Struggling with game logo

Posted by Phoebii on Nov. 26, 2015, 4:19 p.m.

Oldest logo.

I like it, but it's unimpressive and unprofessional…

The idea was to make game logo out of the game itself.

Idea is good, but it's black and looks bad if background is not white.

Mix between two previous ideas.

Crazy shapes plus extreme black and white contrast hurts eyes.

Slightly less extreme than previous, but I still don't know if I like it…

Any ideas how to make these logo's better?

Comments

Jani_Nykanen 9 years ago

Ever considered adding darker colours, more contrast and black outlines to the first logo? It's still better than the latter ones.

Phoebii 9 years ago

What about this one?

Jani_Nykanen 9 years ago

It looks a bit better, but if you ask me, the letters have a bit too many details. Simplify the geometry and I might like it a bit more.

Moikle 9 years ago

The style of number 4(background and white lettering) but with the shape of the one in comments

Quietus 9 years ago

for me, when designing logos, readability is the most important thing. So I would say your last one is the best choice.

OBELISK 9 years ago

yeah the last is the best

Astryl 9 years ago

Fourth has the best contrast on that specific background, but depending on what your final title screen looks like, that may change. But adding that black border is a good start to making it 'pop'.

As for making it better, if you want to reduce the noise-factor of the edges of the letters, you can do a 1-pixel gapped ring of white around the letter, like so:

But yeah, don't waste too much time on your logo, people aren't going to pay that much attention to it on launch, even on Steam. I'm always more interested in the description and demo video of the game than the logo it uses :P

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Phoebii 9 years ago

I can't have border around letters, I'm very strict when it comes to art style.

I think I'll go with the one that has the Elder Mechanism instead of O.

I'll try to make letter shapes simpler.

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But yeah, don't waste too much time on your logo, people aren't going to pay that much attention to it on launch, even on Steam. I'm always more interested in the description and demo video of the game than the logo it uses :P

Everything matters to me.

NeutralReiddHotel 9 years ago

the image that mega used is pretty sexy. i say stick to his idea, cause i would marry that font he made.

Phoebii 9 years ago

I actually don't want to simplify letters anymore, after I've seen Steam sale page. All AAA logo's are the same, some bland white readable text.

I've decided to compare my logo to those logo's and decided I'm pretty happy with my logo.

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