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Why should your fantasy game be limited by something like "health". Whether you die should be based on vibes.
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Nethack (and derivatives) is pretty much the only game I know of where the health potions may or may not be red.
And I guess Dark Souls... It's more of an orange than a red. But maybe that's just the color of the flask. Idk what the substance inside looks like. π€·π»ββοΈ
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My health potions are red, also, pulp free is not an option. >:)
Similarly to how paprika chips come in blue bags and salted chips come in red bags. Anything else is heresy. Unless you live right across the border, where it's exactly the opposite.
I hate dragons. Controversial take but like just come up with some other mystical creatures! have some fun with it! if rather interact with a pink unicorn plushie than fight another dragon
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Daggerfall!
Looking at you, "Dragon Age" Veilguard.
Bright red barrel of aircraft grade fuel.
Shoot it.
Spawns a leak.
//FPS players mind's implode//
It's true.
Rules are meant to be broken - apart from when they aren't.
You can change any aspect of the world any way you like, but only if doing that is critical to your universe and story.
Messing up without reason conventions that are well established is a dick move, unless the whole point of your work is to screw with people.
Also you need to consistently break conventions once you do it or you really screw with people and make a shitty world.
Overlord the anime has a whole arc about the protagonist using his immense power and influence to have people start research on how to turn blue potions red.
Not sure if this is more or less of a problem for people wtih red-green colorblindness.
On the one hand, it's harder to differentiate at all. On the other hand, it kind of removes that established expectation and keeps you in the habit of adapting.
Electric element. Team Yellow vs Team Blue, FIGHT!
what do you mean? electricity is purple
Electricity is yellow.
Blue would be water.
What game would actually use blue?
Blue-white lightning icons/symbols are quite common, I would think.
Slay the Spire comes to mind:
Then again, there are some yellow ones, too:
Crackly blue is water? I'd even think ice before water.
There is (was?) an electric power provider in Germany by the name of Yellow. Their whole marketing was "electricity is yellow!"
Reminds me of that overwatch character with the yellow healing aura and the green speed aura. Just why?
Because his default coloring is green and yellow I'd guess
Yeah but the healing aura should be green and the speed one should be yellow
Green means go.
And yellow means, uh, holy light, or something.
I ain't played no Overwatch, but I all but guarantee that's what it is.
Idk, he's a Brazilian roller-blading sports-loving DJ...
I think most likely scenario is he was green and yellow based on the Brazilian flag, green means "go", and there was only one other color left for "heal", so it's yellow.
Oooh i think his name is Lucio. These colours, from what i know, depend on which skin you have on
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My world is shattered.
I think I was thinking of Mercy. But I guess her angelic yellow beam is more God's Wrath than it is Pastor Cures Your Back Pain anyway.
Yellow means βYello? I donβt got all day!β
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I color code all my info. (..) Green means go, so I know to go ahead and shut up about it. Orange, means orange you glad you didnβt bring it up. Most colors mean donβt say it.
- Michael Scott
See also: video game AOE FX.
Big glowy green area? Could be a healing aura, could be poison. Good luck!
Purple: Magic??
Green: Life/death??
Red: Life/fire??
Blue: Magic/cold??
Honestly the only colour I don't feel uncertain about is orange, that's always bad.
Also on the topic of health potions, a great piece of advice I once heard was that if your players are in a foreign land, remove health potions. Give them health biscuits and watch them reconcile with God.
FFXIV the stack markers are close to orange... and long time ago it had Bard having a fire circle that damaged enemies but not allies, yet the tanks thought it was bad and would drag enemies out of it. Probably why they removed that one.
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Nah this one is easy.
If it's green and sparkly, it's a good thing. If it's green and bubbly, it's a bad thing.
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How about Oblivion where every potion, including drugs, are red?
FWIW, potions are drugs.
except the ones made from potatoes and cheese, those are just soup
Still heals HP. Definitely a health soup.
Why not both?