somber estuary
The main menu is in space and in the background is a timelapse of the world you just played on spinning
Alternative: A completely new planet and on the event that you create a new world, the seed for the main menu planet will be selected
Neptunian: "I feel like having the planet close up at the bottom of the screen, slightly peeking over the atmosphere, with the title at the top and menu buttons to the side could be cool"
How I picture it ^
charred solar
Or a generic world, with other worlds appearing to replace the generic one as you hover over
south warrenBOT
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soft basin
I feel like having the planet close up at the bottom of the screen, slightly peeking over the atmosphere, with the title at the top and menu buttons to the side could be cool
somber estuary
I feel like having the planet close up at the bottom of the screen, slightly pee...
that's EXACTLY how I imagined it
elfin sedge
with the main menu text fading into the atmosphere a little too
soft basin
with the main menu text fading into the atmosphere a little too
I feel like that would require it to take up alot of space on the screen
somber estuary
Alternative: A completely new planet and on the event that you create a new world, the seed for the main menu planet will be selected
elfin sedge
oooo
and if theres different world saves it changes based off which one is selected
or last played
somber estuary
yeah
still sundial
I feel like having the planet close up at the bottom of the screen, slightly pee...
Genius
soft basin
Alternative: A completely new planet and on the event that you create a new worl...
That might be a slight problem
elfin sedge
it would be cool to see your builds from the menu screen
soft basin
That might be a slight problem
There's no surprise to making a new world
And what if you want to change the seed?
elfin sedge
maybe it's generic until you make 1 save, but it keeps the last save played idea when making a new world, and then you get suprised when you load in
somber estuary
And what if you want to change the seed?
you can just change the seed
soft basin
And what about speed runs? People could just reload the game until they get a good looking seed
somber estuary
There's no surprise to making a new world
the world on the main menu could be an L.O.D. so you won't spoil the whole thing
still sundial
I was going to say this might cause performance issues when first opening the game (since you wouldn't have had time to tweak the settings) but then i realized that when you open the game there aren't any saved worlds, so the abyss of space should be shown instead
somber estuary
but I think the "last world you played on" is the best way to go
elfin sedge
yea, it could be a generic random world (or a specific world, maybe the dev's world)
when you have a fresh install*
south warrenBOT
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somber estuary
but Ken has already discussed adding world maps so you could just make a new world an dinstantly spoil it for yourself anyways
somber estuary
yea, it could be a generic random world (or a specific world, maybe the dev's wo...
The dev's world would be really cool
elfin sedge
and also seed hunting oppurtunities
somber estuary
so like the main menu for factorio where you get a bunch of premade builds and stuff that look cool
elfin sedge
yea!
elfin sedge
I was going to say this might cause performance issues when first opening the ga...
maybe (like ULTRAKILL/lethal company) before loading the true main menu, theres a popup window to set settings before it loads
somber estuary
I can make a moc ui later
still sundial
maybe (like ULTRAKILL/lethal company) before loading the true main menu, theres ...
That would work pretty well. On a fresh install a random world could be shown and hitting play makes you spawn into it. Imagine the first thing you do when opening the game is experience a sick camera transition that puts you into your very first world
elfin sedge
ooo, maybe it does that with saves aswell, when it loads the world save you select
still sundial
Oh yeah, even better, have the transition for every world
elfin sedge
i made a mockup of the main menu screen in inkscape
i think i like everything exept the Settings Start and Quit buttons, they should probably be more hexagonal, but i dont know how to do it
(also the planet would be a rendered planet from the game, not a blue circle)
elfin sedge
ooo
hmm, it's not a font so i'd be leter by letter tho
i hid the buttons, and curved the title
frail sparrow
I liked the idea, but ultimately like the flat letters better
I was also thinking for selecting the save file, the file buttons are in hex tiles
elfin sedge
do you have an idea for the buttons on the main menu? i cant think of a good way to work hexagons into it
frail sparrow
Hmm
latent summit
what about a little arrow in the bottom
frail sparrow
What font did you use for the buttons?
latent summit
and once you hover
elfin sedge
OCR A
frail sparrow
Here's an idea
elfin sedge
ooo yes, let me add that
frail sparrow
This is an alt idea
elfin sedge
i think i liked the first one the most
frail sparrow
Fair enough
latent summit
first one is
button {}
second one is
button:hover {}
elfin sedge
hers it with the buttons and re-flattened title
elfin sedge
it drops towards the plannet
im also working on this
how's this? (also, the blue circle would be replaced by a rotating planet from the save you're selecting.)
latent summit
cool
frail sparrow
Oh, I've got an idea for that screen
elfin sedge
oh, what is it?
frail sparrow
oh, what is it?
