Frostpunk 2: white UI.. wtf?😳

[sebastian]

Hey, im bringing this thread from the reddit community so it can be discussed here, i find it very interesting and also agree on the "why" (it was excelent as it was)?

In my opinion: the UI is 10/10 for Frostpunk 1. Icons/elements (punk), color tone (dark and gold), artwork for events. It probably the best ui i have seen in a city builder game, plus i also agree that playing frostpunk in your house whit low lights, sets the tone of the gaming session plus takes out the brightness of the monitor.

What do you think?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Frostpunk/comments/1b9qz9i/frostpunk_2_white_ui_wtf/

"So I was checking screenshots and video from the upcoming sequel to the original game (masterpiece). And even though I’m extremely hyped and positive on the new mechanics and features we are getting, I have a big concern on the art style and atmosphere…

It seems they are pushing a new interface not only in terms of icons and placements but also color: WHITE ☹️

Like wtf? Your original artsyle, atmosphere and UI is perfect. Black, steampunk atmosphere… Just why, why are you looking to change this?"

[timmonsisold66]

We can always hope for an option tab in the settings.

[wojti225]

We can also see this as UI literally freezing/people starting to accomodate to such weather.

[Hellenic Born]

Maybe because white suits better to the game environment (snow etc) and also to distinged from frostpunk 1. White or blue or black doesnt matter to me as long as it looks good and is usable.

[Cairn.L]

The white UI looks great too, but I personally prefer the dark-colored one because it's much more comfortable to look at.
Hopefully, there is an option to switch between them.

[EleventhStar]

there is a screenshot of the white UI on the storepage too.

the orginals UI had very good functionality, contrast, highlights, etc. as long as there are no downgrades in that department it's probably something you can get used to. but honestly it does look a bit sleekified and sleekness usually means more information hidden in tooltips/submenus/more minimalist graphics/etc.

[sebastian]

I hope they keep their dark UI when managing town, i see the white UI in the "macro" or goverment view.... maybe the town view has the dark ui.....

im seeing lot of support in reddit community to have the dark ui at least as an option. Really this minimalistic white UI breaks the tone of the game a lot. Plus it adds a lot of brightness to a gaming room.

[SeanBotha]

not really worried about the ui style 11bit have always been amazing with that. my fear is they might add to much. What made frostpunk so amazing was there was not an insane amount of variation it was more your sue of the right options at the right time. Sure they need to add new stuff but if it is too many(say 5 or six time larger tech tree) it might just ruin the immersion!

[Darren Evans]

The white UI text especially at the bottom right can vanish over snow. They really need to add a drop shadow to the text like they seem to have for the objectives list at top left. There's also the Dark Mode option under General in Options but that's labelled experimental and also detrimental to player experience, whatever that means, it's not very clear on what the issue is if you run Dark Mode.

[Foxador]

The problem with a white UI on snow is that they blend into one another. Plus it makes the screen just TOO much white and starts to get blinding and it's annoying on my eyes

[blessku]

Actually in settings there is option to set dark UI.

[Unrealgeek24]

Originally posted by timmonsisold66:

We can always hope for an option tab in the settings.

:dwarven:

There is an option in the settings to change it. Go to main menu, and the last option on the first tab is a dark UI setting. Change it to forced or enabled.

[Fredericus_Rex]

+1 Darkmode :D