tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post4769294341139008864..comments2024-03-28T08:40:42.144-04:00Comments on Daniel Solis: Undercoding and Overcoding Your Game's Visual LanguageDaniel Solishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07683491911441126187noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-62265662670012292002011-05-08T09:16:50.964-04:002011-05-08T09:16:50.964-04:00I (and Sage) had the same experience trying to lea...I (and Sage) had the same experience trying to learn Race for the Galaxy. The cards for SageFight are much easier to understand.danoheadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01232971430314031659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-84553156236217754492011-05-08T09:16:50.549-04:002011-05-08T09:16:50.549-04:00I'm colour-blind (or visually impaired, if you...I'm colour-blind (or visually impaired, if you will) and I've got no trouble distinguishing the green and red cards.<br><br>Note how they've picked a light shade for the green, a darker one for the red. Easy to distinguish.Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13036629056562717049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-89441271424660763162011-05-08T09:16:49.975-04:002011-05-08T09:16:49.975-04:00Glad I could help :)Maybe we should collaborate (I...Glad I could help :)<br><br>Maybe we should collaborate (I could use your graphic skills) on a guide to the RftG icon alphabet.linnaeushttp://linnaeus.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-76503017639295767952011-03-29T14:02:12.384-04:002011-03-29T14:02:12.384-04:00Glad I could help :)
Maybe we should collaborate ...Glad I could help :)<br /><br />Maybe we should collaborate (I could use your graphic skills) on a guide to the RftG icon alphabet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-10721576604929402582011-03-29T13:08:38.964-04:002011-03-29T13:08:38.964-04:00Wow, I think you've managed to make those icon...Wow, I think you've managed to make those icons make a lot more sense to me. I dunno if I can convince my wife to give it another shot, but I'd like to play it again with someone who is more fluent.Daniel Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07683491911441126187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-18589277275804835042011-03-29T12:35:02.751-04:002011-03-29T12:35:02.751-04:00While I agree with your general point of how diffi...While I agree with your general point of how difficult it can be to learn the icons of Race for the Galaxy, part of the problem is how they are conveyed to new players. Each icon is treated as it’s own thing, but there are a handful of recurring elements in the icons and, if they had explained those elements, learning all of the icons would <em>much</em> easier.<br /><br />For instance, any time you see a hand grasping a rectangle with rounded corners it means a card in hand. If it has a +1 it means draw a card into your hand (increase the number of cards in hand by 1) if it’s Xed out it means discard a card. If a miniature version of an element like card in hand appears to the top-right of another element, the large element triggers the action of the smaller element, as in Public Works develop power or Gem World’s Produce power. Likewise, each of the phase symbols (like the orange diamond for develop and the with circle with the black and red border for Settle) recur in power icons.<br /><br />So Lehmann, Huang and Tummelson focused on teaching the words rather than the alphabet, making the icons seem much more complex than they actually are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-81835646810919968562011-03-26T08:20:05.307-04:002011-03-26T08:20:05.307-04:00Nice! Good to know that was considered at least.Nice! Good to know that was considered at least.Daniel Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07683491911441126187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-30609432772463730062011-03-24T08:42:37.836-04:002011-03-24T08:42:37.836-04:00I'm colour-blind (or visually impaired, if you...I'm colour-blind (or visually impaired, if you will) and I've got no trouble distinguishing the green and red cards.<br /><br />Note how they've picked a light shade for the green, a darker one for the red. Easy to distinguish.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13036629056562717049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-16699584342510182192011-03-24T08:31:09.829-04:002011-03-24T08:31:09.829-04:00Funny that you should mention SageFight cards. Tha...Funny that you should mention SageFight cards. That's exactly the format I was considering as a low-end alternative to the t-shirts. I could see them laminated with a lanyard like a convention badge.Daniel Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07683491911441126187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1818073417709561773.post-34365921084776226772011-03-23T21:58:43.489-04:002011-03-23T21:58:43.489-04:00I (and Sage) had the same experience trying to lea...I (and Sage) had the same experience trying to learn Race for the Galaxy. The cards for SageFight are much easier to understand.Daniel Loftonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232971430314031659noreply@blogger.com