[Icehouse] Xeno color mapping for Homeworlds

[Jake Eakle]

I am very much in favor of James' mapping. Cyan is extremely non-green in my
mind, and though I see it as a very different color than Icehouse Blue,
mapping it to green seems very wrong, and mapping it to Blue seems obvious.
The green/purple pairing is really not that much of a problem for me; they
seem very similar. Reminds me of eggplant, say, or as has been pointed out,
anything rotting. Also, while I'm not a Babylon 5 fan, that association
seems to be a neat mnemonic for a lot of people too, and has already become
one for me even though I don't watch the show.

-Jake
(Personman on SDG)

On 6/4/07, Subhan Tindall <subhan.michael at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/4/07, Andy Looney <andy at looneylabs.com> wrote:
> > Thank you all for your helpful input. A few random responses:
> [SNIP]
> > > Find 10-20+ random people, preferable people not familiar with
> > > Icehouse at all, or at least not homeworlds players.
> >
> > I disagree with this approach. I'm more interested in a color mapping
> that
> > feels right to Homeworlds players than one which random strangers think
> > makes sense. However...
> >
> Not sure I agree with this.  I guess it comes down to the target
> audience/goals in mind for the 3House book.  If you are wanting 3House
> to market to & draw in new players, the opionions of random people are
> exactly what you should be interested in (IMHO of course!).  If you
> want to get new people playing homeworlds, consider the perspective of
> 2 people who have not played homeworlds, sitting down with a Rainbow &
> a Xeno set, trying to play homeworlds.  If the mapping is confusing or
> doesn't feel 'natural' it will negatively impact the experience of the
> game.
> Just my $0.02
> Subhan
>
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