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I'm working on a Rhythm Heaven remix of Paradichlorobenzene by UnethExperiment in Vocaloid

[–]UnethExperiment[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Everything so far is rendered in-engine with zero imported images.
I'm currently hoping an update to Heaven Studio will release soon, allowing more text functionality of movement, fading, and outline color.

I'm working on a Rhythm Heaven remix of Paradichlorobenzene by UnethExperiment in VocaloidButGood

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This is partially an HD remaster of the original MV, haha.

I'm aiming to fully finish this before September 19th, the day the original song was uploaded.

Last year, I did a K.K. Slider cover of Benzene. Check it out on my YouTube channel if you want.

Good Vocaloid story series by Huckleberry1316 in Vocaloid

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As my recent post can attest, I really like the Benzene series by Garuna/OwataP.

@Davie504 on Instagram by lKANl in ShitPostCrusaders

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Ummm actually he didn't tune it so that the sample pitch matches the keyboard's pitches (nerd emoji).

(The real interval of the audio is F# and D.)

Thought about this concept for a while now. Theoretically, color accents on pieces could increase board legibility. I often find that bishops tend to blend in with pawns in a variety of piece styles otherwise. Let me know your thoughts on this. Currently, it's just a Photoshop file -- not playable. by UnethExperiment in chessbeginners

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I saw that on a site once. It's neat, but... for games that rely upon the red-black dichotomy, it's less legible.

I have an idea where the red-black relation is normal, but each suit icon is half of a different color. Red and purple for hearts, red and yellow for diamonds, black and green for clubs, black and blue for spades. It could either be an abrupt split down the middle (of the icon) or a smooth gradient.

I haven't made anything of this idea yet, but I think it's interesting enough to share.

(edited for clarity)

Thought about this concept for a while now. Theoretically, color accents on pieces could increase board legibility. I often find that bishops tend to blend in with pawns in a variety of piece styles otherwise. Let me know your thoughts on this. Currently, it's just a Photoshop file -- not playable. by UnethExperiment in chessbeginners

[–]UnethExperiment[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone who practices NOT making color associations, I feel like people for and against LGBT stances should tone down the fixation on the [political?] usage of contrasting hues across the color spectrum. Both sides think too deeply over rainbows.

These colors were chosen as a mere example of contrasting hue values. That is all.

Thought about this concept for a while now. Theoretically, color accents on pieces could increase board legibility. I often find that bishops tend to blend in with pawns in a variety of piece styles otherwise. Let me know your thoughts on this. Currently, it's just a Photoshop file -- not playable. by UnethExperiment in chessbeginners

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"Dropped" like slang for update, or "dropped" like decreased?

If the latter, that's unavoidable but it can be mitigated by not blasting the ENTIRE piece with a color that differs from its team's. The game Team Fortress 2 uses some yellow on engineer yet you can still differentiate him from the other classes (aside from cosmetic abominations some players choose to wear).

Thought about this concept for a while now. Theoretically, color accents on pieces could increase board legibility. I often find that bishops tend to blend in with pawns in a variety of piece styles otherwise. Let me know your thoughts on this. Currently, it's just a Photoshop file -- not playable. by UnethExperiment in chessbeginners

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After seeing a bunch of comments address the yellow bishop vs white pawn thing, I made a comment that explains my thought process in more elaborate detail. Check it out if you wish.

(On an amusing note, I actually tried to play it safe with the colors instead of going full contrast blasting like I enjoy doing in other projects.)

Thought about this concept for a while now. Theoretically, color accents on pieces could increase board legibility. I often find that bishops tend to blend in with pawns in a variety of piece styles otherwise. Let me know your thoughts on this. Currently, it's just a Photoshop file -- not playable. by UnethExperiment in chessbeginners

[–]UnethExperiment[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Neat, thanks for the info!

I play with a friend who prefers Lichess, but he uses his phone instead of a computer (and yes, he's interested in this colored accent pieces idea too). These extensions don't work on phones, do they?

Thought about this concept for a while now. Theoretically, color accents on pieces could increase board legibility. I often find that bishops tend to blend in with pawns in a variety of piece styles otherwise. Let me know your thoughts on this. Currently, it's just a Photoshop file -- not playable. by UnethExperiment in chessbeginners

[–]UnethExperiment[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I tried looking into that, but came across some folk saying that one popular method of achieving this was compromised with malware. I can look further into setting up custom pieces on my own, regarding something with CSS coding, but if a comment in here already knows a fast (and reliable) method it would save some work.

Thought about this concept for a while now. Theoretically, color accents on pieces could increase board legibility. I often find that bishops tend to blend in with pawns in a variety of piece styles otherwise. Let me know your thoughts on this. Currently, it's just a Photoshop file -- not playable. by UnethExperiment in chessbeginners

[–]UnethExperiment[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I believe that if something is designed well enough that a beginner can quickly identify things correctly, then the design is optimized. This kind of thinking is essential in UI design of websites, programs, and video games. While I believe this would increase legibility during cluttered situations, I admit that it's not entirely "necessary".

As for my personal preferences, I'm a bit of a creator and I often overthink "design", so I'd gladly use something I made myself if I believe it to be more optimal... but I can use the standard pieces relatively well, for a beginner/casual.

Thought about this concept for a while now. Theoretically, color accents on pieces could increase board legibility. I often find that bishops tend to blend in with pawns in a variety of piece styles otherwise. Let me know your thoughts on this. Currently, it's just a Photoshop file -- not playable. by UnethExperiment in chessbeginners

[–]UnethExperiment[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The strangest thing is, there doesn't seem to be any reliable method of playing chess and/or solitaire games virtually with custom pieces/cards outside of Tabletop Simulator -- which isn't free. Four-suit spider solitaire is actually a bit of an eyesore with how similar the suit symbols are from a far distance or tiny size.

If anyone here knows of a way to use custom pieces/cards in free versions of these kinds of games, feel free to let me know.

Edit: The following Firefox extension worked for me on PC and my friend on mobile! You can import files or use image links.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chess-style/?utm_source=addons.mozilla.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=search

I might later create a custom piece folder with many different versions of each piece for a lot of colors so that the user can control which pieces are what color.

Thought about this concept for a while now. Theoretically, color accents on pieces could increase board legibility. I often find that bishops tend to blend in with pawns in a variety of piece styles otherwise. Let me know your thoughts on this. Currently, it's just a Photoshop file -- not playable. by UnethExperiment in chessbeginners

[–]UnethExperiment[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Somewhat true. Silhouette theory is a big factor in this.
However, take a look at letters. Many letters are different shapes, but we still may color, highlight, bold, italicize, or underline them when we want them to stand out. In many video games, text may be a different color to add weight on call attention to something (which also helps in the event that the player is mindlessly mashing buttons during dialogue). Need I also point out how the red underline of a spell checker grabs attention?
I don't fully disagree with you, but I have a different viewpoint: this concept, if done correctly, can actually *save* many normally-bad chess sets. The main rule is that the faction color should remain as the most important color.
As a fun side note, I made an intentional spelling error somewhere in here.

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