There were a few things I wanted to improve for the next version. The art was pretty rushed for the NaGa DeMon version - it was essentially prototype art, compounded by the fact that I'm not actually a very good artist and I couldn't afford to hire one either. In particular I was unhappy with the Army Perimeter card and although I quite liked the scientist icon on the back of the Epidemic cards, it was not in keeping with the rest of the art.
In addition, a few things came up during testing:
- the Homeopathy background was a bit too dark,
- the Guru cards were too similar to the corresponding therapy cards,
- it was easy to confuse the Pay Rise and Overrun cards,
- the Psychotherapy suit was confusing as it was the only real therapy included.
To address these issues, I've spent a decent chunk of time over the last few weeks trying to improve the art to fix these problems and just give it a better look:
I'd really appreciate any feedback on the new versions. Are they better or have I made things worse? Anything specific you like or don't like?
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I definitely think it's almost entirely an improvement. The only thing that I think is worse is the new dude on the Guru card doesn't stand out so well and isn't quite as "iconic" as the old one. I like it when it's big but not so much when it's small and in the corners. I think in general the cards are now easier to tell apart, so that's good. And the little change to the magnets card makes a surprisingly large difference to how good it looks.
Thanks Chris,
I'll see what I can do to improve the Guru icons. I might just get rid of them...
Cheers,
Jack
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