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[Jamo]

Hey everyone,
I wrote an article about best practices for creating app Icons that you can check out here -
http://blog.jamogames.com/2012/08/app-icons-study-in-best-practice.html

I tried to put some of the things I discovered into practice in my own app icon for my upcoming game "Amp, Watts & Circuit", and Id love to know what you think of it so I can make it as awesome as possible.

Look forward to talking to you!
James

[alastair]

Looks decent, but it feels like there should be more saturation on something (like the aliens) since it seems a bit dull. Might just be my monitor though lol, have my settings low.

[Jamo]

Yeah you might be right, I did up it at one point but it ended up looking over saturated. Ill play with it again and see if I can find a decent middle ground. Thanks for the help!

[Claw]

Really cute/cool design, love the characters.

As mentioned, the icon overall feels pretty saturated and dull, brighter colours will help it pop out more - which is what you want with anything in an app store

I imagine the character's are coloured as they are in game, so it wouldn't make sense to change their colour on the icon, so maybe try playing with the background a bit. Perhaps actually making it a darker colour would make the characters stand out more and add some depth to the icon?

[Jamo]

Thanks, I'm glad you like them! Ill try the changes you suggested and upload it again now!

I appreciate the help

[Jamo]

Here is the updated logo, any better?

[Zednaut]

Much better now, for sure.

[Jamo]

Brilliant, thanks!
I just posted the trailer for the game, showing off its new cross-platform level sharing!
You can check it out here - http://blog.jamogames.com/2012/08/amp-watts-circuit-go-cross-platform.html

[Nix]

The highlights aren't consistent. The highlight on the tilted helmet should be farther up to match the others.

[Jamo]

Yeah I see what you mean. Its cause he wasn't tilted in the original image. I'll fix it!