Faction Logos and Alphanumeric Doodads
Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:58 pm
I was thinking, perhaps we could insert some faction logo sprites into releases. These wouldn't be accessible like sections (or even doodads?) but could be used with modified strings. Ever wanted a nice faction logo on your ships or whatever? Now's your chance!
Another note to think on is alphanumeric doodads. Rather than having to make them out of sections, we add 3 new doodads. One encompasses the first half of the alphabet, another encompasses the second half, and another covers numbers from 0 to 9. To use them, you plop them down, set the animation speed to 0, and set the start index appropriately for the letter/number you want. My reasoning for two for the alphabet is so it's not too fiddly to get the right letter. Allcaps, no lower case, no fancy accents.
I'm taking submission ideas for fonts to use, and with the small quantity of doodads available we can probably get away with using three or four different sets. We'll see!
Check out dafont.com for ideas
Thoughts?
Another note to think on is alphanumeric doodads. Rather than having to make them out of sections, we add 3 new doodads. One encompasses the first half of the alphabet, another encompasses the second half, and another covers numbers from 0 to 9. To use them, you plop them down, set the animation speed to 0, and set the start index appropriately for the letter/number you want. My reasoning for two for the alphabet is so it's not too fiddly to get the right letter. Allcaps, no lower case, no fancy accents.
I'm taking submission ideas for fonts to use, and with the small quantity of doodads available we can probably get away with using three or four different sets. We'll see!
Check out dafont.com for ideas
Thoughts?