What do you think?
frail sparrow
eeeee
Might also include a screenshot of where you left off
Or other screenshots from the world
frail sparrow
The info would be the world settings, world type, cheats enabled, stuff like that
elfin sedge
yea!
frail sparrow
Not sure what shape or angle the divider shadow behind the planet should be. If it should cover half the screen with a vertical line separating things or maybe have some more implied hexagons
elfin sedge
maybe it's like half a hexagon? like a line iwth a 60 degree angle in the midle
frail sparrow
Perhaps yeah
Oh and there'd be a load and edit button over the planet, didn't show that, but yeah
somber estuary
hers it with the buttons and re-flattened title
Logo on top, options in the center in a lost, options are in minimalist transparent boxes with rounded edges and a white outline
south warrenBOT
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elfin sedge
how's this?
south warrenBOT
GG @elfin sedge, you just advanced to level 4!
earnest shore
Wo
elfin sedge
oops i uncentered the title, fixed version:
somber estuary
how's this?
A lot better
elfin sedge
how's this look?
elfin sedge
Like something like this
based off this, of course
earnest shore
Pretty
frail sparrow
That's one idea yeah!
frail sparrow
how's this look?
Maybe the sun is on the same line as the Planet Smith logo so the shine crosses through the center of the logo. I imagine its also spinning. Though still a hexagon throughout because that's like the bokeh shape. So the streaks are rotating, but would also shrink and grow as they go around if that makes sense
elfin sedge
ooo, i intentionally moved the steaks away from the title for readability, but that could work
frail sparrow
The other glows from the sun would also be hexagons
elfin sedge
ohhhh, i do have 2 gradient circle things in the lens flare, but those could easily be replaced with hexagons
actually, i think like the sun and planet would use game rendering, so maybe lens flares ingame always have hexagons?
*if there are lens flares
golden tusk
What if every time you log out the game took a screenshot from somewhere above looking down at your base without you (or spacecraft if you are in space) and thats the background
stark finch
What if every time you log out the game took a screenshot from somewhere above l...
I had a similar idea (somebody might have posted the same thing but im not searching through this thread)
south warrenBOT
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stark finch
GAH
golden tusk
I had a similar idea (somebody might have posted the same thing but im not searc...
This is mega sick honestly though instead of your world I'd say whatever world you logged out of.
muted geyser
bokeh- nice, new word for me
somber estuary
I had a similar idea (somebody might have posted the same thing but im not searc...
that was my initial idea
like it a lot
stark finch
This is mega sick honestly though instead of your world I'd say whatever world y...
last logged out would be most recently played...
frail sparrow
how's this look?
You should make a video showcasing it sometime. Like animating the planet, the sun and it's Bokeh and lens flare. Then animating the graphics. Or I could. I wonder how I would generate a hex planet for the video. Maybe I'll just use a sphere with a random texture. I don't know.
golden tusk
last logged out would be most recently played...
I meant as in your latest played celestial body, there will be many worlds in your save file.
elfin sedge
You should make a video showcasing it sometime. Like animating the planet, the s...
I’m pretty good with blender, but if I were to do that I could maybe use a screenshot of one of the world maps from the generating planets video, then put it on a sphere. (That, or just use kerbin’s textures idk.)
frail sparrow
Yeah. I've generated a flat hex thing in blender, but I'm not sure how to bend that into a sphere
true pier
how's this look?
this reminds me of ksp
elfin sedge
this reminds me of ksp
omg i literally just started playing ksp lmao
earnest shore
Brilliant
proud thunder
WOW
frail sparrow
Wait, is this the first time you saw this?
frail sparrow
Damn, lol
latent summit
rip
