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#59625: "DEV - Make player houses colorblind friendly"

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Feb 16th 2022 02:55 • JoeProgram • This suggestion has not been analyzed by the developers yet:

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Feb 19th 2022 13:16 • wolmot • This suggestion has not been analyzed by the developers yet:

+1 I actually encountered this in 2 games already where I thought I had picked 4 greens (or 4 reds, what do I know :D), and it turned out 3+1 or 2+2 so I couldn’t select or play the tile I wanted.

I am more aware now, so on the available cards row I can check which shapes are on the cards.
But for cards already in hand this part is hidden - so now I check how many windows are in the card header but it is not that clear always (certainly on mobile)

Feb 19th 2022 15:43 • JoeProgram • Developers agree that it is a good idea and intend to work on it:

Ah, good point wolmot. I had been thinking about the facade tiles, but I hadn't thought about the cards, particularly when they're overlapping.

Thanks for the feedback! I'll spend some time brainstorming some solutions...

Feb 19th 2022 17:44 • wolmot • Developers agree that it is a good idea and intend to work on it:

Several games use some colorblind player option, that adds some extra symbol on the cards.
Maybe you could do that here also, and then have a symbol with the “most iconic” tile form per color (straight, square, L-shape, S-shape, …)

Just a thought…

Thanks for the great work so far!

Feb 20th 2022 16:46 • JoeProgram • Developers agree that it is a good idea and intend to work on it:

Results from colorblind simulator:

imgur.com/a/LHCvXNK

- Yellow looks like it's the most accessible, since its so light compared to the other colors.
- Purple is decent, except for total colorblindness
- Red/green is the most common, and probably the biggest issue
- Blue/green also gets pretty indistinguishable at for some people

Feb 21st 2022 21:18 • JoeProgram • Developers agree that it is a good idea and intend to work on it:

COLORBLIND MODE - OPTION A
imgur.com/a/g1GBOek

Here's my first pass at making a colorblind-friendly mode. The player would be able to enable this by clicking some sort of icon on the panel with their score.

Simulation Results: imgur.com/a/hgLAIMT

A few things I'm going for here:
- Ideally, markings don't change if piece is rotated or flipped
- Same markings can be used on the card and the board
- Markings work when change of color ability is applied

Feb 21st 2022 21:53 • wolmot • Developers agree that it is a good idea and intend to work on it:

Hi Joe, that looks great in my opinion, would be really helpful!
And I like you created something that stays the same when pieces rotate, I didn’t think of that yet.

Just fyi, you don’t *have* to create a custom panel icon for the setting, BGA has generic feature for the player options (that also allow to force reload the game when changed)
But my experience is that a lot of players don’t even know these player options exist, so a custom configuration icon can surely be useful.

Thanks

Feb 22nd 2022 03:24 • CraftyFlutterby • Developers agree that it is a good idea and intend to work on it:

The BGA game Century has a good solution for colorblind assistance.

There is a drop-down menu in the top right (3 dahsed lines) One of the options is Colorblind Support. The options are none, numbers or shapes.

The numbers have a number per color and everything with the same color has the same number.

The shapes have a different shape outline for each color.

The shapes and numbers do not appear on the card artwork. They do appear on the tooltips for the cards.

Feb 22nd 2022 14:50 • JoeProgram • Developers agree that it is a good idea and intend to work on it:

Thanks for the feedback wolmot and CraftFlutterby!

Feb 24th 2022 15:58 • JoeProgram • Developers agree that it is a good idea and intend to work on it:

Report short description
"DEV Ticket: Run Game Through colorblind filter"
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"DEV - Make player houses colorblind friendly"

Feb 24th 2022 16:00 • JoeProgram • Developers agree that it is a good idea and intend to work on it:

Cards and facade tiles have been supported in colorblind mode - just need to do a little more to make the houses work.

I also notice that when placing a polyomino, the supersaturated effects go away, due to how I've built the css. But it's kind of an interesting effect - and helps the one you're placing stand out a little more. I'll leave it as it is, and fix it if I hear it's bugging people.

Feb 25th 2022 14:42 • JoeProgram • Developers agree that it is a good idea and intend to work on it:

ok, red house has more saturation in colorblind mode - will be released with next build.

Feb 25th 2022 17:42 • JoeProgram • This suggestion has been implemented:

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