Purple/Pink in P:E setting

[Sedrefilos]

For some reason, the lately, in fantasy settings in video games, purple is related to magic. Don't know who started it

I have no prob with the colour though.

[Chilloutman]

Well my point is that many spell effects start be affected by elemental mantra - its fire based spell? ofc orange/red effects, water/ice? - blue/white effect, air/lightning - white/blue/pink (arcanum have yellow!), earth - green/brown not elemental? - pink/purple

 

I dont mind magic missile is pink, but I dont like still same boring concept of purple/pink 'Magic energy'. Magic fire can be green, or blue. And not all fire spells have to be orange. Not all mind affecting spells should create any glowing pink aura around head of victim. It breaks immersion for me. And from what I seen so far there are concept arts which show magic/casting as producing purple light - just not fan of it.

 

On the other hand, I must say I am very pleased with that outdoor screenshots around river. that map looks very cool.

 

Also nice to see that a lot of people think that I am idiot

Edited June 28, 2013 by Chilloutman

[Tagaziel]

I like it. More colours, more variety, less diluted diarrhea colour palette.

[Amberion]

While we're on the topic of color(and due apologies if this derails the topic too much) I just want to give my feedback that I felt that the icons(particularly loot and items) in IWD2 were very drab looking and hard to look at. I would like to see more vibrant UI elements, ALA BG2. Moar color please!

[Amentep]

If shades of purple isn't in for clothing, how am I going to create a fantasy Saints Row crew?

[exodiark]

Definitely one of the funniest poll results )

 

I vote for purple-ish pink because that color is simply uncanny and relatively rare to find in nature.

 

I'm against desaturating magic, because if PE world is full of magic, then you will find many areas in black and white, including your local shops or street lamps maybe? Purple can still be mixed with any colors and retain its vibrance, but desaturating simply make all colors bleaker and bleaker. To comply with this lore, the magical world will have to be bleaker in color.

[Gumbercules]

I'm against desaturating magic, because if PE world is full of magic, then you will find many areas in black and white, including your local shops or street lamps maybe? Purple can still be mixed with any colors and retain its vibrance, but desaturating simply make all colors bleaker and bleaker. To comply with this lore, the magical world will have to be bleaker in color.

 

True, but it could just be used for some types of magic, or in combination with other effects. For example, leeching spells could travel from the caster to the target as a desaturating effect, then return as an oversaturated effect to represent the "essence" being sucked out.

[exodiark]

Won't that be too jarring if there are lots of active casters in the party? I mean, there will be pockets of areas when the colors are inconsistent. This idea sounds good on the paper, but I'm still not sure )

[Gumbercules]

Possibly. It works in my mind, but it might not work in real life. I hope they try it at any rate.

[Lephys]

Won't that be too jarring if there are lots of active casters in the party? I mean, there will be pockets of areas when the colors are inconsistent. This idea sounds good on the paper, but I'm still not sure )

I dunno... based on the wording of the initial suggestions, I got the idea it was more of just a fleeting, visual effect tied directly to active spell visuals. Not like "omg, you cast lots of magic and now the kingdom is devoid of color!"

 

Just an "instead of this spellbolt generating a purple glow to signify how mysteriously arcane in nature it is, how about having it simply generating a "glow" of desaturation right around it as it is formed, leaves your caster's hand, travels to its target, and strikes?" kind of thing. *shrug*

[Sensuki]

Here's the one I remember from Baldur's Gate 2 from the Prologue. I think it is actually a spell effect but I cannot remember which one.

 

 

Pretty bad screencap but the animation itself looks alright (for 30FPS)

[Chilloutman]

you guys know that poll is public right?

 

just saying

[Labadal]

Not only did I know that, I also said which option I chose!

[Chippy]

Wasn't there an episode of Scrubs where they made a joke about the emotions evoked from a persons shirt colour?  Pink has a calming effect I think, while purple/red draws aggression.  Maybe I could go back and play DA:O as a pink mage and not draw aggro while firing off spells?. 

From a visual POV though I relate pink to IE magic missile and my warlock's puny eldritch blast - both of these bring back strong nostalgic memories of past games - mostly that feeling of slapping roses in the face of a charging bull, so it would be a shame if these colours were excluded.

[ravenshrike]

Pink is awesome. And the reason for that awesomeness is simple. Pink is the color your brain percieves as a graphical glitch. It goes "I've got Red, Orange, Yellow, Blue, Indigo, Violet, I'll output white... Wait, where's Green? I can't do anything without Green. AHHHHHHHHH!!!." and then you see pink.

[Kjaamor]

In Warhammer, pink, purple and pastel shades are the colour of the god Slaanesh, and there is precious little cartoony about him. Er... her. It.

 

The point is that it depends upon use and context, but as a general rule there is definitely a place for such things.

[JFSOCC]

My favourite colour, of course I want some exclusivity

[Lephys]

Pink magic = Breast Cancer Awareness magic. Duh, u_u.

 

Even gamers've gotta represent good causes.