TL;DR
Change working lab color based on researched science tier.What ?
When starting NPE tutorial we have this new lab for our research: At first I though it was a suprise from developers unmentioned in any FFF.
I expected to later in game see labs changing colors to:
-green, when researching something that requires logistics SP,
-blue, when researching something that requires chemical SP,
-and so on...
But it seems like that lab was just a special type for the purpose of the tutorial.
So the idea is to actually use the logic I expected.
Why ?
-More variety in lab look throughout the game advance. Less weariness with the same graphic from the start to post-rocket game.-Better player immersion (no GUI required to determine level of curr. research advancement - you can just look at the labs itself and get an idea of how advanced the researched tech is)
-It looks cool.