Wednesday 3 February 2016

Background Colours

Hello everyone!

I don't plan to do significant UI work in this coming release, but I did poke around with colours a bit - mostly to unsatisfying results. Do you think the game would look better with a pink background like the one below?




As a reminder, this is the game as it currently looks:

 

27 comments:

  1. I think a selectable background color could be a nice touch. Maybe even the option to start with a blue background and have it change to pink as your femininity raises.

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    1. For now I'm not looking at any UI changes more complicated than just switching one colour for another.

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  2. As stated above, a selectable background colour would be nice. As for the pink as shown above- it's kind of painful on the eyes on my monitor, so at the very least an option to be able to set it to the grey would be appreciated.

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  3. If you're going to lock it to one theme, I'd prefer a dark theme: white text on a black or dark grey background. It's gentle on the eyes.

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    1. I'll make a note to add that as an option once those are in the game.

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  4. I suggest either: a. letting the player select their own colour set (foreground/background) using the colour chooser dialog or b. leave it using default OS colours.
    Because the pink hurts! lol

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  5. The grey UI elements don't really jive with the pink background. What about beige?

    http://imgur.com/7Cdqw82

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  6. Just from an accessiblity standpoint, I would suggest leaving everything in greyscale. Nobody should have any problems with it.

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    1. There do seem to be a fair few people who don't like the pink, so I think I will leave it grey for now.

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  7. Speaking about UI, may I suggest bigger font size?

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    1. Customisable font size will come soon - perhaps in the next update or the one after.

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  8. The pink works.
    I'd like to see watermark background images, faded profiles of a girl type based on the appearance of the character. From the back, to keep generic and passive enough for background. Or let the user upload a profile image?
    I didn't mention it before now because it seemed like a fair amount of work.

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  9. Please no. I really like the gray

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  10. I like the idea of changeable background themes, but if not possible, then I say Gray is perfectly okay over Pink.

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  11. It certainly looks cuter, but not everyone is looking for cute.

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  12. I like the pink but you might want to change the grey boxes to a different color, they don't really go well together.

    also, do you think it's possible we'll ever get a character viewer or something so we can see what we look like?

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  13. no b/c this shade can be rather hard on the eyes (for me) and is kinda garish 80's to me. for a text-based game this is important to me. and im not a girly-girl so there's that.
    I already wish the game was darker...If you can make customization possible then Im game. if not, just leave the grey.
    -proud Patreon supporter's thoughts.

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  14. Can you add cheats to the non-patreon version of the game, I know you want incentives for people to support you on patreon, but it would add some replayability to the game if you add cheats. Possibly you could make it to where we could unlock it by complete ling a play through or unlock them through achievements.

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    1. SO only has two incentives at the moment. Want cheats? Just pay the $5, he more than deserves it for a game you can play endlessly or over and over again from different POVs.

      Wanting to play past the 52 weeks was what made me pledge, and I think he should keep it that way. If he changed it, I think it would really hurt him financially. If you enjoy is work, you should really support him.

      If you can't, then be content with what you have. It could be worse, like he does release the cheats for everyone, but you only get a non-backer version once every month or something.

      Pro: you get your cheats.

      Cons: you're several versions behind everyone and won't get to enjoy the new content on release like backers.

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  15. Bagashi here

    No. Pink no.
    If gray seem "dull", i'd rather play a game with no colors than "babylike" shades.

    also...
    If someone spots us with a gray screen will think differently from seeing a curious pink one ;)

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  16. No Pink, please. It looks horrible. Its fine as it is.
    If i may suggest something though, it would be some visual representation of the clothes. I have no idea about women's clothes, so every time I have to Google Image search them.
    What do you think?

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  17. In my opinion, do background colors for certain holidays, like a pink background with the lettering red (or the background red with white lettering) for Valentines Day, brown and orange for thanksgiving, and maybe a baby blue background with some kind of green, maybe even pink for the lettering. but if you want it easy, maybe have a pink for like October for 'Fight against breast cancer' with black foreground... look I'm just trying to give you some ideas. To tell the truth, I would donate some money, but I'm going back to college for Cyber Security, and I already Certified for CCENT, and CompTIA A+ & Network +. I'm also a hardcore Gamer but that's besides the point. so these are just ideas I had for color. I think if you had the pink a darker shade, like bubble gum or flamingo (or for bronies, pinkie pies hair color). I don't hate pink, but I would only use it for valentines day, or certain events.

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  18. When will legwear be available? And will it also include footwear like shoes or boots?

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    1. It isn't essential for the friendship update, so probably not until that's done. It'll definitely get added by the relationship update, if not before.

      It won't include footwear. The clothing and especially undressing code is already excessively complicated and I don't plan to add much more complexity to what's already there.

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    2. New user here, and I'd also love to see the inclusion of footwear, like heels for business, sneakers for athletic outfits, etc.

      A good compromise for keeping the undressing sequences relatively as-is, while also including shoes in the mix, would be to have them automatically removed at some predetermined point.

      For instance, if she brings a date home, the shoes get slipped off automatically upon entering the apartment. After all, a girl gets tired of walking in heels after awhile.

      I wouldn't mind little short-cuts like that to keep things relatively simple. But I would love, love, love to see shoes added to the clothing mix. It feels strange to not be able to put together full outfits with matching heels, or workout clothes with sneakers.

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  20. What if you tied the back round color to the femininity stat? As your femininity increases it slow becomes more pink?

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