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Any feedback on my grand strategy game capsule? (infosec.pub)

submitted 17 hours ago by lmagitem@lemmy.zip to c/strategy_games@piefed.world

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Hello everyone!

I'm working on a sci-fi grand strategy game named Uncharted Sectors and I'm trying to get feedback on the capsule art.

A good capsule art should convey the game's genre in addition to, of course, make people want to click on it. My problem is that "grand strategy" doesn't have clear visual markers (like a hammer for crafting games for example) apart from having 1-5 bossy-looking people and a somewhat elegant title. So I have some trouble finding the sweet spot.

Could I ask you which one you feel conveys "grand strategy" the most? On which you'd be more likely to click on seeing it on Steam or another platform? Which one do you prefer? If you have improvement ideas, or other feedback?

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[–] lmagitem@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

You're absolutely right, less is more. Apart from the actual illustration parts, I didn't spend that much time working on the composition and design, and it shows.

What you're reading is more or less what I wanted to convey though, so I'm glad this works at least.

May I ask you what do you think about this version?

[–] MeatPilot@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

This works really well! Think you did a few other smart things I missed, like simplifying the colors around the title. Double line border with the interior line tucked behind them creates so nice separation between foreground/background.

Much improved with only a few little tweaks.

Think I read someone mentioned the space ship being a little too faded, maybe play with saturating it a little more so it doesn't get lost too much in the fog. But doesn't pop out too much and distract.

But yeah you could slap this up and call it a day as is.

[–] lmagitem@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 hours ago

I think I will just do that for today haha

Thanks again for your help :)