Final Logo (my picks)

[Alltaken]

hi guys, i have listened to crit, looked at what people like and have come to this outcome.

these are my final logos. i believe the are better than what we have now, and all four of them are "officical" if the devs choose to pick up the logo.

Full colour


Yellow/black (my favorite)


Black/White (for photocopying or top of B/W documents)


and if people wish this next one to be included in the official ones, it can be.

Blue/White (for documents that are distributed on the net, that may be printed, i.e. PDF's and stuff.)


Enjoy

IMO these logos are finalised. People may disagree as its unavoidable that not everyone will like them.

i have these logos from 12pixels through to 1212 pixels.

They may need to be cleaned up for small icon sizes. but this can be a seperate task from the design. (if that makes sense). things such as SVG 2d versions of it, and pixel art can be done for different platforms and resoltions. but the overall idea and colour schemes i am proposing as final.

thanks guys. i'd like to know if people like them or not.

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[XeryusTC]

I like the Yellow/black the most and for an alternative the blue/white one, that makes it look like you can colonise (don't the proper word) the whole world.

[Darkvater]

Yeah, the yellow black is pretty nifty, goes very nicely with the website....which some people hate as well

/me gives thumbs up.

[Seven Force]

Full colour for me, the yellow one just looks garrish.

[qball]

I've created some scaled versions of every icon, using 3 different scaling method (some look better for one icon that the other)
you can find them here:

http://images.qballcow.nl/openttd/

[Moriarty]

Let's see.
The black/white and blue/white ones look too... colourless. They just don't really work for me.
The yellow/black one I like and yet I dislike. I can't explain it. I don't think it would be well suited to the game though. I imagine that on the website it wouldn't work at all inspite of the fact it shares colours. You'd need something that stands out, not blends right in.

Which just leaves the Full Colour. This one works because it represents the game. The game has lots of colour (all 256 of them! ), so why would you want a non-coloured logo? It makes no sense.

Personally I don't see what's wrong with the present one. Remember it's just supposed to be a logo, not a work of art.

Just my Humble Opinions.

[DeletedUser21]

I still stick to full colour!
I think a lot of people want the game to be close to realistic, and I think the logo must represents the game, and I think the earth is full of colour (rather than only yellow and black).

So colour for me!

[MeusH]

Great logos! In my opinion, the best is the golden one, for both OTTD site (maybye replace the lighthouse animation? We're going to have new graphics anyway) and the Wiki - How about making the color theme of Wiki similiar to openttd.org one?

There is other one worth commenting: The blue-white logo. I'd put them on .htm files in /trunk/docs/ and other documentation files.

[Alltaken]

And the beauty of providing 4 "offical" versions, is you can make everyone happy

those who like full colour, enjoy.
those who like yellow, enjoy
those who print in B/W, enjoy
those who like the blue one, enjoy.

I do appreciate the criticsm people have given, not everyone will ever agree all the time, so i hope i came with a good enough comprimise.

but lets answer some comments for fun

The black/white and blue/white ones look too... colourless. They just don't really work for me.

lets try this, please put one of each logo onto a single page in somthing like word, then press print in black and white. which 2 logos will be visable and will look nice?

these two logos should be used at the top of things like PDF's (i.e. instructions...)
e.g. like MeusH says
"There is other one worth commenting: The blue-white logo. I'd put them on .htm files in /trunk/docs/ and other documentation files."

How about making the color theme of Wiki similiar to openttd.org one?

Oh i absolutely agree, i think the theme should be made yellow borders (rather than blue) and use the Yellow logo. it would at least change the website a bit away from looking like every other wikis colour scheme (Blue)

i am an admin at the Wiki, however i don't think you can change these settings from within the site itself.... or can you (someone PM me if you can)

I still stick to full colour!
I think a lot of people want the game to be close to realistic, and I think the logo must represents the game

as you will surely know there is a different between litteral and essential. (apart from spelling)

If we were to be litteral then we would use Ingame graphics.
OTTD's main colour is yellow this is a brandable colour much like Cokes red... is cokes colour dark brown... it would show what it is....

Full colour for me, the yellow one just looks garrish.

Everyones eyes work differently (or their brains do), it adds to the spice of life. i am glad you like the full colour one.

Cya round people. Lets migrate from the old Logo ASAP (it is not my proudest moment)

I think OTTD needs to slowely be rebranded to differentiate itself from the competition.

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[White Rabbit]

I like the Full Colour one, but I still do not understand why you have kept those light-blue coasts (the ones on South America and Britain).

[MeusH]

How about making the color theme of Wiki similiar to openttd.org one?

Oh i absolutely agree, i think the theme should be made yellow borders (rather than blue) and use the Yellow logo. it would at least change the website a bit away from looking like every other wikis colour scheme (Blue)

i am an admin at the Wiki, however i don't think you can change these settings from within the site itself.... or can you (someone PM me if you can)

Owner of the Wiki... MiHaMiX or TrueLight (IIRC TL has the server and controls the files, and MiHaMiX is just administrator who controls the Wiki)

[Alltaken]

I like the Full Colour one, but I still do not understand why you have kept those light-blue coasts (the ones on South America and Britain).

Hmm well they were on the original image from the satelite view.

i can remove them still of course its a minor tweek in PS.

i do kinda agree that they are fairly ugly.

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[Ben_Robbins_]

Really Strong. Like them All. Yellow and Black is My favorite though.

[tuisu]

They are pretty good but I'll throw in couple of comments.

First, I prefer the full colour one over the yellow/black variant because the later one makes me feel like the world is on fire and the land is all burnt. OpenTTD is not a strategy war game as far as I know

Secondly, I would try to make the road-railroad thing a bit less transparent, so it would stand out more. Like it is in here

As these are final logos, I'm not hopeing anything would change. Just commenting.

But overall they look nice. Good work!

[Born Acorn]

First, I prefer the full colour one over the yellow/black variant because the later one makes me feel like the world is on fire and the land is all burnt. OpenTTD is not a strategy war game as far as I know

Thats precisely what I thought when I first saw it.

[Benbo]

Love them, apart from Black/White. Why do you want that one

[White Rabbit]

First, I prefer the full colour one over the yellow/black variant because the later one makes me feel like the world is on fire and the land is all burnt. OpenTTD is not a strategy war game as far as I know

Thats precisely what I thought when I first saw it.

Enter: the War Disaster!

[DaleStan]

Benbo:

Black/White (for photocopying or top of B/W documents)

[Red*Star]

Yeah, really great. I still like the first one most because it is colorful which fits to the game IMO.

[Alltaken]

Love them, apart from Black/White. Why do you want that one

this one can probably be dropped. i doubt anyone will use it anyway. and the Blue one will do an equal job.

so if the community wishes, the Black/white one can be gone without me complaining.

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