Main > Main Forum

Very Basic CP Layout - Comments?? [FINAL CP Design - PICS!]

Pages: << < (3/6) > >>

javeryh:

Thanks!  I think I like the second one better too.  I made another tweak by swapping the top row of buttons just to see how it would look but I think I am going to stick with design #2 unless anyone has any major concerns with it.



This one looks too cluttered on the right with the admin buttons on top of the action buttons...

_) (V) (-):

Just my $0.02

Most kids know where the ESC key on the keyboard lives, and what it does.
Might be easer if the QUIT to FE button was in the upper left hand corner.

You could also 'stack' em down the side and put the labels next to em:

O esc
O P1
O P2
O pause



Stobe:

I like this most recent one the best.  Since the right hand is more often free, it makes more sense to put the coin and P1 button on that side.

If you needed to free up a button (of your 8) for something else, you could always get rid of pause.  I'm building a cab for my daughter, and I can't imagine her getting into a game so much that she would have to pause it.  3 Lives on pac-man take her about 45 seconds :)

But if no other buttons are needed, then pause would be my next choice.  (Ah, I see now, its for the parent, not the child!... The pause button should be on top of the cab where the child can't reach it!)  Dinner time NOW!)

-Stobe

javeryh:

WOW!!! You guys are awesome.  These are fantastic ideas!  The reason I reversed the buttons to begin with was because I thought having the ESC button in the upper left would be really out of the way and there's no way someone would accidentally hit it - I just didn't like the way the other 4 buttons lined up on the top.  Of course it never dawned on me to make them vertical...  I also moved the action buttons and joystick to te left a little so my right hand wouldn't be resting where the admin buttons are. 

I might have to make the CP a bit taller but I think I have the room - as it stands now 6.5" might be tight for four buttons because I need to leave at least .75" on the bottom to accomodate the panel for the front of the CP.

Here's another mockup:



More thoughts?!?!?




javeryh:

Hmm.... I drilled out the admin buttons and the CP looks a little tall proportion-wise.  I'm going to finish making it tonight and see what it looks like.

Pages: << < (3/6) > >>

Go to full version