I saw some of the quality design of CoX's UI and icons brought up on CoH reddit recently and it reminded me that we haven't seen much of the CoT UI yet.
One of the great things the old game did with icons (especially power icons) was use similar symbols in them so it was obvious at a glance if a power was a template, pbaoe, heal, debuff, attack, etc.
This was done using not on the central symbol of the icon but the borders as well. Once the basic symbols were understood it made it easy to understand the basic concept behind any power with a quick glance at the icon. Colors were used to quickly tell the player what power set the ability was from as well.
I would love to see quality UI design touches like that in CoT.
I think when I first started becoming active in the CoT forums, we had a discussion about the UI... let me see if I can find it.
Found it: https://cityoftitans.com/forum/help-development-ui-style
Thanks Cobalt!
That mostly talks about the aesthetics of the UI in other ways, but I think one person does briefly bring up how CoX used the UI to convey information efficiently.
As for aesthetics I would love to see the UI incorporate many of the features I think CoX did well. Subtle backgrounds in menus that added style but were not immediately obvious so they didn't distract your eyes. Clear borders and outlines along with the color choices made everything pop. It also looked more "comic book" than video game and didn't lean towards any specific theme (magic, scifi, etc).
There is a little bit of our iconography found in our last update on [url=https://cityoftitans.com/content/what-we-can-do-augments-and-refinements]Augments and Refinements[/url].
While those are for socketing into your powers, it shows that we are aware of having a cohesive visual language in our power icons.
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Oh, thanks Tannim!
The bit of the UI shown off there seems like it captures everything we were talking about. It really looks great!
There was also this thread >> [url=https://cityoftitans.com/forum/discuss-your-input-icon-shape]Discuss: Your Input - Icon Shape[/url]
And that reminds me we need to dig up the NIMBUS horse and beat it a bit to see if things have changed.
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It has been a while since this topic has come up. That reminds me to bring it back elsewhere.
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Friendly reminder for anyone who missed the previous thread on this subject (almost 2 years ago) ...
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