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| lord-jaffa:
--- Quote from: Nephasth on October 31, 2011, 11:02:26 am --- --- Quote from: lord-jaffa on October 31, 2011, 11:00:00 am --- --- Quote from: bkenobi on October 31, 2011, 10:55:38 am ---Layout looks fine to me as do the graphics (nice work). I do have a question is about the joystick graphics, though. I assume you are lining the center 2 joysticks up so that up is aligned with the larger diamond in the foreground. Are the outer players' joysticks also lined up this way? It appears that they would be based on the way you have not rotated the graphics. If that's your intent, that seems a bit awkward. If they are rotated from the center positions so that up is aligned with the buttons (as would typically be done), then your graphics are a bit confusing. I'd rotate the diamond and square for the outer position joysticks to eliminate any potential confusion. It would look better that way too, IMO. --- End quote --- I understand what you mean, the joystick graphics for P3/P4 are aligned so that Up is Up (ie towards the screen), the edges of the graphic are meant to symbolise the directions of play. --- End quote --- That seems to be the preferred way of mounting/playing P3/P4 joysticks, but it is a debated issue. But why 6 buttons for P3/P4? --- End quote --- To tell you the truth I havent got around to editing P3/4 buttons, I was considering leaving them due to the possibilitys of needing them for N64 games (mario kart etc) and a just in case scenario. For the most part its the Bubble Bubble section im having issues with! I can't decide if it looks ok the way it is and if its just going to look crowded if I put some of the other characters from it there. Also the admin buttons need changing, I dont need a Menu and admin button, since they are the same, so im considering moving all three over to the P1 side. |
| Malenko:
they need some sort of bubble bobble themed background art behind them instead of just black |
| bkenobi:
So is position 1/4 up vertical or 45°? I would assume they would be angled since that would create an awkward playing position with the buttons angled. If so (and I think that's the "normal" way of doing a 4 player curved panel), I'd still rotate the joystick graphics so they were consistent with the other player positions. As for N64...unless those are analog sticks (U360 for example), you will not be happy with them for playing those games IMO. I have 7 buttons with a digital stick per player and absolutely HATED N64 with that config. I picked up a couple Logitech Rumblepads and they are very good for almost all console games. They do not match the N64 controls for things like Golden Eye, but who would expect that! Overall, it looks really nice! |
| lord-jaffa:
3/4 are both angled directly up, so the sticks will be all set the same way (Up, down, left, right). Ive done this because it seems unnatural to play with the sticks angled differently from the directions on the screen and its how i remembered the old arcade games being (simpsons and tmnt!) As for their buttons, im considering just using 4, but this might mess with the uniform of the graphics if the buttons are all angled weird! As for the bubble bobble artwork, ive been trying to rasterise some of the images but not having much luck so far! |
| lord-jaffa:
I found some great artwork that id like to try but im unable to vectorise or rasterise it for some reason, anyone able to give it a shot? http://fav.me/d1083es |
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