Hoping for some ideas on a graphical way to communicate a concept.
In GRIFT, a satirical game about fraud and crypto, there is a critical action called Wash Trade. Here's how it works:
Pick an asset and set that asset's value equal to how much money you currently have. The max increase per turn is $5
Ex: You have an asset worth $3, and $12 in hand. Turn 1, you can wash trade the asset up to a value of $8 (max +$5). Turn 2, it can go to $12 (= the $ you have in hand)
Right now I have a reference card for this action, but it's a bit... wordy. Preferably, I'd like a way to remind people about this rule with a large image that clearly conveys what you can do.
Any thoughts about a good way to convey this somewhat complicated idea?
@zhoekstra Hmmm... Depends on the art style I suppose. The first image that comes to mind is sort of a political cartoon look, where the guy's "shaking hands" and exchanging checks labeled 1 bazillion dollars with his reflection.
Another is someone slapping a handmade price sticker on a garbage can with a similar "APPRAISAL: very valuable much wow" sort of vibe, perhaps signed APPRAISED BY: me.
Alternatively some sort of "100% positive reviews, review count: 1 pic?
@zhoekstra If I’m reading this properly, a simpler way to explain the action is: “Increase an asset’s value by $5. The asset’s value cannot exceed the amount of money you have.”
If that’s true, the icon can simply be “+$5.”
@zhoekstra If it’s vital to have the Max in the icon - like, if that’s often the gating factor, then maybe “+$5 Max”, or an upward arrow with a horizontal line across its top instead of Max.
The important thing is to key off the $5, as that’s a simpler concept to explain, and handle max as an edge case.
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