I still say go for bob-omb in the icon, who cares if they look different in the actual game. Look at how many high-ranking apps have cartoon faces on them
The third one shrinks the best by far. I would go with that for everything because it looks pretty great bigger as well....except I would use the bomb from #2. The smoother curve looks better than the squared off one in #3.
This is where we're at atm: We decided to use the white bomb, since this will actually be having a fuse in the game. And this leads us to a huuuge thanks @DemonJim, who brought that lit fuse idea up. We did originally do some testings with this but had huge performance issues but now that we revised pretty much the entire game, we did never think about putting it back in to test it out. That's what you get out of a first app being developed without knowing what you do, at all So thanks a lot for bringing us back on track and pointing out the obvious Looks totally cool ingame ! Can't wait to finally open up that thread - gnaaaaaaahhh !
Fuse is definitely better, but my only concern is the color choice of the bomb. At initial glance from far away, it seems like a blank spot on the icon. Perhaps a slightly darker hue? Maybe use the dark shadow color on the bottom right of the bomb for the color. I think that would also help the nozzle holding the fuze blend in better with the rest of the bomb
Yeh, I tend to agree. Obviously the white glow isn't helping. We're still experimenting with the final outcome
White bomb looks like a light bulb or a bubble. I had to focus a few seconds until I could say, what it is (and I saw the other icons already in the OP). It is near the effect of 90's websites made with Microsoft Frontpage where kids have put red textes onto blue backgrounds = eye cancer... Change it back to black IMHO. The background doesn't add anything to it, because on the phone you won't recognize that it is probably a fence and some clouds... hard to say even in this size. Fortunatelly you got rid of the game title in the icon. It is absolutelky counterproductive because you have the title next to the icon anyway. Putting it onto the icon is just wasting space.
I liked the original #3, and while the most recent image you posted draws heavily from it -- the white glow doesn't add anything. I'd say stick with that #3!
Grr, if even more people shall state we might need to reconsider in the end For now we're happy to have resolved the disagreement within the team Thanks for all your input, guys ! I seriously hope to open up the game's thread tomorrow. We really need to get going with this.
Icon 3 I like the 3rd icon but the white bomb looks like an upside down light bulb. The dark bomb color is better. The only suggestion I have is to maybe use a gradient to make the bomb appear to be rounder and get that 3D look. The lit fuse works very well. But the 3rd bomb is the best one for my 2 cents.
let me show I prefer the option 2 too and more original than the third and more readable than the first.
Arghl, you people are killing me - in the most positive way one could ever imagine, though Man we should have done this so much earlier - so many great feedback posts on this very issue already - thanks so much, guys ! But one thing has to be said, still: IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A LIGHT BULB !!!
