Hello and welcome back,
This week we have re-traced our steps and got back down to basics to do a re-design on our code to allow us to have a more flexible and re-usable framework. While doing so we took the time to also look at the basic features, and Interface aspects of the game and decided to add and change some of these. This week we got the following done:
- Toggle between full screen and windowed mode
- A Melting Cube logo
- Story Mode progress* (Josh got hurt in a sport accident so this has been put on hold until he's feeling up to it.)
- Interface changes. (Main Menu teaser below, made to look more toon-like)
- Complete redesign of the client's layout hopefully improving speed.
Now before I post the little teaser, I do want to wish Josh luck in getting better.
Please post any opinions on, and suggestions this Interface is new and well looks a bit similar to my original version and thus I won't be surprised if you want a change or two. My biggest question being should I re-include the "remember me" check box? The toon look was achieved by working with a new text idea as well as including a slightly different wood effect. A background change was planned, however the wood did not look good on our other outputs.
I like the style, but i don't know if it was due to the method of capture, but it seems a little dark to me. Maybe since its a wood-like surface, you could leave the wood dark, to keep the dark-stain look, but make the letters look like they were just carved out, so they could be lighter underneath as they would be un-stained wood.
I like the concept of a "remember me" button for remembering the username, but only the username. Otherwise you need to deal with encryption of a settings/config file
Otherwise, looks cool.
P.S. i'm intrigued by the background in the screenie. Very cool lush-look