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ZeaLitY

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« on: June 11, 2005, 08:13:57 pm »
Ok, check out this page:

http://web.archive.org/web/20010405045759/http://www.chronoshock.com/

What I notice with that is how active and organic the old Chronoshock website seemed to be, even if this was not the case. For some reason, the Compendium frontpage just doesn't seem as cluttered or vibrant. I'm puzzled how to fix or improve this, however. What do you think?

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« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2005, 08:27:10 pm »
Well, in order for a page to seem more vibrant, it has to appear to have multiple things happening at once...which is accomplished on the Chronoshock website by using large fonts for titles (which segment the frontpage) and dissimilar colors used for different sections.  It appears, quite simply, to be disjointed.

Also, the Compendium frontpage uses a single background texture that underlies all other textures.  This makes it seem as if it's all on a single plane, a single background layer, to use a more emulator-oriented term.  Whereas Chronoshock appears to have raised areas (the dark grey) and flatter areas (the black, the text).  It just gives the appearance of depth, as opposed to linearity.  

Does that make any sense at all?

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« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2005, 08:51:59 pm »
Yes, definitely. The Compendium does look like a sharp, crisp LCD screen with a TV show about virtual reality planes on as opposed to Chronoshock's old CRT about mountains. Hm, this is an interesting consideration...

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« Reply #3 on: June 11, 2005, 09:14:12 pm »
Personally, though, I very much like the sleek look of the Compendium.  It gives it a flavor that every other dime-a-dozen game-fan website doesn't, which is one of professionalism.  

I say, leave it as it is; it belongs this way.  Yeargh.

~.C.S.~

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« Reply #4 on: June 11, 2005, 09:18:55 pm »
Okay. I might still look into something else useful to put on the frontpage.

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« Reply #5 on: June 13, 2005, 06:54:48 am »
i've always thought the Compendium looks very unique...All those black & grey game fansites are so bleh i don't bother to look around at their stuff because it's all the same anyhow...