Okay so this i do not have the slightest clue on how long it would take to make @ben but i hope you would consider it since it has many uses.
Okay. many of you have prob seen black ops 2’s emblem creator, its actually really simple but really genius at the same time. but for those who havent, this is how it works:
the emblem editor in this game was pretty simple, you started with a bunch of normal shapes, such as square, circles, triangles and so on, letters too, you could also unlock more unique shapes as you played the game and completed challenges, such as weapon signs, ranks and so on.
the edtior allowed you to make 32 layers of shapes (i think, not entirely sure on the amount) that you could then put on top of each other, the basic shapes could be mirrored, increased in size, decreased in size, get turned, get distorted which as you can imagine let to some insane possiblities
and so on. ofc there were also some disgusting ones and inappropiate ones, but that is at that is.
So now to Oort. i imagine this would work really well for quite a bit of things in oort online. the basis would be something like this system. so here we go
Signs:
i think having towns and trade is going to be an important thing in oort online when it gets further down the line, when you have towns you would generally have traders, but its really hard to distinguish what buildings are smiths, inns, tailors and so on unless you know it beforehand, which an outside player prob wont know. there will ofc be some sort of text sign system but i think it would be nice if you could make signs and combine with the emblem editor to make something like this:
if you allowed the basic wooden plate and then allowed people to use the emblem editor they could create a truly unique sign, i might for example want a shop called ‘‘the flaming ember’’ so i would make a sign wih the letters in the top ‘‘The flaming ember’’ and below that i would have an emblem i made which might be 2 crossed swords with a flaming gem behind them, and then under i would write ‘‘Weaponsmith’’
that way when people enter the city and is confused they can see the sign hanging over the door and instantly know what type of shop it is. this also goes for tailors, inns and so on, it would create more clarity.
Guilds
i talked about earlier how people could agree on 1 color for a guild to know that it is them and they are together, but this emblem system could also be used for creating a guild emblem that can be used for several different things. having a specific requirement for the guild unlocked would make all of the guilds crafters able to place their guild logo on the items they make, from armor to weapons.
They could also be used on banners and flags which would be epic decoration, so allowing people to make banners that they can hang in their guild hall with the guild logo placed on it.
also if you get the time you could make a craftable flag that people could walk around with, that would be really nice with the RP elements of the game, imagine a group of people coming riding and the front rider has the guild flag in hand so everybody can see who they are.
Generally:
it could be something that adds even more customization to the game, allow crafters to place emblems on the things they create, if they could scale up you could make huge patterns around the armor so a bulky chestpiece might start to look like an elven armor because somebody took the time and efford to create a beautiful spiraling pattern in a goldish color or something like that.
i hope you will think about it because i imagine it will have even more uses than what i just mentioned. sorry for the long post xD
But wouldn’t it be easier to just allow the players to import PNGs/JPEGs and use them?
I think there would be great logos and not too much work for the devs
An logo creator would be really cool but it could be abused as well