Poll: Do you like OF/Plus/AGON logos on game icons?

Discussion in 'General Game Discussion and Questions' started by eugekava, Dec 10, 2009.

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Do you like to see OF/Plus/AGON logos on game icons on your iDevice?

  1. Yes, I like to be reminded of the service the game uses?

    69 vote(s)
    35.8%
  2. No, I prefer clean game icons without logos.

    87 vote(s)
    45.1%
  3. Don't care either way.

    37 vote(s)
    19.2%
  1. Remmykins

    Remmykins Well-Known Member

    Oct 16, 2009
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    I personally don't like the plus+ logo. I prefer the logo of OF. THe bordered one looks better in my opinion and I extremely dislike the one used in Navy Patrol: Coastal Defense since it is hard to read.
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    The agon logo is just like the plus+ logo:
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    The smaller one is ok:
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    This one I like the best:
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    The type of OF I like is this size:
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  2. cranker

    cranker Well-Known Member

    Jul 28, 2009
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    I agree 100%. Leave it on the app store logo so people can easily see that the game has OF, Agon, Plus and that should be enough.
     
  3. craighauser

    craighauser Well-Known Member

    Nov 18, 2009
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    I like them so I can see which one has it and which doesn't. I really don't mind it either way though, it just gives it a more professional look in my opinion.
     
  4. MidianGTX

    MidianGTX Well-Known Member

    Jun 16, 2009
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    Having the same image stamped multiple times across your iPhone screen looks incredibly unprofessional in my opinion. They might as well just release OF branded iPhones and get rid of the icon on the logos.
     
  5. Mandi

    Mandi Well-Known Member

    Nov 23, 2008
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    I hate the logos. Hate them hate them hate them. Some more than others, but the fact is the only bother me less when they are intergrated well, which most are not. I have bought a 99 cent game based on a nice looking icon - Blimp was one that comes to mind. I would be furious if they changed it. To me the icon represents the design and quality of the game in brief. I know it's kind of judging a book by it's cover. But in a sea of apps, lets be honest, sometime you just go for the pretty, shiny things.
     
  6. Nijo

    Nijo Well-Known Member

    I've been playing around with the Bombardiers Guild icon to get a feel for what can be achieved. I'm tending towards leaving the icon as is (see the current one in the link), but here it is with *everything* crammed in.

    [Note: this is just a test... it doesn't mean there will be a Free OF version...]
     

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  7. eugekava

    eugekava Well-Known Member

    Jul 8, 2009
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    It looks like OF logo has become the most prominent feature on the icon, overshadowing the rest of the artwork. Just for laughs, what would it look like if the OF logo was just the leaves, without the shiny border and green background?
     
  8. Nijo

    Nijo Well-Known Member

    I imagine they'd get lost in the 57x57 version....

    I'm not sure what OF's policy is regarding devs changing the icon either. We can use it or not use it, but can we make it (subjectively) better? The icon in my post above is already tweaked to tone down the green, and the border is custom. I could stamp the leaves on the rocket...?

    But I think it looks best without the OF logo.
     
  9. MidianGTX

    MidianGTX Well-Known Member

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    It certainly looks better than most, my biggest issue is that the OF logo simply doesn't suit most icon graphics in it's style. You've got it looking like it kinda belongs there rather than just stamped on top like an advertisment. I'd prefer the logo without, but if I had to choose an icon that actually looks decent with the OF logo on I'd probably vote for that.
     
  10. razorflare77

    razorflare77 Active Member

    Nov 19, 2009
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    I hate when some have it and some don't. I'm a big plus+ fan so i have a page of just plus+ games. It's annoying for some to have the logo and some to not, messes up the organized look, which i have OCD about. lol
     
  11. PhagoCychotic

    PhagoCychotic Well-Known Member

    Mar 22, 2009
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    What about taking out the green background, making it tonal to brass. And resizing how big this extra icon is.
     
  12. MidianGTX

    MidianGTX Well-Known Member

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    Someone needs to go and ask the OpenFeint guys how much they're allowed to change, cause no one seems to know. If they're really relaxed about having their icon altered it'd help the situation a lot. I've got the feeling they'd want to keep the green though.
     
  13. I'm late to the conversation, but I modified the OF icon a bit and made it smaller for Charmed. I don't think it is totally out of place. I would have preferred to make the grey border gold as well, I thought the OF people might not like it since they have just started a new OF Gold program (which Charmed should really be a part of...nudge, nudge, wink, wink).
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    I think I will take the suggestion to make the AppStore icon have the OF in the corner and the game itself will not.

    The purpose of adding it was to attract those players that want more OF-enabled games, so having it use that icon on the AppStore will achieve that goal, and then I can leave the pristine version on the device itself.

    I'll probably do that with the new Flight Deck icon too (still finalizing the look of it).
     
  14. TheSeldomSeenKid

    TheSeldomSeenKid Well-Known Member

    Oct 30, 2009
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    It can look good on certain games, such as 33rd Division, but not on others. But from a dev's point of view they shouldn't style the icon to match the OF/ Plus+/ etc symbol.
     
  15. rein

    rein Active Member

    Nov 27, 2009
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    I don't mind them as much as the big SALE banner on some icons. I knew it was on sale when I bought, it. I don't need it on the icon to remind me. ;)
     
  16. eXistenT

    eXistenT Well-Known Member

    Sep 2, 2009
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    OF logo is like murijuana its horrible !!
    We dont need OF
     

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