KickStarter We need more buttons

[Semiurge]

And why is this a premium button? Should be included in the free pack.

Should, but for some reason the new negative ratings are kept away from it.

It needs a complete overhaul to fit in more.

Or perhaps the existing buttons do...

I've reworked ''It was the Alien'' and made a ''bait'' one.

I mean, RPG Codex has a unique mascott, what was the need to back down on a stale, seven year old meme from another forum? Worst decline ever. We've even had decent and unique suggestions by other members for ''cope'' as well (not even counting mine). What an odd decision.

At least anyone can be at ease at posting their own versions of various buttons now, as whatever is being selected is certainly not indicative of what is creative or qualitative.



It does look out of place but not because the current buttons have any sort of cohesion. They originate from all sources and resolutions. So anything beind added can only fit with some the buttons, not all.

The bait could stand out better from the background, and it doesn't need to be animated at all. Remember that even the existing buttons drag down the site's performance.

 

[Zizka]

That's a sad state of mind.
And believe me, I'm familiar with sad states of mind.

Making fun of you at this point would be punching down so I won’t, it’d be like laughing at the handicapped kid. But, Christ, don’t you think it’s about high time you start setting your priorities straight and maybe turn your life around? Do you really want to be the middle aged guy who spends his free time sending pm to the rpg codex’s females in hopes of luring them to your parents’ apartment with a fucking Frankfurt, sauerkraut or whatever it is German people eat, in hopes that they’ll pity fuck you? Don’t you think you have more urgent matters to attend to than complaining about the state of buttons on 4 chan 2.0?

Like, stop trying so hard in being a cunt and maybe you won’t feel like a totally worthless loser at the end of the day, has this crossed your mind? I’m sorry this sounds harsh but you needed an urgent wake up call about 20 years ago. Now get your shit together and stop whining on how sad you are. The last thing you need is another shoulder to cry on and tit to suck on.

The bait could stand out better from the background, and it doesn't need to be animated at all. Remember that even the existing buttons drag down the site's performance.

The problem is the outline. It’s so small that it looks off if I use one (as it ends up being 1/3 of the size). Regarding the animation, one of the buttons you like is the rage one and it’s pretty intensive animation wise but I guess you mean to only animate when it’s absolutely necessary. I just think a plain hook won’t be much to look at. I’ll give it a shot anyway.

 

[Jonathan "Zee Nekomimi]

And why is this a premium button? Should be included in the free pack.

Should, but for some reason the new negative ratings are kept away from it.

Copium is a neutral one just saying.

 

[Semiurge]

And why is this a premium button? Should be included in the free pack.

Should, but for some reason the new negative ratings are kept away from it.

Copium is a neutral one just saying.

To you maybe. I have so much venom oozing out of me and very few buttons to express it with.

 

[fork]

Zizka, you're the one designing hundreds of emojis for a month, all of them shit, not me.
So fuck off, retard.

 

[Ismaul]

Do you really want to be the middle aged guy who spends his free time sending pm to the rpg codex’s females in hopes of luring them to your parents’ apartment with a fucking Frankfurt, sauerkraut or whatever it is German people eat, in hopes that they’ll pity fuck you?

Sounds like the American dream.

 

[Reever]

Sounds like the American dream.

Maybe change the food to something more digestible for the average American.

 

[Alphard]

i like the spaceship. i think it's your best creation. you are improving, keep going, eventually one of your works will becone a codex button!

 

[Zombra]

One I want sometimes when people bitch about shallow things about games.

graphics whore x 1

 

[Semiurge]

You can hardly see what that's supposed to be.

 

[Alienman]

You can hardly see what that's supposed to be.

It needs better graphics.

 

[Zombra]

Yeah, the concept isn't great. I wanted a pixel art looking slut, but the icons are already so small you can't make it lower fidelity and read at all.

Upside, "Begone Thot!" is a close enough substitute and gives me a reason to use it.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

One I want sometimes when people bitch about shallow things about games.

graphics whore x 1

I've been a graphics whore since 1986:

Defender of the Crown, original Amiga graphics

 

[ELEXmakesMeHard]

Surely peepostare should be added. It'd be invaluable in the cases where you want to communicate "I see your post, and I'm not sure what's wrong with you or how I should react, but I think something is probably wrong with you".

 

[Zizka]

i like the spaceship. i think it's your best creation. you are improving, keep going, eventually one of your works will becone a codex button!

Thanks very much!

I've reworked It was Aliens again (animation might be too long)

Regarding the baits:
This looks the best to me:

Outline doesn't work for me:

Doesn't stand out as much:

 

[Morenatsu.]

