The NEW Build Your Own Arcade Controls
Main => Main Forum => Topic started by: javeryh on February 04, 2008, 04:18:52 pm
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OK, I'm really actually truly coming into the home stretch with respect to my cabinet and I need some help with my Mala layout and tying it all together. If someone agrees to help and I like the design you come up with I'll gladly send some money via PayPal ($20? - whatever is fair). The initial layout designed by superbigjay (HUGE thanks!!!) is attached for people to tinker with and here's a pic of how it looks at the moment:
(http://bp1.blogger.com/_CXccc8RIW9I/Rx4NLp4DKSI/AAAAAAAAAh4/2VKMSVFbXNM/s400/bella+H.jpg)
Here are the things I want to change/refine:
1. Font Choice: I want to change the font from "Arial" to something that blends in with the theme a little more. I think I like "Boingo" (http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=boingo). I wanted to use the same font that was used for my marquee ("Blackcurrant" http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/device/blackcurrant/black-alternates/) just for consistency but I don't think it's free to download... plus, I kind of like the look of "Boingo".
2. Font Layout: Right now the way things are set up some of the lettering gets chopped off at the top and bottom of each game name (like "j" and "g" get the part that hangs down cut off). I'm not sure what's wrong here but is there is a way to increase the field for each game name or something?
3. Background: I want to add some of the colored flowers from the marquee to the pink background - you can make them subtle/transparent or whatever looks nice but doesn't draw your eye right towards them. Just place a few of them randomly with different colored centers and different sizes (exactly like my marquee). Alternatively, maybe you could make the "Bella's Arcade" flower logo transparent, blow it up and use it as the entire background - I just don't know what we would do with the resulting dead space where the logo currently resides though. The original files of the marquee and the logo are available HERE (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UAE3T1N8) and HERE (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=KAUV6AHO).
4. Overall Layout of Information: Here is a crude sketch to show what information I want placed in each box on the layout. Also, if it's possible you can remove the "X game out of Y number of games in the list" stat that is underneath the logo right now (you will see what I mean when you load the current layout).
(http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/4065/malalayoutbellaoa1.th.jpg) (http://img244.imageshack.us/my.php?image=malalayoutbellaoa1.jpg)
5. Instruction Card: I'd like some sort of instruction card to go in the bottom field of the layout but I will have to leave it in more capable hands to make it look nice. The information I want displayed is in the attachment but feel free to deviate if you think something else looks better. Also, I'm not 100% sold that the 4th instruction "Insert Coin(s)" is necessary. Again - whatever you think looks good. The idea is to just give people an idea how to operate the machine.
6. History/Controls: I would like to be able to display the "History" and/or "Controls" windows with the push of a button but I have no idea how or if it is even possible. Right now if I hit "Ctrl" (which isn't even mapped to a button on my CP yet) the "History" window pops up but it has an ugly green border and kind of looks out of place if you know what I mean.
Whew! I think that's it.
Thanks a lot!!! :cheers: