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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 3h

Oh geez. *Looks at the order I have coming in from Longpack next month*

Ugghhhhhh

Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 1d

Yussssssss

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 1d

I put the x there to say like "move cards/tiles in that direction." These icons will be rotated 360° so an arrow on its own might be confusing. You get stuff back when it falls off the river, so great benefit. Lotta concepts in a small icon tho to convey.

Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 1d

There's a river on the top & the bottom. Top is for action tiles. Bottom is for magic cards. When you place a new one, they move to the right & fall off when they hit the x spot. (They go back to your hand) There's always 4 action slots and 3 magic slots. 5 is "move all cards to the right 1 space"

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 1d

a man in a suit and tie is standing in a doorway

ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in a doorway

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 1d

RPC, a Role-Playing Cooperative! haha, idk

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 1d

ohhhh I see what you're saying! Does Co-op not work? Cooperatively build the world and play in it.

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 1d

what is GMless?

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 1d

When you take damage, you put a x square tile out where your dominos would go. (This limits the amount of dominos you have to work with!) So it's every time on the domino board, I think a heart would be redundant. But on the right track. Tricky that action. "Healing"@

Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 1d

Not at all thank you!!! Curious to see what you think about the fixes I made before your comments! In the quote post if that interests you!

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 2d

very very close!! 1. is 'gain a magic card' and those 3 symbols are the different magic suits. this will likely be the back of the card shown on the icon.
2. is 'gain 1 action tile' i think the back of these might have an A on them. so many card shaped components.... tricky!

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 2d

With context, I think players will be able to deduce these icons. With very little confusion, maybe a rulebook check for 1-2 of them. The back of the tiles/ cards will be key for those first 2. Dominos are dominos. Damage is tricky, you don't gain that, you take it away. River moves? wat is a river?

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 2d

very very close! This is great!

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 2d

it's a fun exercise.
Take this new fun game I'm playing today. I love the game. But an accessibility issue it has is 'intuitive icons' and it's one of the hardest things designers do in this world! So I won't get it right either. But trying! (can you tell me what these icons do without context?)

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 2d

on the monneeeeyyyyyyyyyyy. hell yeah

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 2d

clearly i need to incorporate a + sign haha
great guesses!

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 2d

Let's try this again! (Can you guess these 6 benefits just by their icons with very little context?) Afterwards, check the quoted post to see the answers. Let me know how close you got! and if any are still very confusing.

benefit icons on hexagon tiles for a board game.

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 2d

Great feedback everyone! I'll go back to the drawing board.

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Hinokodo @hinokodo.com · 2d