Forum:New game icons

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Lest anyone thing I've forgotten about this...it was suggested in the massive "Wiki Improvement" thread that we improve our game icons from shrunk down versions of the game logos.

The hard part is getting anything, especially an entire game, down to a few pixels. I thought of the now-defunct panels theme before the sidebar was reorganized, and thought they'd do well here.

These are the little guys I've come up with so far. Colors and crowns are based on the original logos for the most part; the cards were just too iconic not to put into the CoM versions, and I thought the Organization 13 symbol nicely wrapped up the whole concept behind 358/2 Days.

I'm not 100% satisfied (I rarely am though), so while they're a work in process, any thoughts? Suggestions? Scrap 'em and start over again? BebopKate 03:01, October 17, 2009 (UTC)

i like it lets do a poll--ALEX 03:05, October 17, 2009 (UTC)

Guardian Soul Talk. — Don't I even warrant a hello? It's such a shame. The Organization used to be the rope that bound us together. - 03:13, October 17, 2009 (UTC) We definitely do need new icons, but those ones don't look very satisfying. They aren't clear enough as to which games they belong to, and don't look professional enough. Good effort though.

I find them clear enough... but then again that's just me. Any ideas to clarify them? --—YerMom _{is feeling jolly} 03:28, October 17, 2009 (UTC)

<poll> do you want to change? Yes, No, I don't </poll>

Bluer says at 05:03, October 19, 2009 (UTC) I have to admitthat these icons are very confusing, kupo. I have difficulty telling which games most of the icons represent, kupo. I had uploaded one Heart image with the intention of recoloring the Hearts to denote which games represent which, kupo. Most of which just by manipulating the Hue of each logo, kupo. Also, I should think the "Featured" icon should be incorporated into the "Gameicon" template,

DoorToNothing — I dreamed last night... I got on the boat to Heaven! And by some chance, I had brought my dice along! — 05:08, October 19, 2009 (UTC) However, the grays in COM and REC are identical, as are several of the blues. Perhpas you could add abbreviations in the hearts? Also, perhaps we should also incoporate the Staff Member template into this template, if we decide to merge the Featured template in.

Guardian Soul Talk. — Don't I even warrant a hello? It's such a shame. The Organization used to be the rope that bound us together. - 05:10, October 19, 2009 (UTC) You could always keep the II in the KH2 one, and add the lettering in there for some of them.

Bluer says at 10:37, October 19, 2009 (UTC) Not sure what your reasoning is, kupo, why would a "staffmember" template be incorporated when they're just used in the user namespace? The reason why I suggest the "FA icon" template should be incorporated into the "Gameicon" template is because both of these templates are used quite extensively in an article namespace, kupo. Additionally, I think the "Real" template be reduced to an "icon" as well, kupo. There will be less scrolling, especially since those "notice templates" wasn't suppose to stay on a page for very long, kupo. It's exactly why "spoiler" templates are just reduced to a single line of text, kupo. There we go, kupo. Didn't do anything for FM or ReCoM, but I think what it would end like are simple abbreviations. I'll let you guys decide, and of course, if most do not agree, I'll just shelf these away,

Guardian Soul Talk. — Don't I even warrant a hello? It's such a shame. The Organization used to be the rope that bound us together. - 16:24, October 19, 2009 (UTC) I really like them, but we do need a separate one for FM. Don't really know if we should bother making a separate one for Re:CoM though.

DoorToNothing — I dreamed last night... I got on the boat to Heaven! And by some chance, I had brought my dice along! — 22:15, October 19, 2009 (UTC) Eh... KH and BbS are a little too similar for me... and yes, FM1 does need to be more differentiable. @GS: An icon for Re:CoM is necessary. Zexion (Boss), Gold Card, and Platinum Card are all exclusive to Re:CoM, among others.

Guardian Soul Talk. — Don't I even warrant a hello? It's such a shame. The Organization used to be the rope that bound us together. - 22:27, October 19, 2009 (UTC) The '+' in the second Final Mix includes Re:CoM, and I don't think it's necessary to make a separate icon if it's only for like three articles. Also, BBS looks perfectly fine to me. I can very easily tell the difference.

BebopKate - This one is Zazzles...because he's Zazzy! TALK - Here's your cat...and here's your $20...02:21, October 20, 2009 (UTC) Those look great...kind of what I had in mind, I just couldn't pull it off as well. I was concerned about the coloring as well (curse you, constant use of silver!), but I think BBS and the original look distinctive enough from each other. Also, I would add an Re:CoM one, because it was released over here as a separate game from Final Mix+. Also, because I know what's going to happen down the line..."Hey, OMG, you forgot the Re:CoM!" "Where's the Re:CoM?" and so on. It's just easier to go ahead and make one now than have to go back and do it later. If he's already got the bases, it should be pretty easy.