Games Design 3 - Lecture 3 - Colour
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This document covers a game design lecture focused on the use of color in games, including tutorials, recommended readings, and key concepts such as team identification, mood, and aesthetics. It provides insights into color perception, models, and palettes while highlighting considerations for color blindness and cultural implications. Technical challenges are noted, particularly for underpowered or web-based games, emphasizing the need for collaboration with programmers.
Games Design 3 - Lecture 3 - Colour
- 1. Game Design 2 Lecture 3: Colour
- 2. Errata and News All tutorials now take place in the games lab (M627) The Monday tutorial is now on Tuesdays at 12pm - 1pm (after this lecture) Lecture 2 slides and audio are online. Recommended Reading is online. http://www.comu346.com
- 3. Books
- 4. What is colour for? to label (colour as noun) to measure (colour as quantity) to represent / imitate reality to enliven or decorate (colour as beauty)
- 5. Colour in Games Team identification Item highlighting Mood, tone & aesthetics Convey information
- 9. Mood & Tone
- 17. What is Colour?
- 18. Rods & Cones Rods & Cones Tuned to RGB Uneven distrobution 64% red, 34% green, 2% blue Can distinguish red better than blue Yellow shades particularly similar
- 19. Magenta?
- 21. Colour Models Hue, Lightness, Saturation (Thissen 162) Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Key (Fox 52) Red, Green, Blue (Thissen 163)
- 22. Colour Wheel Newton Wheel Red, Yellow, Green Blended for hues add whites (tint) or black (shade)
- 29. Color Jack Text http://www.bit.ly/colorjack
- 30. Tip: Industry Palettes Find industry photograph Extract main colours
- 31. Tip: Mood Palettes Find mood photograph Extract main colours
- 33. Assembling a Palette Select 3 to 5 colours from colour wheel Also select a neutral and highlight colour Experiment with tint and shade Contrast is important Consider the colour blind Consider cultural implications
- 34. Use Colour Sparingly It is easy to emphasise something on unobtrusive colours. On glaring colours it is difficult to emphasise something .
- 35. Colour Blind 1 in 12 people Resources exist which can model colour blindness. http://www.wearecolorblind.com
- 39. Technical Limitations? Not so much of a problem on modern consoles. On underpowered or web based games, may need to use 256 colour palettes. Can use same bitmap with different palette to get team colours. Work with a programmer!
- 41. Tufte “ Above all, do no harm.”