GUI of Ralph the Raven (need c&c!)

Minimi · Tue 18/05/2004 18:27:08

Hi there!
I worked all day on a new GUI, for my MAGS game Ralph the Raven.
I'm pretty happy with the result, but I wonder what you think of it, and if I should spell something different or make it better?!

When the mouse is over the buttons, they will light up alittle, and this bar is shown on the bottom of the screen. This is my first own GUI, so I'd really like to hear some opinions!

thanks in advance!

ps: the bluecup, was just a quick testobject I drawed

Ginny · Tue 18/05/2004 18:32:35

I like it a lot, nice coulouring that should fit your art nicely (as seen in the GiP forum). Only gripe would be that it's a bit hard to tell that one of the buttons says: "I.act", as in interact. Maybe replace that with use or just act..
Nice blue cup!

MrColossal · Tue 18/05/2004 18:42:57

my only concern is that all the verbs we'll be using throughout the game are so small and shoved into the left side of the GUI while the buttons we won't be pressing as often are so large and in charge

Chicky · Tue 18/05/2004 18:59:08

brilliant minimi , really like it. But i think you should do what eric said.

.. · Tue 18/05/2004 19:19:47

Yeh I agree with whate been said.

I think U should swap the verbs with 'Help Credits and info'

It's just I dou bt I'd hardly ever use these buttons if I were playing.. If not at all

stuh505 · Tue 18/05/2004 21:37:34

also I think you should change "I.act" to "use" (because "Act" means something a bit different and I couldnt figure out what "I.act" was until it was mentioned here)

InCreator · Tue 18/05/2004 23:34:16

Only problem with this GUI is that it's hard to read. Maybe try changing color or color different buttons with different colors so eyes can catch them by different color groups? Text is very little too.

Phemar · Wed 19/05/2004 05:42:05

Here's a little paintover:

I couldn't tdo the whole GUI as I ran out of time...You can basically see what I've done.

I made the interaction buttons a wee bit too dark...whoops...I also lost some color during GIF conversion...whoops...

Peter Thomas · Wed 19/05/2004 06:00:03

I really like the look of it minimi.

Zor, I like yours also, however the black on brown can be a little patronising, per se. The words walk/look etc should be the brighter ones so the focus is clear.

And yeah, as has been said, swap the sizes. Apart from that, I love it.

Minimi · Wed 19/05/2004 11:27:28

Thanks for all the comments! I followed some of the advice, and this is my new GUI (with also the game graphics

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2X :

I've put my mousepointer on one of the buttons, to show that they light up

Is this better?

Peter Thomas · Wed 19/05/2004 11:56:10

Much better. I really like that. It matches the art style/colours perfectly.

InCreator · Wed 19/05/2004 12:19:05

Yes, better indeed. Maybe you could do another tiny improvement? Make text color pure white when mouse is over button!

Ginny · Wed 19/05/2004 16:38:51

Yes, do that. Other than that, it's great! Nice raven, too

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Darth Mandarb · Wed 19/05/2004 17:50:52

Much improved!

As InCreator pointed out you might make the mouseOver a bright white (as the two muted colors get lost in one another).

Other than that, great job! It looks promising!

Keep it up buddy!