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My suggested conduct related achievements
« on: August 11, 2014, 11:17:43 am »
Disclaimer: I will likely edit this post repeatedly, so give me some time ;).

Dead Is Dead
Permadeath: Win the game on X difficulty when enabled (x5)

On Your Toes
(Not So) Laid Back: Win the game on X difficulty when enabled (x5)

Who Designed This Circuit?
Advanced Electricity: Win the game on X difficulty when enabled (x5)

It's Dangerous To Walk Alone
Three Is A Crowd: Win the game on X difficulty with 3 Exos (x5)
Dynamic Duo: Win the game on X difficulty with 2 Exos (x5)
Lone Wolf: Win the game on X difficulty with a single Sniper Exo (x5)
Optimus: Win the game on X difficulty with a single Assault Exo (x5)
I Am Juggernaut: Win the game on X difficulty with a single Siege Exo (x5)
The Last Ninja: Win the game on X difficulty with a single Ninja Exo (x5)
Einstein: Win the game on X difficulty with a single Science Exo (x5)
The One: Win the game on X difficulty with a single Brawler Exo (x5)
(I am especially fond of the single Exo ones above ;))

Conduct Combinations
I Paid My Dues: Win the game on X difficulty with Dead Is Dead and Ironman enabled (x5)
Twitch Master: Win the game on X difficulty with On Your Toes and Ironman enabled (x5)
Power Saver: Win the game on X difficulty with Who Designed This Circuit and Ironman enabled (x5)
« Last Edit: August 11, 2014, 04:50:56 pm by nas1m »
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Re: My suggested conduct related achievements
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2014, 11:21:12 am »
My only quibble thus far is that I'd not have it say "all conducts enabled" as there are likely to be others added later :)  But specific combinations are ok.
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Re: My suggested conduct related achievements
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2014, 11:29:12 am »
My only quibble thus far is that I'd not have it say "all conducts enabled" as there are likely to be others added later :)  But specific combinations are ok.
Okay. I will work on that one ;).
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Re: My suggested conduct related achievements
« Reply #3 on: August 11, 2014, 04:53:48 pm »
My only quibble thus far is that I'd not have it say "all conducts enabled" as there are likely to be others added later :)  But specific combinations are ok.
I think that's it for now.

I did not add any conduct combinations for now, as I am not sure what combination would still be playable (or fun to do so). But you may of course add what you deem !!fun!! ;)...

I added some combinations with Ironman, though, which I think could get interesting :).
What do you think?
« Last Edit: August 11, 2014, 04:57:19 pm by nas1m »
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Re: My suggested conduct related achievements
« Reply #4 on: August 11, 2014, 05:06:14 pm »
All these sound good :)  One thing I just realized though: the existing ones have specific icons, right?  Not having an artist on call, I'll only be able to put in generic ones (possibly the ones from AIW).
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Re: My suggested conduct related achievements
« Reply #5 on: August 11, 2014, 05:09:48 pm »
All these sound good :)  One thing I just realized though: the existing ones have specific icons, right?  Not having an artist on call, I'll only be able to put in generic ones (possibly the ones from AIW).
Darn it. I wondered how you would do this and hoped you had something up you sleeve :-\.
How about recoloring/scaling some of the original ones - just for consistency?

EDIT: Come to think of it the TLF icons might be a better fit?
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Re: My suggested conduct related achievements
« Reply #6 on: August 11, 2014, 05:23:12 pm »
Not having an artist on call, I'll only be able to put in generic ones (possibly the ones from AIW).

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They appear to be 64x64 PNG files, with a color version and a grayscale version, yes?

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« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2014, 05:25:30 pm »
They appear to be 64x64 PNG files, with a color version and a grayscale version, yes?
That's correct.  Basically just a color version is all we'd need; I can desaturate them myself.
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Re: My suggested conduct related achievements
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2014, 05:30:20 pm »
They appear to be 64x64 PNG files, with a color version and a grayscale version, yes?
That's correct.  Basically just a color version is all we'd need; I can desaturate them myself.
I would so some variants myself, but I have no time this week :-\.
Can these be changed later? Or are we stuck with whatever was submitted first in case of Steam?

