Hello peoples.
I have made new game icon for my game (Escape IceCream Obby)!
So I need feedback, Thank you!
It’s alright. But I don’t like the fact that it looks like one of those generic clickbait obby thumbnails. When creating a thumbnail it is important to make them unique!
I dont think how my icon is “Clickbait” if my game has what it shows. I really use time for makeing good obbies. I even model everything. I dont know how much more unique I can make this XD!
export this all into blender and you can make this look a lot better
A good litmus test for whether an icon is good is “can someone who knows nothing about it get a vague idea of what the game is about just from the icon?”
The answer here would be a firm no. No indication that it’s an obby and definitely no indication that this is meant to be ice cream. At the very least you could show obstacles or, better yet, show people jumping over obstacles and away from the… thing.
As what @ItsPlasmaRBLX said, it looks generic for the common obby type of clickbait that it’s not even good.
You see, Icons and Thumbnails have to be good and appealing because it’s the first thing that the player will see. Players tend to judge a game based on what’s shown in the cover.
I recommend importing in blender, add an HDRI, change the materials, experiment! There’s a lot of tutorials in youtube that will guide you, then take it to Photoshop and tweak things one last more.
I think the text under the icon tells everything ! It would be Escape IceCream obby!
I think I would not mess my icon with text what is under the icon more cleaner!
But I will try to put it in blender and make something with lightning!
Text tells everything, but text is processed eons slower than images by the brain (60,000 times slower if you want the numbers).
If you want someone to stop scrolling because they think your game is for them, the icon needs to provide that information.
I will try make version where is text!
Here is the icon with text if someone wants see it!
Question: Is the black good in the background or would white be better?
I think you should get a different and more dynamic angle that isn’t just the face. Make it more vibrant so that it doesn’t look like a generic obby icon.
Well said @ItsPlasmaRBLX
We all have seen many adventure obbies with its game icon which looks like clickbait. The game icon here generally looks like one
I was thinking for a logo for this game as if its an ice-cream monster standing with two legs two arms, sharp pointy teeth, in a zombie style chasing motion pose, while looking down at a guy posing as if its escaping from it.
I like the icon, it’s eye catching. And the viewer would be more likely to click on it to see what the creature is. Now if I were you, I would try to add the title of the game onto the icon. But this is still a great icon!
I think having it zoomed out would help people tell that it’s ice cream, as well as being able to show a bunch of players running away from it.