Torment Torment: Tides of Numenera Beta Thread [GAME RELEASED, GO TO NEW THREAD]

[Excidium II]

So. Pool colors. Why not Red for Might, Blue for Int, and, I dunno, green for speed?

Why not magenta for might, cyan for int and yellow for speed?

 

[ArchAngel]

So. Pool colors. Why not Red for Might, Blue for Int, and, I dunno, green for speed?

I already remarked this. If they keep these colors I will never get over it :D

 

[ksaun]

I already remarked this. If they keep these colors I will never get over it :D

We want to be very deliberate with where and how we use the Tide colors. We also want to accommodate colorblindness as best we can. These considerations led us to some unconventional color choices for the Stats. (And we also feel it is appropriate for a Torment game to betray typical conventions and expectations for such things.)

 

[Eirikur]

I already remarked this. If they keep these colors I will never get over it :D

Reminds me of Dune. After having grown up with Dune 2, it took me forever to get used to House Atreides being red and green, and House Harkonnen being blue and orange.

 

[Irenaeus II]

I...don't really have a problem with this as I kind of liked the way Septerra looked and it had some level of weirdness that would be fitting for Torment.

I had never heard of Septerra Core, but looking by google images it looks nothing like T:ToN

Spoiler

 

[Crooked Bee]

It just looks very JRPG-ish, but that's a good and proper thing for a Torment game.

 

[DosBuster]

Plus, characters don't represent the designer's personal life, most of the time. That character could be a jerkoff, doesn't mean the designer is.

 

[Zed]

I sure hope the papyrus font usage is temporary.

 

[evdk]

Damn Alpha runs at about half a frame per second for me.

 

[ArchAngel]

We want to be very deliberate with where and how we use the Tide colors. We also want to accommodate colorblindness as best we can. These considerations led us to some unconventional color choices for the Stats. (And we also feel it is appropriate for a Torment game to betray typical conventions and expectations for such things.)

For colour blind you put in an optional colour blind mode like other games. For being different, sometimes being different for different sake is a worse option.
Think about if this is going to improve the play time for the players or are they going to spent too much time mixing up colors and getting frustrated. 3 colors have to be different to be recognizable at a glance. Red/blue/green combinations are used for a reason, they were not randomly chosen.

What do tide colors have to do with stats?

 

[Infinitron]

People are okay with the Razer Obelisk, and other stuff: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3534783&pagenumber=73#post449912172

 

[Darth Roxor]

> People
> Somethingawful

pick one

 

[Infinitron]

> People
> Somethingawful

pick one

I'm talking about what Brother None said ("anyone on forums or in feedback forms...No one did").

I guess Codex doesn't count

 

[prodigydancer]

I guess Codex doesn't count

Got that right.

Personally I have no objections against that obelisk. It's intrusive, immersion-breaking and monstrously ugly. Which means it'll remind me not to buy anything made by Razer. If it were something subtle (like Razer logo engraved on some wall in a pattern), I'd be much more irritated.

 

[DosBuster]

I feel left out, BN responding to question on Something Awful instead of us.

 

[Jaesun]

Do you blame him? Most people here are fucking morans...

 

[DosBuster]

Oh yeah totally I was being jovial, that being said, the fact that actual devs from TTON post here does show how confident they are about their game and our expectations.

 

[Sensuki]

Do you blame him? Most people here are fucking morans...

And those everywhere else are not ?

 

[Hobo Elf]

Do you blame him? Most people here are fucking morans...

But a forum where you have to pay 10 bucks to post in will be ripe with intelligent individuals?

 

[Roguey]

Goons and their money are easily parted, it's a sound business decision.

 

[Brother None]

I'm talking about what Brother None said ("anyone on forums or in feedback forms...No one did").

I guess Codex doesn't count

Sorry, that was perhaps vaguely stated: I wanted to see if anyone made any remarks on it looking out of place. No one did *until* it was explicitly called out as a backer obelisk. That's a good sign, I think.

 

[Infinitron]

Alas, we'll never know if any Codexers would have spotted it otherwise.

 

[IHaveHugeNick]

It's hard to create a Numenera character thats out of place/

Pretty much. Nobody would know if they didn't openly admit it.

 

[Roguey]

I still won't notice it because I can't even remember it now.

 

[Stereotypical Villain]

I thought Sister Nun loved me, but that was until I realised that I was but another icicle in his freezer.