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Location: Worldmap
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Pixelated for life!