Gamepad Button Labels

[peak island]

Here's a suggestion that could useful for anyone using a gamepad to navigate, or people playing on Vocals: Gamepad Button Labels! I started a concept that could work with the UI overhaul. I currently made the face buttons for Xbox and Playstation controllers.

[inland topaz]

Sounds cool! I've always been a huge fan of controller support in menus. I wanted to voice a few opinions about the above:

• The contrast should probably be increased for the Xbox X button. It's a bit difficult to read dark blue against black. Also to increase readability, the letter font size should maybe be increased (and, on that note, changed to either Red Hat or Barlow to match the rest of the game's aesthetic). To be really nit-picky, the X and Y should probably be recentered to make the whitespace on the bottom feel a little bit less extreme.
• Also in terms of readability, the PS face button line widths should similarly probably be increased; those are going to be really, really thin lines at a distance, and they're really thin already in contrast to the Xbox face button lettering. You also might want to consider finding a way to work this into the existing button icons (with the circles over the colored fret bars).
• Not necessary, but would would be nice to have a matching set for the Nintendo layout (red A, yellow B, blue X, and green Y).
• https://toysonejapan.com/cdn/shop/products/1_5ef9c54c-d951-4d93-be2a-805afaaf3a37_845x700.jpg?v=1594958440
• https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81+UbqfEpnL._AC_UF350,350_QL80_.jpg
• https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/d6407d38-8367-466d-aeeb-39da9369ceab/scale-to-width/755

[silent abyss]

these are a bunch of public domain button prompt assets https://thoseawesomeguys.com/prompts/

[peak island]

They aren't! I hand-made them

[peak island]

Thanks for the suggestions

[silent abyss]

im saying my link is a link to public domain button prompts

[peak island]

ik

I wanna try to match the art style of yarg as close as possible

[peak island]

im using barlow bold, but i can switch to red hat bold

[inland topaz]

Actually do think that Barlow bold is correct for small lettering.

In that case just make the letters themselves take up more space

Like what you have for the PS icons

If you need inspiration for coloring, by the way, you can use the same color codes that are being used for the actual frets. The blue is a lot brighter and will contrast better against dark backgrounds

[peak island]

I can do that

I'm probably also gonna pull the fret button assets from the yarg repo so it's compatible with the existing assets

plus, I found svg files of the the playstation buttons that could work

I could also add bumpers and triggers to go over the orange fret

Already reworking the buttons

[peak island]

My Rework is coming along good

[peak island]

I did a massive overhaul on the button labels, and added Nintendo buttons, bumpers, and triggers!

I wanna thank @inland topaz for the suggestions that I inplemented into the revamp

[inland topaz]

Nice! Though, it would be nice to actually match the shapes of the various triggers and shoulders, if possible.

Also, is there a reason for the coloration being different for the Nintendo layout?

[torn mantle]

they are using snes/new 3ds button colors

[inland topaz]

They look quite a bit off from those colors; the same colors that you're using for Xbox should be fine imo

See some newer Switch releases like Super Mario RPG and The Thousand Year Door for reference

[peak island]

i didnt want them to be the exact same as xbox colors tbh

ima make a rough proof of concept

using a screenshot

YARG's button labels are very similar to the rb4 button labels

I have a reason why I rounded the shoulders and triggers

[peak island]

Here's the concept in action with a edited screenshot