Author Topic: New Tremulous icon? (Read 96657 times)

stalefries · « **on:** April 27, 2007, 05:47:25 pm »

So, we all know the Tremulous icon. It's that funny-looking 8-bit dretch. In the TJW Mac client, there's a picture of the tyrant with sunglasses instead.

So I propose that a new icon be made. I've made one for myself already, of an armoury. It's a pretty iconic structure (pun not intended), and it looks fine cut out from a screenshot.

So, what do you think? I have it in .png, .psd, and .icns (for Mac). PM me if you want a different size/format.
Download: http://mandarin.quickshareit.com/share/tremulousicone0502.zip

floodbud · « **Reply #1 on:** April 27, 2007, 06:43:47 pm »

I think both the retarded black dretch and the armory fail to communicate the true essence of Tremulous. Perhaps a bloody human, in the act of falling over, with a red claw barely visible at the side? I can't draw it, but you get the idea...Trem is awesome, the icon should be awesome.

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David · « **Reply #2 on:** April 27, 2007, 06:47:17 pm »

icons are 16x16.
There is a limit to the detail you can get.

stalefries · « **Reply #3 on:** April 27, 2007, 06:52:31 pm »

@floodbud: I think your idea is too complicated for an icon. Look at, say, the Firefox icon. It's not a screenshot of Google, with a mouse clicking "Search". It's a simple little fox around a globe, with simplified versions made for successive icon sizes.

@David:I originally designed the icon for my Mac, and icons on a Mac are 48x48 (not 128x128, sorry) and then have versions for smaller sizes (from what I can tell). It's true that in Windows, the Start Menu and quick launch icons are 16x16, but the icons on your desktop and in folders are bigger than that (I'm not exactly sure how big).
Edit: This page on the Tango Project's website says that Windows' desktop icon size is 32x32.

In my dock, the armoury is actually 16x16 or so, and it's prefectly recognizable. The armoury in itself needs very little detail to be recognizable.

Of course, your suggestions for alternate icons are always welcome. :wink:

Edit, again: Here's a comparison of icon sizes. Note the dock snippet in the top-right:

Paradox · « **Reply #4 on:** April 27, 2007, 07:38:05 pm »

Um, search, we only have a new "logo/icon" thread every, what, half page?

stalefries · « **Reply #5 on:** April 27, 2007, 07:41:53 pm »

Paradox: I did search, and all I found was some sort of logo contest, full of gigantic banner-size images, with some fancy T's or whatever. I'm trying to suggest a new icon to replace the one that is currently shipped. This isn't some contest.

Glunnator · « **Reply #6 on:** April 27, 2007, 07:46:45 pm »

Tyrant w/ sunglasses RAWKS!

...OMG! u have Lugaru!

stalefries · « **Reply #7 on:** April 27, 2007, 07:58:08 pm »

Glunnator: only the demo, sadly.

Paradox · « **Reply #8 on:** April 28, 2007, 12:33:24 am »

I made a whole set of icons that could be used long ago:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/46859980/
It includes most buildables and classes, each icon at every size.

Kaleo · « **Reply #9 on:** April 28, 2007, 06:39:27 am »

Quote from: "stalefries"

Ooh, Lugaru...

Fun, fun game.

I mean, BUNNIE NINJAS!!!

Mispeled · « **Reply #10 on:** April 28, 2007, 03:44:26 pm »

The current mac icon is pretty cool... I've never seen the windows icon, though, but couldn't you just change it to the current mac icon?

Glunnator · « **Reply #11 on:** April 28, 2007, 04:07:14 pm »

Quote from: "stalefries"

Glunnator: only the demo, sadly.

Me 2 :cry:

Quote from: "Mispeled"

The current mac icon is pretty cool... I've never seen the windows icon, though, but couldn't you just change it to the current mac icon?

I agree!

f0rqu3 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 28, 2007, 05:41:03 pm »

Paradox · « **Reply #13 on:** April 28, 2007, 07:03:56 pm »

Tyrant icon came from:

Gb frr guvf, cynl genafvg.

Decypher that and it will tell you where to see that. Most of you should allready know.

Raytray · « **Reply #14 on:** April 28, 2007, 07:09:21 pm »

Transit?

Glunnator · « **Reply #15 on:** April 28, 2007, 07:11:06 pm »

Yeah I know where the pic is from and where to find the pic.
And you know, maybe it's right... maybe PC users aren't awesome enough for the tyrant with sunglasses... no, wait OBJECTION! Quite alot of my friendaz are awesome and only one of em even knows what a mac is!

Aw, hell! Mac ftw, and I'm gonna keep the tyr, official or not!