Would be a pity to use something generic since the bionic icons actually look pretty good...
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Re: My suggested conduct related achievements
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2014, 05:33:47 pm »
I could upload newer icons for them later.

The main question to me is if seeing generic/semi-placeholder icons (either in-game or on steam, they're used both places) is going to be bothersome to people.
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Re: My suggested conduct related achievements
« Reply #10 on: August 11, 2014, 07:02:51 pm »
For Permadeath, you could use the Assassination mission icon, and for (Not So) Laid Back, perhaps a stopwatch?

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Re: My suggested conduct related achievements
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2014, 05:37:36 am »
I could upload newer icons for them later.

The main question to me is if seeing generic/semi-placeholder icons (either in-game or on steam, they're used both places) is going to be bothersome to people.
It would be bothersome to me, most surely :-\.
I would propose using either recolorings or mirrored versions of the following existing icons/assets:


Dead Is Dead
[DONE] Permadeath: Win the game on X difficulty when enabled (x5)

On Your Toes
[DONE] (Not So) Laid Back: Win the game on X difficulty when enabled (x5)

Who Designed This Circuit?
[DONE] Advanced Electricity: Win the game on X difficulty when enabled (x5)

It's Dangerous To Walk Alone
[DONE] Three Is A Crowd: Win the game on X difficulty with 3 Exos (x5)
[DONE] Dynamic Duo: Win the game on X difficulty with 2 Exos (x5)
[DONE] Lone Wolf: Win the game on X difficulty with a single Sniper Exo
[DONE] Optimus: Win the game on X difficulty with a single Assault Exo (x5)
[DONE] I Am Juggernaut: Win the game on X difficulty with a single Siege Exo (x5)
[DONE] The Last Ninja: Win the game on X difficulty with a single Ninja Exo (x5)
[DONE] Einstein: Win the game on X difficulty with a single Science Exo (x5)
[DONE] The One: Win the game on X difficulty with a single Brawler Exo (x5)


Conduct Combinations
[DONE] I Paid My Dues: Win the game on X difficulty with Dead Is Dead and Ironman enabled (x5)
[DONE] Twitch Master: Win the game on X difficulty with On Your Toes and Ironman enabled (x5)
[DONE] Power Saver: Win the game on X difficulty with Who Designed This Circuit and Ironman enabled (x5)

Not sure yet about the rest...
« Last Edit: August 25, 2014, 03:38:23 pm by nas1m »
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Re: My suggested conduct related achievements
« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2014, 04:37:09 pm »
Okay, here is my design for the first one of the new achievements (the ones related to winning a game with "It's Dangerous To Walk Alone" and a single Exo):


If you like the general design I could also add a colored border to indicate the difficulty, if you like:
 


EDIT: Ah, dammit. I just noticed that GIMP added the color border to the images instead of overwriting pixels. So I would have to recreate those using the proper 64 x 64 image size from slightly downscaled versions of the images without border above. But you get the general idea, I think :)...
« Last Edit: August 18, 2014, 04:39:53 pm by nas1m »
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Re: My suggested conduct related achievements
« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2014, 04:55:48 pm »
Looking good :)

And yea, gotta be careful how you do the bordering ;)

On the borders themselves I like the idea but they're a bit overpowering.  Possibly draw an outer 2px border of dark gray, a 1px border of the difficulty color inside that, and a 1px or 2px border of dark gray inside that?
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Re: My suggested conduct related achievements
« Reply #14 on: August 18, 2014, 05:02:41 pm »
Looking good :)
Cool :)!

On the borders themselves I like the idea but they're a bit overpowering.  Possibly draw an outer 2px border of dark gray, a 1px border of the difficulty color inside that, and a 1px or 2px border of dark gray inside that?
Fair enough. I will give it a shot when doing the new versions. They striked as a little colorful myself ;)...
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