Color blindness related to the strength plate numerals

[soetekouwd]

Dear Slitherine developers, I have played the game since it came out and really enjoy it. One little aspect in the game design makes it a bit of a challenge to play. And is the colour usage related to color blindness. The enemy strength plate contains white numerals on a red background. Once you start bombarding the enemy unit, the white numerals change in colour. Hit them again and the numerals change again in colour as well. For me the numerals have now become practically invisible unless I zoom in to the highest detail level or when I hover over the unit with my mouse. Although these are little additional actions, it does slow the game experience for me. Having higher colour contrasts between the plate background and the numerals would make for an even better game experience. I know I can increase the strength plate in size, but in the wee hours of the night the colours still merge in my eyes. Is there a way to change colours of the strength plate?

[Patrick Ward]

Dear Slitherine developers, I have played the game since it came out and really enjoy it. One little aspect in the game design makes it a bit of a challenge to play. And is the colour usage related to color blindness. The enemy strength plate contains white numerals on a red background. Once you start bombarding the enemy unit, the white numerals change in colour. Hit them again and the numerals change again in colour as well. For me the numerals have now become practically invisible unless I zoom in to the highest detail level or when I hover over the unit with my mouse. Although these are little additional actions, it does slow the game experience for me. Having higher colour contrasts between the plate background and the numerals would make for an even better game experience. I know I can increase the strength plate in size, but in the wee hours of the night the colours still merge in my eyes. Is there a way to change colours of the strength plate?

Hi soetekouwd,

Really sorry about this. We actually went to some trouble to ensure we picked the correct colours for factions and background plates as two of our team are colour blind. However the number colouring was added in code and doesn't seem to of been flagged so yes I see how that would be a problem.

There's no immediate way to change the colours though it IS something we considered but eventually put on the backburner due to more pressing issues. I'll see if it can get bumbed up a bit.

Cheers and sorry for the inconvenience,

Pat

[soetekouwd]

Thanks Pat for your prompt response. It is but a small inconvenience but should you fix it I'd be grateful. Cheers, Dirk