Re: Branding in games - was: Re: theming gnect (Four-in-a-row)

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Sat, 6 May 2006, Richard Hoelscher wrote:

> Date: Sat, 6 May 2006 09:38:34 -0500 (CDT)
> From: Richard Hoelscher <rah rahga com>
> To: Nicu Buculei <nicu_gnome nicubunu ro>
> Cc: games-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: Branding in games - was: Re: theming gnect (Four-in-a-row)
>
> Nicu Buculei said:
> > But how about this kind of branding (using the Gnome foot):
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=64846&action=view
> > http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=64847&action=view

I do like the design taken on its own merits, only the fact that it it
is owned by Fedora taints it for me.  I would still like something with
those swirls often includes in cats eye style marbles.

You will notice the rest of Gnome games is not very heavily branded, not
even with the Gnome footprint so Fedora branding doesn't seem like such a
good idea but it is entirely up to Callum to decide if he wants to include
it in Gnome games extra.

> I'm not much in favor of sticking more GNOME branding into the themes...
> more than anything, it can become a crutch. The way I see it, if we didn't
> have branded themes, users might actually demand artwork that is
> aesthetically pleasing. :)
>
> My only regret is including the logo with mahjongg's postmodern theme.

You could probably grab a chunk out of my Seta theme and make a patch to
correct that if you wanted.

Sincerely

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/