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Phreak wrote:

I thought, instead of showing the time, JUST the second hand would twist to point at the button/planet the mouse is currently hovering over. The planet getting pointed at would also glow white around the edges.

I also  changed "Settings" to "Options" and added "Story" for the story. I can change these if desired.

The buttons as I envisioned them:

Quickplay: Starts a random "Minigame" with random terrain and opponents.
Story: Plays the story levels.
Online: ("Multiplayer" was too long) Starts a connection process (of local or online?) players.
Options: Configure everything.
Help: Opens help window. (auto-opens on startup and can has a "Do not show on startup" checkbox.)
Credits: Credits and a "Contact Us" option somewhere.

Tell me what I need to do to it please.
http://img718.imageshack.us/img718/9053 … rsfull.jpg

So, about the quickplay I thought maybe you could select a premade map, or, like in Wc2, you could select your terrain, how many players/CPU's, and how big your map is. Then it would ranomize to your settings.

TheSuccessor wrote:

This equation, when graphed with the result plotted on the z axis, the x axis ranging from 0 to 1, and the y axis ranging from 2 to 3, creates a realistic mountain range:

I have no idea how to implement it but I found it in a book I got for Christmas and I thought you might be interested.

Bump this.

Last edited by TheSuccessor (2010-12-29 13:39:24)

TheSuccessor wrote:

TheSuccessor wrote:

This equation, when graphed with the result plotted on the z axis, the x axis ranging from 0 to 1, and the y axis ranging from 2 to 3, creates a realistic mountain range:
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/cbb181ce55.png
I have no idea how to implement it but I found it in a book I got for Christmas and I thought you might be interested.

Bump this.

you got a math book for chrismas?  you poor soul...

anyways, I think that algorithm is meant to create a mountainscape in a 3D space.  our game is going to be 2.5D, and tile-based, so it's not really applicable.

Why does the mountain have canyons in it? 

so for the main menu, we have:

Story (I think it should be called Campaign)
Quickplay
Online
Options (how about Settings instead?)
I don't think we really need a help button
Credits

Phreak and I were talking today, and we thought that it would be a good idea to have a sub-menu inside of ONLINE so you could look at leaderboards and look for others that would want to play with you, and you'd be able to chat in the game. (obviously)

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

OldWheezerGeezer wrote:

so for the main menu, we have:

Story (I think it should be called Campaign)
Quickplay
Online
Options (how about Settings instead?)
I don't think we really need a help button
Credits

Well, it's a story more than a campaign, and Phreak though that options sounded better than settings for some reason.

Can Online, multiplayer, and story be sub-menus for Quickplay?

Quickplay
----Online
----Multiplayer
----Story

Options
Credits

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

OldWheezerGeezer wrote:

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

Well, it's a story more than a campaign, and Phreak though that options sounded better than settings for some reason.

Can Online, multiplayer, and story be sub-menus for Quickplay?

Quickplay
----Online
----Multiplayer
----Story

Options
Credits

I think it would be Online; Random map in the quickplay menu. Quickplay isn't supposed to be a "play" button.

Phreak and I are currently talking on Skype, so we think this is how it should be:

-Quickplay
----Online
----Random Map
-Leaderboards
-Options
-Credits
-Help

where should Story go?

How about:

-Play
----Online
----Random Map
----Leaderboards
-Options
-Credits
-Help (what would we put here? oh, controls, tutorials. duh  )

Last edited by OldWheezerGeezer (2010-12-29 20:32:59)

alright. i made a second mockup, with more added on to it (i put in all the quickplay things). Phreak, if you could re-post the planet clock wallpaper, only with the "Realtime Strategy Game" deleted, as well as the smaller "Chrono Wars" and instead, put it in big letters across the top, then that would be perfect for the main menu background.

Last edited by OldWheezerGeezer (2010-12-29 21:43:32)

The planets THEMSELVES will be the "buttons". They will be semitransparent and have the words in them. SRR will post a rough draft I'll do tomorrow. I am still a "New Scratcher" so I can't post pictures or have a signature or anything. 

ScratchReallyROCKS wrote:

OldWheezerGeezer wrote:

alright. i made a second mockup, with more added on to it (i put in all the quickplay things). Phreak, if you could re-post the planet clock wallpaper, only with the "Realtime Strategy Game" deleted, as well as the smaller "Chrono Wars" and instead, put it in big letters across the top, then that would be perfect for the main menu background.

We're not doing the menu options on the side...

Actually, I think what he has is pretty cool, but we can do whatever. I'm not on the graphics design, so I guess I'm not really one to be talking 

Okay, to avoid confusion, heres a summary of the menu:
-menu options will be on the planets on the clock
-the clock's second hand will point to the selected option
-the option will glow when the hand is pointing at at
-the options are: quickplay, story, leaderboards, options, help, and credits, with their respective submenus.

pwiter wrote:

@SRR
Check DevOs website/fourms Sorry for brining it up here

Thanks for reminding me!