Which style?

Atrej

Hello,
Fellow game dev here from Ragemode Entertainment!
We are currently developing a 2D puzzle game for iOS and Android, and I need your help to decide which art style looks better (or neither):

Stinger88

From a user point of view 2nd is way more readable.

chrilley

I agree with Stinger88.

I think the darker outlines makes the sprites pop better against the light background.

lotet

second, though I dont like the weird lines connecting the squares in it

Atrej

lotet wrote: »

second, though I dont like the weird lines connecting the squares in it

Ok maybe I should explain the gameplay a bit:

Player can move block-rows and block-columns whenever there is at least one adjacent block connected to the row/column.

Player solves levels by flicking the first/last blocks of the rows/columns to the corresponding knobs.

About the "weird lines": I thought that they would show the player how the blocks are connected to each other.

Brian "Panda" Choi

I like 1. I feel like the colors, as long as they're that contrasting in terms of hue, is good. It feels light and fluffy.

I read the second as more pixely.

Atrej

More screenshots:

chubbycat

While the first does have a nice style to it, the second is definitely easier to read. This is especially the case in your top two most recent images above. It's very hard to see the white boxes in the first image, whereas they are a lot more obvious in the second.

DireWolf

Second

lotet

If connecting blocks is a gameplay thing, I would make it a lot less subtle then just two lines

Greg Westphal

I like the rounder corners of the first one, both on the blocks and on the floor grid pattern itself. I feel like if you did that with the black lines then highlight the outside with white it would be really nice.

clinington

Second, it's so much easier to read!

Fogger

I like the first, the colors seem to stand out as it is no need for a dark outline.

Atrej

Thanks for the feedback you all! I think I will go with the second style simply because it is more distinct for the player.