Hey, this isn’t exactly development, but I am putting it here to grab the attention of developers.
I think it would be really useful to have an animated logo that content creators can use to promote the game.
Something like this but for Lost Citizens.
The game is having a bit of a PR crisis in terms of brand recognition.
- The top left of the game client is called 2004Scape Game
- At first the Server was called Lost City
- Now its called Lost Citizens
It seems like we finally have a solid and permanent brand: “Lost Citizens!”
Can we contract to have an official static AND animated logo for content creators to use?
If the team has any graphic design or animation talent, this will go a long way for brand recognition.
Something like:
Lost Citizens
Preservation. Authenticity. Nostaligia.
A header title with some subtitles. Perhaps a sword to harken back to the old 2004 logo.
The promo stuff would scare me cuz I would think it could get this place Jagex’d, adding branding could make this look more like a competitor.
Being concerned about getting Jagex’d is valid.
Having a brand, however, won’t be the straw that breaks the camel’s back… Or even on the camel’s back for that matter.
Mudkip and other YouTubers with hundreds of thousands of collective subscribers are playing the game and making content for it.
Jagex knows.
They’ll either take it down or not. Whether it gets taken down has to do with:
A. Jagex’s will: They either will attempt to take action or not.
And
B. Legal arguments: They would either win a legal court case or not.
And
C. Lost Citizen Devs’ Will: They would either choose to defend the project legally or decide it’s not worth it and close the project.
It might be comforting to imagine that we as a player base have some sort of control over the outcome, but it’s unrealistic. Hiding in the shadows or pretending to be would be only fooling ourselves.
The project is open source, online, and well established in the Runescape zeitgeist.
The best thing we can do now is enjoy it to our very fullest, whether that’s for weeks, months or years.
I think content creation is an important element in that Joy. Having a flag to stand behind will only unite and galvanize our community.
Long live the Lost Citizens.
We are lost; not forgotten.
If you guys make a Lost City logo I wuold enjoy it the most if it looked like the good Jagex logo, all blocky with cogs. If you guys made it an animation parts of the letters cuold spin around on appropriate axises before locking into place.
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