Badges

[rusty_shackleford]

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Woops, small mistake

[Finarfin]

I tried my hand at these, they are obviously very amateurish since the Polygon one has squiggly lines and the IGN and Kotaku ones also have some small blemishes. I approached Rusty with the Idea of 1) Giving reviewers "Journo" badges when they do 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 reviews and 2) have the most well known journo site logos in the HQ colors. I like the IGN one so far which you most likely saw already since Rusty changed it but The Kotaku and Polygon one might need some fixing and I still need to do the rest. Here is a list of the badges I thought of:

• 1 Review – "Respected Games Journalist"
  The IGN Logo.
• 5 Reviews – "Kotaku Contributor"
  Just the K of Kotaku.
• 10 Reviews – "Polygon Writer"
  The Polygon logo.
• 15 Reviews – "Eurogamer Analyst"
  The round logo with the european continent.
• 20 Reviews – "Gamespot Veteran"
  The Gamespot G.

[logincrash]

I approached Rusty with the Idea of 1) Giving reviewers "Journo" badges when they do 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 reviews

But why? Why would you want the Kotaku or Polygon name on your profile?

[Silver]

Isn't it done in a joking (maybe slightly mocking) manner? Just for fun.

[Finarfin]

I approached Rusty with the Idea of 1) Giving reviewers "Journo" badges when they do 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 reviews

But why? Why would you want the Kotaku or Polygon name on your profile?

It's literally the HQ insider joke. The "Titles" are placeholders since I might change them to:

Kotaku Clickbait Specialist
Polygon Fact-Checker
Eurogamer Framerate Expert
Gamespot 7/10 Enthusiast

Edit: And yes, these are a joke and mocking mainstream gaming journos.

[logincrash]

Yeah, I get the self-deprecating nature of the badges. I even knowingly and smugly chuckled when I first saw the IGN badge. But Kotaku and Polygon have such a wretched reputation by now that it feels like calling yourself a jewish pedophile as a joke.
I don't have a strong stance on this, by the way. Just making conversation.

[1998]

Yeah, I get the self-deprecating nature of the badges. I even knowingly and smugly chuckled when I first saw the IGN badge. But Kotaku and Polygon have such a wretched reputation by now that it feels like calling yourself a jewish pedophile as a joke.
I don't have a strong stance on this, by the way. Just making conversation.

Can't say I read any of these, but still they are all the same to me. Wouldn't call IGN superior in any way over Kotaku or Polygon

[Stack of Turtles]

I think the IGN logo / Respected Game Journalist badge is funny as a one-off but I don't like leaning too far into it like that

... also, seeing it on 1998's post there, I'd swap the red and blue parts so the "buttons" stand out a bit more on the background

[Oyster Sauce]

I think it's funnier to just steal their logo as is

[Finarfin]

I think the IGN logo / Respected Game Journalist badge is funny as a one-off but I don't like leaning too far into it like that

... also, seeing it on 1998's post there, I'd swap the red and blue parts so the "buttons" stand out a bit more on the background

I'm changing the color scheme on the IGN one tomorrow and let Rusty know. Besides, atleast the logos are attached to real journos on the HQ and not some ******* who push their gay agenda.

[rusty_shackleford]

What's the status of the AG badges?
@J1M @Silver

[J1M]

What's the status of the AG badges?
@J1M @Silver

I'm satisfied with what I delivered in this post (and the Invisible War badge is updated now ).

Obviously other people can continue to iterate on them if that's what you'd like.

[rusty_shackleford]

What's the status of the AG badges?
@J1M @Silver

I'm satisfied with what I delivered in this post (and the Invisible War badge is updated now ).

Obviously other people can continue to iterate on them if that's what you'd like.

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I was just asking what you guys were doing.

[Magick]

This symbol / background looks the best for AP, and stands out the most.

Just tart it up with the effects, like you're doing.

