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Changes to Runes

A Most Shadowed Descent
A downloadable game for Windows

With only 2 days until the launch of version 3, one would think time would be spent putting final polish or writing up a design analysis.

Nope! I decided to remake the runes in A Most Shadowed Descent.

Previously, I changed the lighting so Runes and Clues stood out more and were easier to locate (as seen below):


I really liked that change, but found difficulty in telling the runes apart at a glance when casting. I'd been thinking about this for a few weeks and had to question why I liked the newest tutorial rune I had created.

Then it hit me, the runes were too rectangular and the runes for "Voice" and "Expanse" were too similar. So I buckled down, redesigned the stones, and remade the "Voice" symbol.

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