Surely peepostare should be added. It'd be invaluable in the cases where you want to communicate "I see your post, and I'm not sure what's wrong with you or how I should react, but I think something is probably wrong with you".

For a long while I've wanted a button that was just ‘ok.’

Please add the OK button instead of this dumb forg

 

[Semiurge]

Surely peepostare should be added. It'd be invaluable in the cases where you want to communicate "I see your post, and I'm not sure what's wrong with you or how I should react, but I think something is probably wrong with you".

For a long while I've wanted a button that was just ‘ok.’

Please add the OK button instead of this dumb forg

 

[Modron]

Please add the OK button instead of this dumb forg

Sorry the true ok button is reserved for DarkUnderlord use only.

 

[Morenatsu.]

Please add the OK button instead of this dumb forg

Sorry the true ok button is reserved for DarkUnderlord use only.

ok

 

[Zizka]

I've made a few baits:

They're harder to see because of the background color.

I find the ''honk'' atrocious to look at so I'm working on an alternative. Anything pepe-related needs to disappear from the surface of planet Earth (and the solar system). Rpg Codex deserves better.

Static concepts:

Mostly based on the clown in IT.

 

[Ghulgothas]

I find the ''honk'' atrocious to look at so I'm working on an alternative. Anything pepe-related needs to disappear from the surface of planet Earth (and the solar system). Rpg Codex deserves better.

Static concepts:

Mostly based on the clown in IT.

Beautiful, only one suggestion to make it more inline with the purpose of the "Honk Honk!" button;

Joker-ify him. White makeup coupled with the colored facial marking would be more readable and more striking as a button; big red nose, grin and eye marks. Keep the colored shadows in his hair, though. That's a good improvement.

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From what I've seen of your work, you tend to err on the side of more realistic portrayals of facial anatomy. A good skill to have, but for the purposes of forum buttons I'd recommend something stylized to be simple yet highly expressive. The little black dot-eyes of the bottom-most Pennywise are in-line with this.

 

[Zizka]

Joker-ify him. White makeup coupled with the colored facial marking would be more readable and more striking as a button; big red nose, grin and eye marks. Keep the colored shadows in his hair, though. That's a good improvement.

You mean like this? Or this too detailed still?

...and this is with the original hair like you mentioned:

 

[Ghulgothas]

Joker-ify him. White makeup coupled with the colored facial marking would be more readable and more striking as a button; big red nose, grin and eye marks. Keep the colored shadows in his hair, though. That's a good improvement.

You mean like this? Or this too detailed still?

...and this is with the original hair like you mentioned:

Better. Lose the eyebrows so the only thing against the forehead is the upper-blue triangle, and trade the eye-whites for wholly white skin. The Pennywise-hair has a better silhouette.

 

[Zizka]

Better. Lose the eyebrows so the only thing against the forehead is the upper-blue triangle, and trade the eye-whites for wholly white skin. The Pennywise-hair has a better silhouette.

I *think* I get what you meant. I've included one version with eyebrows just to test things out but made it less noticeable.

A. No eyebrows

B. eyebrows

C. Different eyes and mouth shape

D. Another set of eyes and mouth shape

E. Yet another set of eyes

F. Eyes more like Pennywise and yet a different mouth

G. Different mouth again

H. Ears showing and yet another mouth

Could you point out which one is closer to what you meant? Do you think I should mix certain elements from one with another (the mouth for example)?



This is the reference I'm using:

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Think I'm getting closer to 200 buttons.

 

[Ghulgothas]

E. Yet another set of eyes

This one is my favorite. One suggestion for editing; the blue triangles. Currently he looks like a four-eyed monster. Which is an effective visual, but the clownyness could be better served by altering his eyes and makeup. Like so;

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Specifically the eyes and eye-marks. Beadier, bigger, blacker eyes with some space between the blue triangles. I'd also recommend a wider-grin like the penultimate two Skarsgaard buttons you have up there. As well as keeping his eyebrows shaved; a vacant expression with beady-black eyes marked by the two blue triangles and a wide grin would cinch it.

Oh yeah, and WHITE, HIM, UP.

A. No eyebrows

B. eyebrows

For the eyebrows, make them arched. His expressions here comes across as smug and bemused, arched-eyebrows would make him out as more unhinged and serve the button purpose better. Forgive me, but I am going to use an emoji to illustrate what I mean:

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And I'm not feelin' the Skaarsgard versions on the bottom. The red-slits and his reduced forehead don't have the same character and appeal as the Curry versions.