Quote: Original post by Trapper Zoid
I am uncertain as to exactly how much extra significance the Emblem has to have, rather than just representing a person or group.

For the game I am presently considering for 4E5 there will be a bunch of emblems, but the main Emblem will be a symbol representing the main hero character in some fashion similar to that of the 'Z' for Zorro symbol, or more accurately to what I envisage: the stick figure used for The Saint.

However I doubt it will have any other significance other than representing the hero and possibly some aspect of their personality or their past (in a fairly superficial way).

Is that enough? I don't particularly want to have to put a fairly contrived explanation into the game about embuing some extra meaning like "the fight for truth and justice" into this symbol, when it's really just an identifier.

Quote: Original post by Acapulco
Just like to clarify: my game will include several emblems representing several aspects of a central concept of the game, which is represented by a composite of the emblems in a big, over-arching super-emblem: is this ok?

Quote: Original post by superpig
No, that's fine. I didn't necessarily mean that it needs to have abstract significance - it might be as simple as having a letter 'T' in a particular font/style representing the organisation the player works for or something like it.

You could try the following question as a litmus test: If you see a poster with your emblem on it at a game store, will you have a good idea of which game it's referring to?

Quote: Original post by Trapper Zoid
Although it does mean that anyone using an existing symbol, like a nation's flag or insignia, should probably modify it a little to make it unique to their game.

Quote: Original post by PunaProgrammer chris
So, in a UT style game, if the emblem of the tournament was put on all the weapons, pick-ups, devices (i.e. jump pads), etc. and it was put in the menu, would that qualify? There really isn't any other way I can think of implementing it in the game I'm doing, unless I start making it way more story based.

Quote: Original post by baldurk
One thing the contest page says is that the emblem can't just be slapped onto menus and the UI, but my game is about 95%-100% UI. Would it be sufficient to have the emblem for example always present in the upper left of the screen?