My game involves a lot of brightly colored cubes. I want to create skins for them, however when they become a lot it gets chaotic and ugly looking with so many colors and patterns.
Here is an example without any skin:
And with:
As you can see it doesn't look that great with so many colors and objects, especially when they are even more. If I randomize it it's going to look even more chaotic. How can I fix the problem when creating the skins?
Well, question 1 would be:
What is the reason your cubes are so colorful? Does the color have any meaning for the game? E.g. does it help the player read the current game state faster?
If there is no reason to the colors, why not change them to a more muted palette? Why even have differently colored cubes?
Question 2:
Why even "skin" the cubes (I guess you are talking about using textures)? Just to make them look prettier? Or does it have a a meaning for your game design?
Really, your problem seems to be kinda vague. You should try to come up with more focused questions so people here could give more to the point answers.
Here's a quick attempt:
I'd probably reduce the contrast even more than this, but emphasize outlines:
Also, you'll likely want to pick color-blind friendly colors, especially for a game this simple.
Well, question 1 would be:
What is the reason your cubes are so colorful? Does the color have any meaning for the game? E.g. does it help the player read the current game state faster?
If there is no reason to the colors, why not change them to a more muted palette? Why even have differently colored cubes?
Question 2:
Why even "skin" the cubes (I guess you are talking about using textures)? Just to make them look prettier? Or does it have a a meaning for your game design?
Really, your problem seems to be kinda vague. You should try to come up with more focused questions so people here could give more to the point answers.
1: Yes, the cube colors are gameplay related. They have to stand out from one another so players can differentiate them
2. Both, actually. I want players to choose from a bunch of different skins they can acquire while they play
Here's a quick attempt:
I'd probably reduce the contrast even more than this, but emphasize outlines:
Also, you'll likely want to pick color-blind friendly colors, especially for a game this simple.
Thank you for the outline tip, it really makes them look better
Google neon colors and you will see that the one thing that makes bright colors look good is darkness, or to be more specific contrast.
Neon mostly uses black as contrast, however you can use colors schemes also.
A good tool for colors schemes is: https://color.adobe.com/create/color-wheel
To really make your colors stand out use a gray gradient background, some black falling leaves or other animated objects will provide a feeling of life with out conflicting with the game,