Foobicam · « **Reply #16 on:** April 28, 2007, 09:36:48 pm »

Quote from: "stalefries"

So, we all know the Tremulous icon. It's that funny-looking 8-bit dretch. In the TJW Mac client, there's a picture of the tyrant with sunglasses instead.

So that's what that black blob on the menu is. :-) I thought it was a Jackson Pollock.

I'd vote for a tyrant in sunglasses, if it could be made recognizable in 32x32, rather than a mundane old armory. The transit poster tyrant, however, doesn't quite do it either - need some new artwork.

player1 · « **Reply #17 on:** April 28, 2007, 10:47:20 pm »

<3 tyrant w/sunglasses, 'cept it's not freestanding like Mac icons

any Alien looks like a cool icon (Adv Mara with Electro-Bolt, FTW! \m/\m/111!!!111 73h M3741!!!)

somewhere on a Trem+Mac website is a link to replacing ur Mac icon with I-can't-remember-what

Paradox · « **Reply #18 on:** April 29, 2007, 12:47:08 am »

In my icon set, there is a fairly high resolution tyrant rip. If anyone wants the full png (i cant remember if its in the zip), ill send it to them, its pretty big.

Foobicam · « **Reply #19 on:** April 29, 2007, 08:55:04 pm »

Quote from: "player1"

<3 tyrant w/sunglasses, 'cept it's not freestanding like Mac icons

any Alien looks like a cool icon (Adv Mara with Electro-Bolt, FTW! \m/\m/111!!!111 73h M3741!!!)

Unfortunately, aliens don't work well as small icons - at 16 or 32 pixels something with less detail like an armory or node would work better.

32x32:

64x64:

128x128:

FYI, my original is here (512x512, too large to politely include inline).

mooseberry · « **Reply #20 on:** April 29, 2007, 09:04:25 pm »

I think that the old icons are not very good.

Luker · « **Reply #21 on:** April 30, 2007, 10:36:40 am »

4 ideas:

-a neutral icon could be the planet you see when you start tremulous.

-a little human-telenode

-a haf-human/half dretch icon

-a half-blue/half red icon like this (from domination mod):
http://v1.risujin.org/tremulous/domination7.jpg
but instead of the A, we put the T, as in Tremulous, or a half-dretch/half-human_face icon

sleekslacker · « **Reply #22 on:** April 30, 2007, 12:51:06 pm »

WTF.. icons are just icons.. you only see it like 0.1% of the time you spend win Tremulous itself. If you really want a different icon you can replace the icon yourself in windows. Get a resource editor. As for me I'll witness its ugliness for 2 seconds, double click it and enjoy the game instead.

:whine: :whine: :whine: about people.

Superpie · « **Reply #23 on:** April 30, 2007, 02:12:35 pm »

Just a simple one like the old one with a normal-ish dretch.

Download: http://www.wikiupload.com/download_page.php?id=138070

n00b pl0x · « **Reply #24 on:** April 30, 2007, 11:25:56 pm »

Quote from: "Superpie"

Just a simple one like the old one with a normal-ish dretch.

Download: http://www.wikiupload.com/download_page.php?id=138070

its sposta be 32 x 32...

player1 · « **Reply #25 on:** May 01, 2007, 03:34:17 am »

Quote from: "n00b pl0x"

Quote from: "Superpie"
Just a simple one like the old one with a normal-ish dretch...

its sposta be 32 x 32...

It's nice. Simple, clean, elegant. I like it. Although I'm too lazy/busy/unconcerned to replace mine anytime soon. Would be my choice for the icon for future iterations, though.

_Equilibrium_ · « **Reply #26 on:** May 01, 2007, 03:41:39 am »

my icon looks a lot like the black dretch in f0rqu3's post. i don't know where you guys are getting this "tyrants w/ sunglasses" from.

TriedtoDestroyMetal · « **Reply #27 on:** May 01, 2007, 03:48:13 am »

the black dretch sucks for those of us with dark wallpapers. I like the battlesuitbj6 icon. I would also like to see the planet icon, with a bit of that milky way behind/infront of it.

player1 · « **Reply #28 on:** May 01, 2007, 03:55:39 am »

Quote from: "_Equilibrium_"

my icon looks a lot like the black dretch in f0rqu3's post. i don't know where you guys are getting this "tyrants w/ sunglasses" from.

The Mac client.

And, yeah, the battlesuit that looks shinier with a black outline in Paradox's post is really cool.

Superpie · « **Reply #29 on:** May 01, 2007, 03:39:49 pm »

Quote from: "n00b pl0x"

Quote from: "Superpie"
Just a simple one like the old one with a normal-ish dretch.

Download: http://www.wikiupload.com/download_page.php?id=138070

its sposta be 32 x 32...

It is, that's a screenshot if the icon in my start menu.

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