Maybe it's just me, but I stare at the mod*k format icons all lined up and they look almost identical to me. We're talking about a massive 8 format variants here, while we have significantly smaller format variants like adlib/opl2/opl3 and boom/doom that have different colors, which is enough to differentiate.

So, much like the aforementioned opl and mappist variants, what I propose here is that these 8 formats have different background colors.

(note that I'm only talking about their default look, so the unearned/bronze/silver/gold variants would still look the same)

If they looked more like the examples on the right, I'd feel more inclined to host them and badge hoard them. But the way they currently are, I'm like "meh..."

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Poll closed: which do you prefer?











"rainbowed (darker)" wins. Thank you for your votes.

rainbowed (darker)
50% (12 votes)

rainbowed (brighter)
41,67% (10 votes)

keep them as they are
8,33% (2 votes)

https://strawpoll.com/BJnXV6x7XZv/results

omgggg color gradient rainbow badges. I 100% approve this

hell yea. why not make them different shapes too? 12k 16k and 24k are very similar in colour and number lookalikeness, so i cld see some people (mainly myself, blind ahh goober) getting them confused

if it were up to me i'd paste those demo images into the spritesheet on the spot. great suggestion.

there's no spritesheet on botb. we only have a spriteshit

please yes, great idea

the only thing to note is this *might* make it more awkward to add other tinymod formats in the future but that's no reason not to do it

I think shape wld be better in the long term bc Colorblind People (rip bozo)

they're already differentiated by shape - the shape of the numbers.

i agree with this so much

Color choices are on point too. 04 is totally a dark lavender and 64k is definitely fire red

mod*k looks like a f***ing sw**r w*rd

d*n't sw**r!!!

@dami

mod02k → purple
mod01k → ultraviolet (need vision protection)

unless you wanted a mod13.8263k format

mod*k because it is illegal to say n*mbers on b**b

btw, you're right that the OPL2/3 icons set a cool precedent for this. in case anybody's curious, their colors are hue shifted equally in either direction from the old Adlib icon - that was jangler's idea!

presumably the brown color the chip is on top of is an old brown PCB... PCBs of course come in every color imaginable now so this idea works skeuomorphically too - but this also suggests some specific colors: classic green pcb, old brown pcb, ancient red pcb, random hobbyist board that's purple for some reason. Overall I'd like the colors to be more realistic and less vibrant

@dami - hey i just complained that the proposed icon(s) should look more similar to the old adlib one! the hue shifting was all you

personally i think these icons are *supposed* to look nearly identical, since the formats themselves are identical apart from the filesize limit. but if we implement this, i agree w/ blower and would prefer less vibrant colors! the current proposal is a little too skittles for my taste

oh actually true i forgot the numbers differentiate them visually

I never had an issue with the current icons.
I like that they are all the same.

BUT .... rainbow.
rainbow is epic

Could also make the text larger. Or just wider, to leave room for the chip.

@roz i agree that numbers are generally different-looking, but on the page the font choice makes it very difficult to tell them apart.

source: guy who squints and zooms in every time they access the page

tldr all numbers on the modxk are rectangles so roz is wrong

Better?

Honestly, I like the bright colors in the original post more, but that's just a personal preference.

(Still an awesome idea that I would love to see implemented!)

Knowing this community, maybe this would work better as a poll.

Which would you prefer?






Here's the poll. It'll run for 24 hours:

https://strawpoll.com/PKgleVANoZp

i can't vote with a vpn but i would've picked darker :D

imo if we're making a poll, there should also be a third preference for the original icons - i do actually like these but it would be useful information

I was actually thinking the same thing, initially. But I couldn't think of a third alternative that was different enough to justify its inclusion.

damis idea was that the 3rd option wld be "keep them as they are"

Oh, I misread.

New poll, then: which do you prefer?











Here's the second poll. Again, it'll run for 24 hours:

https://strawpoll.com/BJnXV6x7XZv

mod*k over the rainbow

EDIT: "rainbowed (darker)" wins. Thank you for your votes.

rainbowed (darker)
50% (12 votes)

rainbowed (brighter)
41,67% (10 votes)

keep them as they are
8,33% (2 votes)

https://strawpoll.com/BJnXV6x7XZv/results