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Richard Phipps
Member #1,632
November 2001
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After feedback from several people, including one friend's 8 year old daughter I've decided to redesign the title screen for Sunny Ball. I'm going to remove the board selector from the title screen and have that in a seperate screen when a Play button is clicked. I want to put all the options, credits, about stuff under one Options button. When that button is clicked than all the options are displayed. Finally then I'd like to have an Exit/Quit button. So that makes only three buttons on the title screen (which is a lot simpler than previously). But before I settle on this 3 button idea I did some quick design mockups: http://www.reflectedgames.com/titledesign.gif The large yellow circle represents the Sunny Ball image/logo and the two yellow curves in C, H & I are where the text for 'Sunny' & 'Ball' will go. The normal Sunny Ball text could have the smaller sunny ball logo in the gap between the words as in the Demo. I'm not completely happy with any of the designs, but I'm leaning more towards 'I' myself. Any suggestions, thoughts on these? I think some people with more design experience and talent could help me out here! |
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Rampage
Member #3,035
December 2002
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I like D and F. Look more kid-friendly to me, and cleaner too. [EDIT] And A too. -R |
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Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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A, D, and H. D being the best. -----sig: |
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james_lohr
Member #1,947
February 2002
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I don't think "sunny ball" is enough text to make a full semi-circular arch. I like D best but I think it would look better if it had a sun somewhere on the right - maybe in the top right corner behind the text. What did you have planned for the background? It's going to look very bland if it's just one colour or blue gradients.
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Rampage
Member #3,035
December 2002
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I'd like to see a sliding pattern as the background. -R |
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Rick
Member #3,572
June 2003
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I like D, but people could take the rainbow sign the wrong way. ======================================================== |
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Radagar
Member #2,768
September 2002
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I like D the best as well. Chris Katko said: A, D, and H. D being the best. So your vote is for ADHD? Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder? ------------ |
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Richard Phipps
Member #1,632
November 2001
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I'm not sure about any of them to be honest. I seem to have problems doing good title designs! I can't do moving backgrounds because it would be too slow on old machines when dealing with high resolutions in true colour. Does anyone have any better designs, or ideas on how to make them look better, and perhaps less plain? |
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Rick
Member #3,572
June 2003
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Radagar He's just saying he like A, D, and H. But if he had to pick a favorite he picks D. ======================================================== |
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Radagar
Member #2,768
September 2002
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I like the Rainbow a lot. I'd stick with that If I was you. I'd go with D, but maybe put a Sun underneath the word "Ball" in the open area on the screen. Then maybe have a few sunrays drawn out towards the rainbow. Quote: Radagar He's just saying he like A, D, and H. But if he had to pick a favorite he likes D. Yes, I realize that. I just thought the coincidence that his reply had the letters in that order was funny. ------------ |
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Rick
Member #3,572
June 2003
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I would have a sparkle going down each color of the rainbow at different intervals. [EDIT] ======================================================== |
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Matt Smith
Member #783
November 2000
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I was gonna post what James Lohr did. Defo D with sun/logo in top right. The sunbeams should illuminate the buttons when you hover over them too. |
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Richard Phipps
Member #1,632
November 2001
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Wouldn't the sun logo unbalance things a little though? Perhaps I'd have to redo the text style/design to make it work for D. |
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Radagar
Member #2,768
September 2002
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Quote:
[EDIT] Well, just because I thought it was funny certainly doesn't mean there was any humor in it. I'm strange that way =) ------------ |
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spellcaster
Member #1,493
September 2001
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Just some advice from my girl friend: "interesting" designs place their contant normally not centered. I'd also place some clouds on top of the rainbow, just to make it appear more as a background item. -- |
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Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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Quote: So your vote is for ADHD? Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder? Well, that was uninten--ooh kitty! -----sig: |
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Eradicor
Member #2,992
December 2002
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D.. .just D. Well to be honest.. I dont like any of them, but i hate D. less than the others. So i guess it is my selection then. | Visit The site | |
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Richard Phipps
Member #1,632
November 2001
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I've been so utterly bored at work today that I scribbled down a few designs with a pencil. Even creased and crumpled it gave me a good excuse to use my scanner for the first time ever! Sorry about the quality, crumpled pencil drawings on lined paper aren't the best to scan. http://www.reflectedgames.com/titledesign.jpg There are two versions here (slightly different) and the design is based on the D mockup which everyone (including myself) seemed to like the most. I've taken into account Spellcaster's recommendations and I think it works well. The second design seperates the rainbow from the menu text, but I think this makes the design worse. Also more menu text will be present under the options menu anyway. What do you think? C&C please! |
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23yrold3yrold
Member #1,134
March 2001
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Kewl. -- |
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Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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I like the top one better. As long as the text is big enough and colored correctly, you'll be able to easily distinguish the text from the rainbow/etc. As for it in general, I like it. -----sig: |
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Radagar
Member #2,768
September 2002
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Quote: Well, that was uninten--ooh kitty!
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Rampage
Member #3,035
December 2002
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I like fhe first one. Will those clouds be scrolling? -R |
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Richard Phipps
Member #1,632
November 2001
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Ok, here's how the new title screen currently looks ingame: http://www.reflectedgames.com/titledesign2.png I think I need to use a bigger and different font for the new option titles and tweak the colours for the small text at the bottom. Apart from that I think the design works well. What do you think? EDIT: Picture re-edited after Miran's comment. |
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miran
Member #2,407
June 2002
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Font needs to be bigger, and it could use a shadow or outline or something to make it stand out more... And the sky gradient is upside down -- |
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Richard Phipps
Member #1,632
November 2001
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Ooopps! You are a winner! I've redone the gradient and removed the text so I can play with adding some fonts in PSP. Any suggestions? Cheers! |
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Run with it.
