Logo Critique for a software business

[Fernando Balandran]

Hi, I am new to this forum. A bit about myself I am a programmer, web dev, apps and games dev. I've never considered myself the artistic type. I followed a bunch of youtube designers and tried to learn the process of designing a logo. I did some mind mapping with related words. I sketched around 30 to 40 ideas on paper, and these five were the ones I liked the most.

I was trying to convey something about programming, pixels, and maybe something about building software, and yes I know logos don't have to mean what your business do. It is really harder to come up with abstract logos. I really thought some looked really clean, and professional, but I could never know what's too simple or too clean. It was really tough to come up with ideas in the beginning, but I gave it my best try. Either way I will keep working on my artistic skills, I really enjoyed working on this logo on paper.

Thanks for the critiques in advance!

 

[hankscorpio]

They're all fairly complex - which is not good for a logo.

3 is the best option here

 

[Wardy]

Yes, three has something different about it, but you're not too good at choosing fonts.
You need a smart, rounded font to go with that I think.

 

[MrJoe10]

Go with the third option.

 

[Fernando Balandran]

Thanks for the replies. Yeah I'm not too good at picking fonts. I'll revise #3 and see if I can get it to look better.