http://greyaliengames.com/blog/screens-screens-and-more-screens/ Casual Game Development and Positive Thinking Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:15:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/screens-screens-and-more-screens/comment-page-1/#comment-2198 Grey Alien Games Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:08:01 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/screens-screens-and-more-screens/#comment-2198 Absolutely. I have some menu components in my framework that I reuse to speed things up but would like to make a screen layout editor that auto creates the menus. Somebody I spoke to today said that UI could take up to 70% of a project, that sounds a lot but then when I consider that I finished the gameplay for my current game months ago, it's pretty close to the truth... Absolutely. I have some menu components in my framework that I reuse to speed things up but would like to make a screen layout editor that auto creates the menus. Somebody I spoke to today said that UI could take up to 70% of a project, that sounds a lot but then when I consider that I finished the gameplay for my current game months ago, it’s pretty close to the truth…

]]> http://greyaliengames.com/blog/screens-screens-and-more-screens/comment-page-1/#comment-2190 Jason Harrison Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:39:47 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/screens-screens-and-more-screens/#comment-2190 Very true. Static screens can take a long time, what is even worse is menus. Unless you spend a lot of time building a menu definition system, you can end up with lots of "custom" code which needs to be rewritten every time there is a change. Even with a menu definition system (language, content, code) there can be so many additional connections between game state (settings) and menu interactions that specialized code is still written. Very true. Static screens can take a long time, what is even worse is menus. Unless you spend a lot of time building a menu definition system, you can end up with lots of “custom” code which needs to be rewritten every time there is a change. Even with a menu definition system (language, content, code) there can be so many additional connections between game state (settings) and menu interactions that specialized code is still written.

]]> http://greyaliengames.com/blog/screens-screens-and-more-screens/comment-page-1/#comment-1433 Grey Alien Games » Blog Archive » A simple exercise to get better at press ups… Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:27:24 +0000 http://greyaliengames.com/blog/screens-screens-and-more-screens/#comment-1433 [...] credits, trophies/awards, introductions, story, map, level complete stats etc. These all take a long time to program. Once you’ve finished a small project, make another, and another gradually increasing the [...] [...] credits, trophies/awards, introductions, story, map, level complete stats etc. These all take a long time to program. Once you’ve finished a small project, make another, and another gradually increasing the [...]

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