[project1dev] Re: UI stuff
- From: Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: project1dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 11:25:36 -0700
Good question.
Right now all i'm thinking is lightning bolt spell.
The lightning bolt spell takes more mana that you start out with so you have
to level up by growing your population to the "first level", whatever that
may be.
The lightning bolt's purpose story wise is that it can break the bolder in
the mountains to open up the path to the bat cave etc.
I'm thinking it can also be used as an offensive attack to kill enemies if
you want to (maybe later there will be enemies who are nearly invulnerable
to everything except a lightning attack for instance).
Also there may be other things you can do with the lightning later on, such
as break other rocks, use the electricity to charge an ancient machine, etc
:P (ie who knows... and we have lots of options)
I was thinking maybe thered be a spell to seal monster lairs instead of
having your citizens do it, but i dunno.. having your citizens seal them
like in the original is kinda a neat mechanic cause it forces you to expand
certain directions and stuff ::shrug::
What are your thoughts on the skills we should start out with?
On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:18 AM, Kent Petersen <kentkmp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> WoW style bar is good. What kind of starting skills are you considering?
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Tonight I'd like to have the three of us discuss design.
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:43 PM, Alan Wolfe <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> mine is green or brown :P
>>>
>>> ++ to what eric said about it not being about coming up with the most
>>> spells possible, but coming up with whatever makes sense for our game (:
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 9:08 AM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>> mine is... brown? i dunno :P
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> My favorite color is gray.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:07 PM, eric drewes <figarus@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> well its not just about coming up with more than 12, its about
>>>>>> balance. There's been a million RTS's with more units than starcraft...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Nick Klotz
>>>>>> <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm positive we can come up with more than 12.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Alan Wolfe
>>>>>>> <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> it is a cool idea though and gives a lot more options :P
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Alan Wolfe
>>>>>>>> <alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> if we have more than 12 spells that could work.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> We would just have to make sure it was really apparent to the user
>>>>>>>>> how it worked (:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Nick Klotz <roracsenshi@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> assign a key that acts as a switch for the keys which will allow
>>>>>>>>>> regular keys to switch into macro keys that can execute several
>>>>>>>>>> abilities at
>>>>>>>>>> once, like, holding CTRL will activate the switch
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Thu, Apr 29, 2010 at 11:50 AM, Alan Wolfe <
>>>>>>>>>> alan.wolfe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I talked to Matt F aka Lord Wurmz and he's going to be working up
>>>>>>>>>>> some rough drafts for our UI.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Basically what i had in mind is having a world of warcraft style
>>>>>>>>>>> skill bar at the bottom of the screen.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Essentially just the bottom left 12 buttons from this screenshot:
>>>>>>>>>>> http://img215.imageshack.us/i/retrineedpv7.jpg/
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Each of the 12 buttons is bound to a key on the number line of
>>>>>>>>>>> your keyboard (key "1" at the left, key "=" at the far right). You
>>>>>>>>>>> can
>>>>>>>>>>> either press the hotkey to activate the spell, or click the button.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Each spell has a cooldown, and it will be reflected somehow in
>>>>>>>>>>> the UI (like it will go dark right when you use it, then a radar
>>>>>>>>>>> style sweep
>>>>>>>>>>> will show the cooldown expiring or something).
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Not sure if 12 spell slots will be enough. If it is enough,
>>>>>>>>>>> we'll just put all the spells there. If it isn't enough, we can
>>>>>>>>>>> make it so
>>>>>>>>>>> the player puts the spells there that they care most about or
>>>>>>>>>>> something...
>>>>>>>>>>> we can figure it out more later.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Besides the spell bar, we'll also need an HP bar and an MP bar.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> So yeah, Wurmz is workin on a rough draft for that, just wanted
>>>>>>>>>>> to let you guys know (:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
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