please change the explosive barrels' color

[sleepy toad]

I'm colorblind and it's next to impossible to tell them apart from regular barrels

[Retrific]

What kind of color blindness do you have? What color would you prefer?
It's not easy to get this right as I am not color blind myself and don't know anyone who is.

[sleepy toad]

Most explosive barrels i see in games are red, since that usually makes them stand out no matter where you find them.

I realize the game's colour palette would make a very bright red look out of place, but maybe there are be other ways to make explosive barrels stand out more without changing their color, like giving them a big fuse or something.

In any case thanks for your response, i'm looking forward to playing more of your game !

[YQMaoski]

Or could consider giving them a visible and unique symbol.

[Retrific]

The explosive barrel already has a unique symbol and is red.
It might just not be as high-contrast as you're used to.
Usually players start recognizing it very quick tho, but maybe because of your colorblindness this is harder for you.

Here's a comparison[i.imgur.com].

[jiminywinkle]

I do think that the color would look weird if it were made any brighter. I also think that a silhouette change would probably be the most effective anyway. Like even just having the lid propped open by some dynamite poking out the top would improve visibility and add more visual variety when looking at a pile of containers.

[Coffee]

Originally posted by Retrific:

What kind of color blindness do you have? What color would you prefer?
It's not easy to get this right as I am not color blind myself and don't know anyone who is.

There's several type of color blindess. Some are much more common but it's barely possible to change it to a specific color and make it fine for all the colorblind people sadly.


I'm not colorblind and I feel both are heavily washed out color on your gif. The glow help a bit but even for a non colorblind they feel way to similar.


I understand it can be used as a trap AND as a weapon and a more obvious change would remove the trap effect of it but still.

[Retrific]

The game is now released and you will find the option "high contrast mode" in the settings>game menu of the latest game version, please enable it and tell me if it helps. (You gotta be in the main menu to toggle it)

[Fytes]

Hello, does it also affect the color of the dreadful red bushes ? I find those quite annoying tbh, I'd rather they were more noticeable

[Retrific]

yes

[Fytes]

Great, thanks :D Lookout forward to trying this. Thank you very much for you efforts