Planned Solution for color blind players in Among Slimes

[KLsz]

[Figure 1: The ten colours of slimes in Among Slimes]​

I personally am moderately colour blind and I find it really difficult to tell some colours apart, like between cyan and white, or yellow and green.
So instead I suggest to add a letter to the back of the slimes' skin, to help colour blind players distinguish the colours.

Actually this is the second thread I've mentioned about the subject. I used to have a thread a year ago. It got escalated but I didn't know how to bump it, so it never made its way to be forwarded. That's why I want to remention it again here.

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I might want to ask you to leave a comment on your ideas about how this should be done, especially which specific letter to choose for each colour.
One of the scheme I will propose is as such: Red - R, Orange - O, Green - G, Yellow - Y, Cyan - C, Blue - B, Purple - P, Pink - P, White - W, Black - Nothing.
The reason why black is nothing is that black is already very dark, and is probably pretty much distinguishable even under Gray Scale.
However, I'm not very sure about Purple and Pink. I've tried to view it in Red-Green filter, Green-Red filter and Blue-Yellow filter, but I don't know exactly how a Tritanopia will really feel. I think this part may be upon discussion.

Thank you very much.

 

[Snowy54]

I agree. In my opinion, this is very useful. It's much easier to report dead bodies or someone that is acting sus.

 

[Katsia Stray]

I think protan would struggle the most here. Purple and blue would be similar, yellow and green, pink and purple, and maybe orange and yellow
I think this is a good suggestion, and another good one would be having their colour name as their nametag (idk if cube can do that tho)

 

[KLsz]

I think protan would struggle the most here. Purple and blue would be similar, yellow and green, pink and purple, and maybe orange and yellow
I think this is a good suggestion, and another good one would be having their colour name as their nametag (idk if cube can do that tho)

Thank you.

Actually players in Among Slimes don't have a nametag. Maybe it is because that a nametag would help you see other players through darkness. Although I do agree that it would be great if we do have the colour names on nametag.

 

[Katsia Stray]

Thank you.

Actually players in Among Slimes don't have a nametag. Maybe it is because that a nametag would help you see through darkness. Although I do agree that it would be great if we do have the colour names on nametag.

Actually yeah I see your point, a letter would be pretty good instead

 

[Amazinq]

Thank you.

Actually players in Among Slimes don't have a nametag. Maybe it is because that a nametag would help you see through darkness. Although I do agree that it would be great if we do have the colour names on nametag.

Nice one, It will fix that problem I guess :D
I would like them to solve it soon since I think it is something quite important!

 

[iTBD]

I agree, though adding a letter only to the back might not always help colourblind players, as sometimes you don't get to see the back of a player, but I don't know how that could be improved.

 

[KLsz]

I agree, though adding a letter only to the back might not always help colourblind players, as sometimes you don't get to see the back of a player, but I don't know how that could be improved.

That's an interesting thing. I'm actually thinking about it for quite a while.

Because on one hand I thought it would look strange if you put it on both side, like, maybe a little bit silly? And also it is not that a useful thing for most players. I don't think it is that important to put it on both side, and I think I will be pretty happy with numbers only on the back, as a colour blind person.
On the other hand, actually motorcycles and bicycles in real life only have number plates at the back of the vehicle but not in the front. I don't know how things work in real life, but it seems that it haven't caused much trouble yet.

 

[KLsz]

It seems that players from the Americas have just got online, so one last bump :)

 

[Catss]

I totally agree, making among slimes playable for more people is important. Maybe Pu for purple? I would love to see this implemented :3

 

[KLsz]

Maybe Pu for purple?

Actually minecraft skin is only 8-pixel wide so I'm not particularly sure if getting two letters in it will look nice.

But yeah, you are right. Instead of sticking to the first letter of the colour name, we can indeed make some differences between them, for example making purple „P.” and pink „P” would be an idea I think. There will indeed be a learning cycle if we use „P.” but I believe it won't be very painful.

 

[Snowy54]

Hey hey, I think this is a really good idea. I have an addition instead of a letter on the back, the color is then in the name tag. For example, if you see white walking, you will not see his username but just "White". You can't see through walls or through vents etc. I think this is a better plan, but be sure to let me know with a and I appreciate it if you let me know the reason :)

 

[KLsz]

Hey hey, I think this is a really good idea. I have an addition instead of a letter on the back, the color is then in the name tag. For example, if you see white walking, you will not see his username but just "White". You can't see through walls or through vents etc. I think this is a better plan, but be sure to let me know with a and I appreciate it if you let me know the reason :)

As I mentiond before, nametag would help you see other players through darkness when the electric is out. I believe the way Minecraft nametag works just doesn't really allow a solution here.

 

[Snowy54]

Yeah idk, do putting a letter on skins is not looking good. Do you have another alternative?

 

[KLsz]

Yeah idk, do putting a letter on skins is not looking good. Do you have another alternative?

I do agree the idea of making it as good-looking as possible. Although I don't think I have an another idea I believe.

 

[Snowy54]

Okay, then I agree with you. Also, this was a good suggestion and it's forwarded because you've 25 people that have agreed. Congrats!

 

[KLsz]

Okay then I agree :)

I do actually wonder if something stranger would work, like adding a pattern to the back of the skin instead of a clear letter. Yes, something like that would significantly increase the learning cycle, but I think a learning cycle under 15 games is pretty much acceptable.

 

[SpookyWarz]

- Forwarded

 

[Marieke2001]

Hello KLsz,

We discussed your suggestion with the server team and we have come to the conclusion to mark your suggestion as planned. We can totally understand that it is difficult for color blind people to see the difference between the colored skins. We will try to look into a solution to make this much more easier.