Unique icon for collab items
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we were helping someone use sky planner and they were confused on the collab iap vs event iap so a way to tell them apart would be helpful if you dont know where something comes from and just looking at the items pages
(hairs as example) being able to tell the two on the left arent available anymore might help new players tell when somethings gone forever
maybe a new icon or new colour of the iap hand?
Thanks for the feedback.
Yes, right now there's nothing that indicates if an item will or will not come back. In part because this is technically an unknown (we "know" that event items come back yearly but TGC could change this on a whim).
I could use one of these icons (Material Icons) but I'm still left with the question where I'd put it.
Right now these icon variants exist in Sky Planner:
Top left
- Season pass ultimate (orange heart)
- Season pass item (orange hand)
- Elder item (ascended candle) NOT SHOWN, BUG, WILL INVESTIGATE
- IAP (white hand)
- Season pass item (orange candle) NOT SHOWN, DEPRECATED, CAN PROBABLY REMOVE THIS
Since the limited item can be both an IAP or regular item (i.e. TLP Meteor Cape / Sword Outfit) it doesn't really fit here. We'd lose info on the type of purchase if this icon has priority. Or by using different colors of the existing icon it's not clear what's what at a glance, plus it reduces accessibility (although I'm no UX designer so there's probably lots of things that can be improved in that aspect).
Top right
- Season icon (dynamic)
Since the limited item can be a season item (TLP, AURORA) it doesn't fit here.
Bottom left
- Favourited item (star)
- Emote level (Lv. #), bumps the favourite star up a little.
Although favouriting an item can be used to get reminded when it becomes available, it's can still be used as a general purpose "I like this". Which means it doesn't really fit here either. Possible, but then you wouldn't see the star on limited items.
Bottom right
- Item unlocked (check mark)
- If the item icon is displayed in a spirit tree, IAP or anything else that can be unlocked it will be green if that specific node was unlocked and orange otherwise (i.e. if you get a season item during the season it will be orange in the TS tree).
Maybe the most potential, if you have the item it's less relevant to see if it's limited at a glance so the checkmark could receive priority over the new clock icon? You'd only see the limited item for items you don't have, indicating you won't be able to get them. Not completely foolproof since you wouldn't be able to look it up as easily for other people if you have the item yourself.
All in all, not an easy task for me without causing even more clutter. If you have any ideas for the icon please do share!
At the very least I should easily be able to add the info to the item page itself with a simple line of text (i.e. This is a limited item and will not return). That way, regardless of what we do with the icons (i.e. the checkmark idea in the paragraph about the bottom right), you can still see the info.
thanks for the thorough response
i didnt think about the current icons, but adding some text could also work (and could also be more visible than hovering over an icon or on mobile)