Lets Take Over The Universe UI & Art Feedback Needed

3itg3itg Member, PRO Posts: 382
edited March 2013 in Working with GS (Mac)
Been working on a UI for Lets Take Over The Universe.
It was a clean, light color UI before.
I decided to go for dark & dirty as it better suits the game.

Feedback is appreciated.




I also just recently finished the Concept art for the members of the party in game, as well as some conversation portraits.
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Please let me know what you think.
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  • 3itg3itg Member, PRO Posts: 382
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  • TheGabfatherTheGabfather Member Posts: 633
    edited March 2013
    Wow @3itg it's looking fantastic! I absolutely love the subtle animations you've placed into almost all elements of gameplay! It's not as smooth as some games', but I love the slight tilt animation when you're steering the ship :)

    I can't wait for this game to come out man. My only comment would be for the on-screen controls where when you're tapping on the directional pad and the images of each actor change, the arrows might be difficult to appreciate given that the finger you'll use to tap it would be covering it essentially. Perhaps a glow effect or a depression effect would be more noticeable? But bravo man, props to everything you've done so far and I'm really excited for what's yet to come for this! :)

    This is powered by Unity, though?
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  • 3itg3itg Member, PRO Posts: 382
    edited March 2013
    @TheGabfather - On my website, there is a Unity web player that contains a WIP done in Unity. I used the same 3D models in both versions, but if you take a look you will see the Unity version is far from done (GS is almost complete) and they look like very different games. I'm thinking the unity version will be the sequel.
    I have been teaching myself C# while I wait for the native code engine
    But the video I posted is gameplay of the Gamesalad version.
    I agree on the Glow instead of arrows. I was thinking I would make the little Arrows permanent, on just turn a "light" in the arrow on & off.

    @uptimistik - Thanks for the feedback!

    A friend who uses Gamesalad didn't believe this was done Gamesalad...
    Its one of the reasons I left the image on the load screen the way it is for now.
    (it is the background to The Official Cross-Platform Controller Template provided by GS, the bullets are also mostly unchanged for now.) I still had to show him the project file before he believed me though.

    I would love some more feedback on the UI and character art if anyone has critiques to offer.

    Thanks for checking it out!
  • TheGabfatherTheGabfather Member Posts: 633
    @3itg yeah I looked through your site that's why I confused this preview with the Unity one :)

    As for your character art, while they seriously contrast against your 3D textured UI, somehow I sort of get it. It definitely reminds me of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, and I seriously love it! I'm not sure if that's what you're going for, but I dig it.
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  • HoneyTribeStudiosHoneyTribeStudios Member Posts: 1,792
    The colours of the UI suit the game well.

    In the vid you press some buttons in the bottom left. I'm wondering if they will be too small when at iphone size?
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  • 3itg3itg Member, PRO Posts: 382
    edited March 2013
    Actually, for the amount of time invested I would love to target iPhones.

    I dont think I am going to though, since I cant seem to come up with a way to modify the UI for the smaller screen and still have the game be playable.
    So I completely agree with you about the button size.

    The only idea I have had is to remove everything about the UI & move all the data it displays into the pause menu.

    @TheGabfather
    The characters were drawn when the UI was still a light color.
    The contrast was one of the things I was looking for, since the "Shading" on the drawings is just blocky black and the character art wont be textured like the rest of everything.
    Its funny that you mention Adult Swim.
    Im currently writing the scripts and wondering how damaging a "Mature" rating is to app downloads.

    I know I cant say #*&% here... but can I say #*&% there?
    anyone have experience distributing a game with adult rating for language & cartoon violence?
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