[SUG] Add Exit to default style

[WillLem]

In this topic, Guigui asked about an exit for the default style. It's the only main object not accounted for, and it seems worth adding one.

The questions, then, are - do we all agree that the default style should have an exit, and if so, which exit should we add? I'd suggest one of three options, in order of preference:

1) Crystal exit - it's the most generic-looking of all the OG-style exits, arguably the most recognisable, and tends to fit with most level designs.

2) Design our own - if we do this, I'd suggest using the Crystal exit as a base, and recolour it with as neutral a colour scheme as possible.

3) Pillar exit - since the other default objects (i.e. Entrance and Water) are from the Pillar style, it makes some sense to add the Exit from Pillar also. Counter-point would be that the colour of this exit is perhaps a bit too specifically identifying as Pillar, making it less suitable than Crystal.

[jkapp76]

I vote for option 2. Recolor the crystal Exit.

[namida]

The Pillar exit has the typical background, unlike the Crystal one's solid red color. I'd vote for it over Crystal, though I'd still say recolor it to be a bit more generic. (Of course, the modified-crystal custom one could also add that background.)

However - I also think you're being a bit too quick to rule out (a modified version of) the Marble exit, too. I think it would work well as a generic one - it's somewhere inbetween straight-edged and rounded. Yes, it's made of bricks which might at first glance feel tied to the Marble style, but I feel like there might be other styles even more associated with (a different color of) bricks...

[WillLem]

The Pillar exit has the typical background, unlike the Crystal one's solid red color. I'd vote for it over Crystal, though I'd still say recolor it to be a bit more generic. (Of course, the modified-crystal custom one could also add that background.)

Looking at the available exit doorways, Marble's probably has the best:



Pillar and Crystal are both a single solid color. Pillar's blue is definitely more suitable for a generic variant than Crystal's red, but we should include the 'grass' detail from Marble for sure.

However - I also think you're being a bit too quick to rule out (a modified version of) the Marble exit, too ... I feel like there might be other styles even more associated with (a different color of) bricks...

Yeah, Marble's exit would probably be my second choice after a Pillar/Crystal amalgamation. I like your own Laboratory exit as well for similar reasons; the brick theming and the fact it can be recoloured to pretty much anything whilst still looking instantly recognisable.

A Pillar/Crystal exit would still be my first choice, though. It just has that iconic "Lemmings exit" shape. I've gone ahead and created a possible "default" variant:



I just greyscaled it for now (we'll likely want to do something a bit more imaginative than this), added the grassy meadow doorway, and used the flame colours from Pillar.

This is not intended as a final version by any means. I'm hoping someone with more graphics savviness than me (dex? jkapp76?) will do something better. I just think it helps to have something visual in the meantime.

[namida]

It occurs to me that you've basically reinvented namida_machine's exit at this point:



I personally would think of the Dirt / Marble exits as being the iconic ones. But, Dirt is not really the best for generic-ifying.

[Guigui]

No real opinion on this so far here, though I'd say that putting default entrance and exit side by side would definitely help choosing the latter.

[WillLem]

It occurs to me that you've basically reinvented namida_machine's exit at this point:

Heh, unintented coincidence.

The exit I posted is intended as a baseline, not a finished product. I imagine it'll be recoloured to something a bit less monochrome-looking.

Open to ideas. Hopefully some of our better artists (Jeremy, Dex, Lana, Giga, Turrican, Zanzindorf, et al.) will have a go at making something...