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Colorblind interface mode - sartorius - 09-30-2016
Because it would be thoughtful?
RE: Colorblind interface mode - Grek - 09-30-2016
What would one involve?
RE: Colorblind interface mode - Vitatroll - 09-30-2016
From what I know on the subject, it typically requires contrasting designs between button states (say, stripes for active/highlighted buttons) and/or contrasting values between button states.
Colorblind people don't see in greyscale (well, some are, but they're rare), but rendering something in greyscale is a good way to test it's viability. If it's harder to use without color, then somebody could have a problem with it.
Of course I'm not colorblind and could be completely wrong, but at the moment I have a moustache (until I cut it off), so I believe I am an authority on everything.
RE: Colorblind interface mode - Mageziya - 09-30-2016
How does the game in general function with colorblindness? I suppose it mostly works, since the greyscale gimmick rounds are pretty playable.
RE: Colorblind interface mode - amaranthineApocalypse - 10-01-2016
(09-30-2016, 08:50 PM)Mageziya Wrote: How does the game in general function with colorblindness? I suppose it mostly works, since the greyscale gimmick rounds are pretty playable.
I think the health indicators could pose a problem to most colourblind people.
Intents, not so much since they have different sprites to differentiate them as well.
RE: Colorblind interface mode - atomic1fire - 10-01-2016
Spriters might be able to use Color Oracle to figure out what it would take to make icons easier to see.
http://colororacle.org/
RE: Colorblind interface mode - TheNewTeddy - 10-01-2016
I dunno what this is, and I've not read the thread. I just saw the title. And frankly, I fully support the idea of colourblind friendly graphics.
Now I'll go read the thread.
(09-30-2016, 08:40 PM)Vitatroll Wrote: From what I know on the subject, it typically requires contrasting designs between button states (say, stripes for active/highlighted buttons) and/or contrasting values between button states.
Colorblind people don't see in greyscale (well, some are, but they're rare), but rendering something in greyscale is a good way to test it's viability. If it's harder to use without color, then somebody could have a problem with it.
Of course I'm not colorblind and could be completely wrong, but at the moment I have a moustache (until I cut it off), so I believe I am an authority on everything.
This is true.
Keep in mind that the colourblind do appreciate colour-coded graphics, so long as they are colours they can see.
Let me grab some images that could be useful for focusing discussion.
![[Image: color-pencils.jpg]](https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d0Gd7sL4KMM/Uizd-z2j8_I/AAAAAAAAABk/Kgmu6Q3C1gU/s800/color-pencils.jpg)
![[Image: gC4adUG.png]](http://i.imgur.com/gC4adUG.png)
I made this.
I also made this:
![[Image: pEaBrLZ.png]](http://i.imgur.com/pEaBrLZ.png)
These are all colourblind-friendly colours.
RE: Colorblind interface mode - amaranthineApocalypse - 10-01-2016
Okay, yeah for a colour blind mode one of the most pressing things that would need to be changed is the health icons, followed closely by the fires.
RE: Colorblind interface mode - mbc - 10-01-2016
This is a good idea. I think changing all of the in-world colors would be pretty difficult, but it would be nice to have a different UI theme you can pick that uses colorblind-friendly colors and visually distinct icons.