Hi, so I’ve been developing a puzzle game lately. Certain game objects have unique behavior, so I figured adding in some sort of hint object the player can walk over to display some information about that object would be useful. However, I really don’t think the 2D hint image I came up with blends well with the rest of the objects at all…I was looking for some alternatives to make it look nicer, but I really have no clue.
Any ideas? Thanks 
One thing you may consider is just having the item change visually when hovered over by a mouse (or just when the character is near for mobile), such as shimmering slightly, or maybe getting outlined, changing transparency may also work.
When every I need to make super simple icons myself I use Google Draws. If you take the RGB colors of your other GUI elements the result should look pretty good and match your style.
Here is an example of something you can make in a few mins:
Good luck with what you’re making!
Thanks a lot! This definitely looks better than what I’m currently using, just wasn’t sure if I should keep going with the 2D hint indicator or maybe come up with something that’s an actual game world object, like a hologram or something more interactive.
Try it so that when the player hovers their mouse over an object it displays info on a text label, or, you can hover over it and it animates what it does(so actual footage of it working, make sure it’s transparent green).
