a-b-street/abstreet

Better color schemes

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#74 opened on Jun 23, 2020

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Description

The game is pretty overwhelming visually. Map elements need more careful thought, especially zoomed in. It'd be quite useful to distinguish road type (the 3 colors zoomed out) also when zoomed in. There's a prototype in the sam_colors branch and various Google docs. It's also important to be friendly for various types of colorblindness. And there are some ideas floating around for different moods -- night, rain, autumn.

If anyone's particularly into colors, there are various google docs floating around I can dig up with notes.

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Research direction
Explore the `sam colors` branch for a prototype of improved color schemes, review any linked Google documents for notes on colorblindness and mood variations, and then propose or implement changes to the color definitions for road types and zoom levels.
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rust
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frontendaccessibility
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2
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1-2 days
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Stale
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Mostly clear
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70