Sorry, ratchet, but I think the sprite of JoGa looks much better.

wow, thanks ratchet for your effort!
Your idea is great, but I think I use the single model + sprite without a border because it can be seen good enought (I hope :D)
Bag and coins for trading. Book for details of the story. Paperscrolls are used for abilities, the player can learn.
I use the border for Items on the ground and the a little scroll of paper for the mouse-Icon, that chances if the player move the mouse over the NPCs.
First time, the player should be in contact with this guys, he will get a message, that he should talk with them so he should learn quickly for what this symbols stand for.
For those who want to see the icons: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7RPwof8-Es
The Icons are for testing not on the right place, so don't be bemazed .
I hope it's good now (I dont belive how much time is "wasted" for creating so little thinks) and thanks again for all your effort!

In motion, indee your icons attract the eye direcly ,no need for colour border
Keep it up !

Finished my clustering algorithm, works now like a charm with lower- and upper-bounds; spatial distribution is now taken more into account than before, see yourself:

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and because I don't want to bore you with algorithmic yaddayadda, here a shot of Michael, the main character of one of my personal projects - Razor for my Valentine, as I have worked on him in my spare minutes over the last few months:



The hair has to be improved, though - was my first trial with Cinema's mograph spline deformer.

His name is Michael and he`s black, but he looks like JustSid(`s old avatar) with that haicut. I smell a conspiracy.
Seriously: I like the model a lot. It looks interesting and has some unique style. Like a depressive mixture between emo and innocent cuteness, but with an evil touch. Keep it up! Good work.

That is a great summary for my character sheet thanks!

I'm looking good!

You have no eyes, what´s good about that? oO

Just imagine my avatar on his face ... yes, it's missing yet.

@HeelX - how do you determine cluster middles? searching for local density maximums somehow?