The gleam of metal look is best in my opinion as look like metal medals / badges. Though some like the fabric look it seems.

[1998]

I tried my hand at these, they are obviously very amateurish since the Polygon one has squiggly lines and the IGN and Kotaku ones also have some small blemishes. I approached Rusty with the Idea of 1) Giving reviewers "Journo" badges when they do 1, 5, 10, 15 and 20 reviews and 2) have the most well known journo site logos in the HQ colors. I like the IGN one so far which you most likely saw already since Rusty changed it but The Kotaku and Polygon one might need some fixing and I still need to do the rest. Here is a list of the badges I thought of:

• 1 Review – "Respected Games Journalist"
  The IGN Logo.
• 5 Reviews – "Kotaku Contributor"
  Just the K of Kotaku.
• 10 Reviews – "Polygon Writer"
  The Polygon logo.
• 15 Reviews – "Eurogamer Analyst"
  The round logo with the european continent.
• 20 Reviews – "Gamespot Veteran"
  The Gamespot G.

Obviously I like this idea

[SpellSword]

Is there no badge for this because nobody completed it?

I think Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard is the only other game without one at the moment.

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[Silver]

What's the status of the AG badges?

Oh. Well. I can update all the existing badges with better frame? But I'll need the original pictures used for them from J1M or someone else who can provide those, just so badges won't lose more quality.

[J1M]

Is there no badge for this because nobody completed it?

I think Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard is the only other game without one at the moment.

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Suggest a piece of pixel art for the pin?

[Tangerine]

Is there no badge for this because nobody completed it?

I think Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard is the only other game without one at the moment.

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Suggest a piece of pixel art for the pin?

His eye would be neat if it scales well.

[J1M]

I think Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard is the only other game without one at the moment.

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Suggest a piece of pixel art for the pin?

His eye would be neat if it scales well.

Preferably it would be an important item from the game art rather than the box art for these OG AG pins. But if no better suggestion emerges I could scale the eye down to fake it.

[SpellSword]

Suggest a piece of pixel art for the pin?

His eye would be neat if it scales well.

Something like this?

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Hexx - Heresy of the Wizard.png

[SpellSword]

Preferably it would be an important item from the game art rather than the box art for these OG AG pins. But if no better suggestion emerges I could scale the eye down to fake it.

@Tweed was there any pixel art that stood out for you in Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard?

[Silver]

Suggest a piece of pixel art for the pin?

His eye would be neat if it scales well.

Something like this?

Maybe a bit smaller, so that brow is more in frame and it reads like an eye better?

[Silver]

was there any pixel art that stood out for you in Hexx: Heresy of the Wizard?

I'm no Tweed. But this skull (?) looked really cool to me.

[J1M]

Suggest a piece of pixel art for the pin?

His eye would be neat if it scales well.

Something like this?

Would be a fine pin for nu-AG, but for OG AG we are using a consistent styling of pixel art on top of bicolor background. You'd need to use a different scaling mode to accomplish that effect.

[Silver]

but for OG AG

I didn't know it was OG AG

Eye looks bit... weird.



Skull is better, both with "tentacles" and without them.

[rusty_shackleford]

I like the original eye even if it doesn't match the scheme for other badges

[Silver]

I like the original eye even if it doesn't match the scheme for other badges

I have an idea about how to differentiate OG AG pins from regular ones without having necessarily stick to split colour background.

[rusty_shackleford]

I like the original eye even if it doesn't match the scheme for other badges

I have an idea about how to differentiate OG AG pins from regular ones without having necessarily stick to split colour background.

My original idea for it was to use a different color frame

[Silver]

My original idea for it was to use a different color frame

Yeah, but this one won't need it.
What about a slight gloss / shine over OG badges? This one is imperfect, I made it rather quickly.
Can increase downtime as well, currently it's 4 sec on the static pin and then gloss rolls over.
I can make it more subtle. Or it's too much lol ?