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#1 2010-03-11 16:42:06

Stickman704
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Registered: 2009-01-31
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Menu first or gameplay?

If this should go in misc, chuck it in there   big_smile

If you are making a game, then do you put in the menu first or the gameplay?

I put in the gameplay.


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#2 2010-03-11 16:55:41

floatingmagictree
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Re: Menu first or gameplay?

I put in the menu first. But I never put in menus anyway, only 1 or 2 of my projects have them.

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#3 2010-03-11 17:02:24

archmage
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Re: Menu first or gameplay?

Gameplay first is a must. People waste time working on menus first and never make any gameplay.


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#4 2010-03-11 17:05:19

Stickman704
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Re: Menu first or gameplay?

archmage wrote:

Gameplay first is a must. People waste time working on menus first and never make any gameplay.

I KNEW you were gonna say that  big_smile


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#5 2010-03-11 17:16:53

RHY3756547
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Registered: 2009-08-15
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Re: Menu first or gameplay?

I always put in my gameplay first. But when I get to doing the menu I get booored because I try to make it really smooth etc. So far I have not released any of my projects with these menus.

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#6 2010-03-11 18:36:09

illusionist
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Registered: 2008-07-02
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Re: Menu first or gameplay?

Does this mean I've been doing it all wrong for two years?  yikes


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#7 2010-03-12 11:02:07

Stickman704
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Re: Menu first or gameplay?

illusionist wrote:

Does this mean I've been doing it all wrong for two years?  yikes


lol

There is no wrong or right answer. Archmage is just saying that menus do take a while.

How about if you create a starting porjects with a new game broadcast with no reciever on the end and then save that to your hard drive?


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