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javeryh's Woodgrain Cabaret Copy
Arroyo:
--- Quote from: javeryh on September 01, 2020, 11:02:11 am ---Do you remember how you set up the "press to pause / hold to exit" button in RocketLauncher?
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I'll get you some screen shots/walkthrough of the areas in the UI later today.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: BGoulette on September 01, 2020, 11:09:58 am ---The line weight of the boxes has been bothering me: I see they mirror the heavy stroke around the controls, but they dwarf the text they surround, and the high contrast white overpowers the much lower contrast red. Have you considered reducing the weight of the white stroke around the text?
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--- Quote from: Jimbo on September 01, 2020, 11:49:12 am ---I agree - the boxes are really high contrast and in your face. They pull your eyes away from the controls. With thinner lines that might even make it look better without the "how to play" line across the middle? Maybe also see if darker lines look better too?
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Hmmm... you guys may be on to something. How about this? The gray is more subtle than the white so now the focus is on the controls and the button names for the most part. The bend on the front lip starts at the bottom of the last line of text so the bottom of each box wraps a little bit.
EDIT: Looking at them side by side I like this newer version a lot better. Thanks!!
--- Quote from: Arroyo on September 01, 2020, 11:57:29 am ---I'll get you some screen shots/walkthrough of the areas in the UI later today.
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Thanks buddy - I can see the settings under General and Main tab in Rocketlauncher but I'm not sure what action to change. I guess it would be changing "ESC" on the keyboard to long press on "P" (with "P still being pause)?
Jimbo:
That looks much better! The arrow heads on the sides of "how to play" negate my previous point too! :)
Personally, I'd put the spinner back on there tho... ;)
yamatetsu:
And now for something completely different.
The last one is meant to go over the rounded edge and taper out towards the coin door.
javeryh:
--- Quote from: yamatetsu on September 01, 2020, 05:08:14 pm ---And now for something completely different.
The last one is meant to go over the rounded edge and taper out towards the coin door.
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I tried racing stripes in one of my (not posted) iterations and couldn't get it to work but I wasn't going straight down the middle. You gave me an idea so I messed around a bit but I'm not sure I like it as much without the stripes. It's almost too fancy! Also, I'm a little concerned (in all of these designs without the spinner and trackball) that the joystick is too far from the buttons (7" from center of joystick to center of first button).
I have to say, going down the front with the stripes is a pretty cool idea. So many possibilities!