Radial menu system is almost done, icons hand drawn by yours truly =)
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Radial menu system is almost done, icons hand drawn by yours truly =)
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johnhattan
The icons are perfect. They impart no information whatsoever.
January 15, 2006 08:53 AM
They are nicely drawn. It must have taken a while to make those. In my opinion, the text describing the buttons is good enough. Do people look at these menu icons really when they want to get back to playing the game anyway? I guess it would depend on the type of game.
January 15, 2006 10:13 AM
January 15, 2006 12:54 PM
I love radial menus. Absolutely love them. Ever play NWN?
Also, are there sub radial menus (NWN style)? More like MI3?
Also, are there sub radial menus (NWN style)? More like MI3?
January 15, 2006 01:27 PM
The menu icons look pretty good to me, and seem to fit in well with the rest of the art I've seen.
One thing I'm not sure about is how keyboard shortcuts will work (if you are using Neverwinter Nights style), because it's hard to map keys to the pentagonal form in that screenshot. You could rotate the icons like in Secret of Mana though, so only the top icon counts.
Or if you wanted to use mouse gestures, a pie-chart like appearance might suggest the functionality a bit more clearly (similar to that doubloon used in Monkey Island 3). This would show that you only need to move the mouse a little bit in the correct direction for it to have an effect.
One thing I'm not sure about is how keyboard shortcuts will work (if you are using Neverwinter Nights style), because it's hard to map keys to the pentagonal form in that screenshot. You could rotate the icons like in Secret of Mana though, so only the top icon counts.
Or if you wanted to use mouse gestures, a pie-chart like appearance might suggest the functionality a bit more clearly (similar to that doubloon used in Monkey Island 3). This would show that you only need to move the mouse a little bit in the correct direction for it to have an effect.
January 15, 2006 04:47 PM
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