Well guys, this is my game interface.

I'm developing a flash game called Viral Defense, in the game play there are going to fall tetris pieces (viruses) (as you can see in the SS) in different color arrangements. The player must press the SPACE key in order to change the virus shown in the top-left of the screen, when it matches with the virus falling the player must press C or D key, in order to collect or destroy it. There's a list of three viruses the player have to collect in the right portion of the screen, the other ones must be destroyed.



My purpose was to make a cute game... The graphics are only a draft by now...

C&C on the interface, on the gameplay, on the name... on anything finally... is VERY welcome... as it's my first game developed =D...

^^

Edited by Pickles - 20 June 2010 at 9:59am

Actually the pieces are going to fall down, just like a tetris gameplay and when the viruses touches the floor it becomes blackish, you cannot remove/collect it anymore...

About the black and the white region surely I'm gonna work on it, it's just a WIP ^^, the last few days I should have made something but I didn't have enough time...

If you have any idea of what can be done I'd thank you a lot, ideas are always welcome...

Thanks for replying, soon I'm gonna post updates ^^...

The viruses are cute and cool, the scientist is nice but maybe a little out of style, the game environment and fonts are cold and boring. Moar imagination pliz! :)

Update :)

Now I'm drafting some lab stuff on the interface ^^

Edited by Pickles - 28 June 2010 at 9:41am

@Manupix
Did I understand your suggestion?

Here's my last update...
The new scientist really worked, I'm very impressed... thank you a lot Manupix =D

^^



Any ideas are welcome... =)

Edited by Pickles - 05 July 2010 at 11:51am

i think the gameplay area should be dark. Not pure black, but like, a dark blue-violet. You could also try a simple texture, like the inside of a building. Most of the colors are pretty bright here, so that could help balance the piece.

Plus, if I'm looking at the game playing space all the time, I want it to be easy on my eyes.

Actually the bubbles haven't worked.... =\\
If somebody come up with another idea i'd be thankful =)

Hmmm... I like it =D
Thanx... I'm gonna work on the scientist animations... I'll post 'em soon

The ears look kinda strange to me

tbh, I thought this would look crappy and seemed hopeless. I was very wrong. It looks great, fun, pixelly and yet very FLASHy, kudos.
My only crit is the fatness, jaggy and overall even line on the screen. I would maybe add a light circle on the floor under the light to make the glow look like one, instead of the beaded curtain look it now has, ya noes.


Edited by jalonso - 15 July 2010 at 6:43pm

Well.. here's my last update... I tried to fix the banding by giving it a texture...

Still working...

Wow, seeing the progression on this piece is quite cool.

Some ways to improve:
- In the background, you seem to have light lines on the pipes and the desk which sort of makes them stand out, when they are meant to be the background (correct me if I'm mistaken). Perhaps softening those colours will help.

- The cute lil' flasks at the bottom-right corner of the screen are really cute, but I think the flask with the yellow chemical inside's highlight should become a light, yellowy-orange shade instead.

- The text used for the professor/scientist's "Hey! Let's start the class." isn't very easy to read, and looks very blocky (for want of a better word). Perhaps a slightly smaller version of the text used for the score bar at the bottom-left would work better.

- I think making the expressions on the green, red and purple blocks bolder (to suit the style of the blue one) would not only make the piece more consistent, but also make the expressions easier to 'read' (this applies especially to the green one's eyes).

- Although it works against the orange background, I think the blue text for the 'Exit' button should be darkened a little, and perhaps the light source should be changed from the bottom to the top. This is more a matter of opinion though, and wouldn't change the quality of the piece much.

I really love the way you used dithering in this piece, by the way. Apart from what I've listed above, I think this is a fab piece, and is very colourful and appeals to the eye. Well done!



Edited by Spherical Ice - 19 July 2010 at 1:03pm

Great improvements on the red green and purple ones, though I think the blue one's expression was better before. As for the speech bubble, I think the style and font used for the bar displaying the score would work very well instead. I also think that the light should be removed, as otherwise the lighting on the pipes which are above the light looks incorrect.

Below is an edit I've done. They are mostly minor changes, but I think the overall result is much improved. (:



Edited by Spherical Ice - 20 July 2010 at 8:52am

I made some changes on the background tetures and added some elements... also tried to improve the biggest wire (center)...
I'm still working, gonna post soon

I much preferred the clean look and the blue color.

The orange could work if you unify the colors a bit more, but the background is too busy for gameplay I think.

The AA-ing on the shapes (especially the diagonal sides of the triangles) is creating jaggies, which is kinda to the opposite of what that AA is intended for. Try putting those lighter pixels actually in the outline rather than outside them to avoid this problem.

Also, even though you're probably aware of this and intended to do so, the shape of the triangles is not symmetrical -- a portion of the outline is moved out of place.

I like the style you've used -- it's very vibrant and exciting :D
Please make sure to post a link to the final product for us.