A mock-up of better card visuals in the Shipyard

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Joe
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A mock-up of better card visuals in the Shipyard

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Hi folks,

I tried my hands at Inkscape-ing a screenshot from the Shipyard, to see how a better visual representation of the card cost and sector number could look like during the game.

We can all agree the numbers are difficult to read during the game, resulting in much mouse hovering (or zooming).
By redrawing the relevant parts of the cards this could be eliminated, as you can see on the screenshots below (the current version and below it the adjusted one).

I could help do this if there would be interest from the devs!

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Any suggestions and comments are of course welcome!
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FT3
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Re: A mock-up of better card visuals in the Shipyard

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This would be super helpful, and there is a precedent for altered artwork such as the super simplified cards available as an option in The Crew: Mission Deep Sea - although I presume the publisher has to ok it.
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If you want to use an unofficial mod, see https://boardgamearena.com/forum/viewto ... 35&t=25244 for instructions and a screenshot.
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muddypawprints
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Re: A mock-up of better card visuals in the Shipyard

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My tired eyes love the high vis look! 👍🏻 Bravo!
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RallyAll
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Re: A mock-up of better card visuals in the Shipyard

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Yes that's an improvement. Let's do it.
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Re: A mock-up of better card visuals in the Shipyard

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The new pics are easier to read but they lack the look of a gold coin or a dice. How about just scaling up the original icons by about 30%? They could get a bit bigger before hitting the ship graphics
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Re: A mock-up of better card visuals in the Shipyard

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absolutely, this is a great idea!!!!!
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Re: A mock-up of better card visuals in the Shipyard

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Brilliant, those are _so_ much easier to read, and if slightly altered to match the original style a little closer would be even better
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Hi, this absolutely ruins the look of the cards to my eye - is there any way for me to turn this off?
Thanks!!
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Joe
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Re: A mock-up of better card visuals in the Shipyard

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jimbobscully wrote: 16 December 2022, 23:33 Hi, this absolutely ruins the look of the cards to my eye - is there any way for me to turn this off?
Thanks!!
If you mean the update that was released recently, it is in the Settings for the game.
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