I'm a fan of 1-bit pixelart, but there is no clear visual clue as what may kill you and what is just decorum. Have that distinction would focus the game imo. Any reason why the pause button isn't the classic || symbol?
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My game actually not using any custom font or font icon. I only use default system font which have emojis and unicode symbols. The pause button actually not a gear⚙️ emoji but unicode symbol ⛭. Unicode symbol has consistent offset than emoji so it’s easier to center. Play▶️ or pause⏸️ (or both⏯️ would likely not fit since it’s emoji while the button shaped as circle and have double line border when hovered/activated. I apply that animated CSS border-style on all buttons in the game.
My current options to provide visual cue for my first patch:
- make it animated (require change on the plugin I use)
- add black outline, dot, or sparkle (require change on my tileset.png)
- just stack additional tile in the insert tile object (not sure if Tiled editor can automate this 🤔)
Thanks for playing and the feedback 🙌