Comments on: Signposts: New feature on Probation http://www.andymoore.ca/2009/10/signposts-new-feature-on-probation/ Game Design and Programming Sat, 24 Jul 2010 21:40:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Andy Moore http://www.andymoore.ca/2009/10/signposts-new-feature-on-probation/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Andy Moore Thu, 22 Oct 2009 05:34:11 +0000 http://www.andymoore.ca/2009/10/signposts-new-feature-on-probation/#comment-112 Yeah I was toying around with a few visual styles - I think you'll like the next example I post. :) Yeah I was toying around with a few visual styles – I think you'll like the next example I post. :)

]]> By: Roger Mark Levy http://www.andymoore.ca/2009/10/signposts-new-feature-on-probation/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Roger Mark Levy Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:51:40 +0000 http://www.andymoore.ca/2009/10/signposts-new-feature-on-probation/#comment-111 I think in-game messages are always a good idea, as it allows the player to receive meta-information without breaking the flow of play.<br /><br />If you want my 2 cents on how it looks, I'm still not in love with the way they creep up slowly like that. Maybe it would be better if they flowed upward out of an gradient alpha mask and stopped, and then faded away when get far away enough. The red color works though. I think in-game messages are always a good idea, as it allows the player to receive meta-information without breaking the flow of play.

If you want my 2 cents on how it looks, I'm still not in love with the way they creep up slowly like that. Maybe it would be better if they flowed upward out of an gradient alpha mask and stopped, and then faded away when get far away enough. The red color works though.

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