Long story short tried doing more diegetic design for a platformer concept, slower platforms the idea works but for faster paced ones... not so much.
Anyways besides that failures I guess a design question to ask is the numbers versus bar, I want to give the player the most info possible with little to nothing. Would this be better done with actual numbers or bars?
Do you have images or footage of this game you're making?
Just wondering.
At 4/17/23 01:13 PM, GameSmashDash wrote: Long story short tried doing more diegetic design for a platformer concept, slower platforms the idea works but for faster paced ones... not so much.
Anyways besides that failures I guess a design question to ask is the numbers versus bar, I want to give the player the most info possible with little to nothing. Would this be better done with actual numbers or bars?
I really depends on what everything else looks like. If it's to be truly diegetic, there may be in-world UI/UX decisions or design standards that should be maintained. If it's only kinda diegetic, it also depends. My car's speedometer is useless to me when I can see the digital number instead, but that's only the case because I regularly compare that number to other numbers (not bars) in terms of street signs. If I only cared about maxing out RPMs or something, then a number may not matter as much as getting my dial (bar) as far clockwise as possible.
At 4/17/23 07:56 PM, MSGhero wrote: I really depends on what everything else looks like. If it's to be truly diegetic, there may be in-world UI/UX decisions or design standards that should be maintained. If it's only kinda diegetic, it also depends. My car's speedometer is useless to me when I can see the digital number instead, but that's only the case because I regularly compare that number to other numbers (not bars) in terms of street signs. If I only cared about maxing out RPMs or something, then a number may not matter as much as getting my dial (bar) as far clockwise as possible.
A: Got 50 buckeroos to spare?
B: Nah, my wallet's only half-a-bar full
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