Pixel Joint Forum: Main Menu UI Buttons

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Chickenshowman
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Topic: Main Menu UI Buttons
Posted: 15 July 2018 at 6:42am

Title logo of the game will go up top.

Are all the buttons meanings obvious?

Any inconsistencies I need to clean up?

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eishiya
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Posted: 15 July 2018 at 12:33pm

Play, skins, shop, options?

I'd make the shadows under the icons use the dark orange colour from the shadows on the base. Being so dark makes them look like slits.

The blurry background doesn't match the pixel-art crispness of the buttons.

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Chickenshowman
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Posted: 15 July 2018 at 4:26pm

Thanks for the suggestions! And close, it's:

Play, Levels, Shop, Options. Is there any better way to represent levels?

I tried your shadow idea and it looks better so thanks :)

Ya still wondering what to do with the background. That's just what the developer had already in place.

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eishiya
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Posted: 15 July 2018 at 5:45pm

For levels, it depends on the sort of game this is and what level selection actually means. I don't think there's a universal visual for level selection.

And aaah, programmer art :] Maybe some wavy or geometric 2-4 colour patterns? Again, really depends on the sort of game this is and the intended aesthetic of it. This screen so far conveys almost no information ):

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Pinny
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Posted: 19 July 2018 at 8:02am

For level select the boxes would be easier to understand if you refer to levels as (similar) boxes in other places too.

Alternatively, you might be able to add little rocks or trees on top of the boxes to indicate that they're levels. Might not work depending on what the game is. I'm thinking something like this: https://goo.gl/images/wFLZ6Y

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Theo-Theo
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Posted: 25 July 2018 at 10:18am

Hey, maybe instead of those rather vague, colorful blocks, you could put a number (I used '1' in my example) to represent the level selection?

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Chickenshowman Seaman Joined: 01 March 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Topic: Main Menu UI Buttons Posted: 15 July 2018 at 6:42am
	Title logo of the game will go up top. Are all the buttons meanings obvious? Any inconsistencies I need to clean up?
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eishiya Commander Joined: 04 August 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1109	Posted: 15 July 2018 at 12:33pm
	Play, skins, shop, options? I'd make the shadows under the icons use the dark orange colour from the shadows on the base. Being so dark makes them look like slits. The blurry background doesn't match the pixel-art crispness of the buttons.
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Chickenshowman Seaman Joined: 01 March 2017 Online Status: Offline Posts: 8	Posted: 15 July 2018 at 4:26pm
	Thanks for the suggestions! And close, it's: Play, Levels, Shop, Options. Is there any better way to represent levels? I tried your shadow idea and it looks better so thanks :) Ya still wondering what to do with the background. That's just what the developer had already in place.
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eishiya Commander Joined: 04 August 2022 Online Status: Offline Posts: 1109	Posted: 15 July 2018 at 5:45pm
	For levels, it depends on the sort of game this is and what level selection actually means. I don't think there's a universal visual for level selection. And aaah, programmer art :] Maybe some wavy or geometric 2-4 colour patterns? Again, really depends on the sort of game this is and the intended aesthetic of it. This screen so far conveys almost no information ):
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Pinny Seaman Joined: 30 June 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 2	Posted: 19 July 2018 at 8:02am
	For level select the boxes would be easier to understand if you refer to levels as (similar) boxes in other places too. Alternatively, you might be able to add little rocks or trees on top of the boxes to indicate that they're levels. Might not work depending on what the game is. I'm thinking something like this: https://goo.gl/images/wFLZ6Y
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Theo-Theo Midshipman Joined: 25 July 2018 Online Status: Offline Posts: 11	Posted: 25 July 2018 at 10:18am
	Hey, maybe instead of those rather vague, colorful blocks, you could put a number (I used '1' in my example) to represent the level selection?
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