I have a simple UI selection tween and I turn the text/icon to red when a player clicks it. I want my UI to have this ‘grungey’ feeling to it but when it turns to red, the grunge looks more like blood splatter:
Should I change the color from red to something else? Or am I overthinking it. Here’s the Xbox Guidelines for games:
Since that looks really close to blood, why not try an effect on the icons similar to the font you’ve chosen? Instead of additive grunge, give it an antique “crinkled paper” kind of look. Not exactly sure how you’d go about this in photoshop or etc. But might be worth researching.