Long Live The Queen (sim)

[sciencewarrior]

The screen that's been through the most insane iterations is the class-choosing screen, because it has to have a bazillion buttons onscreen at once, which creates problems if buttons look interesting at all, and different problems if the buttons all look the same. The current version is: http://www.indiedb.com/games/long-live- ... reenshots2 and you really wouldn't want to see most of the versions that came before that...

One way you could make the class selection screen spiffier and reduce the number of buttons is to use a map. At first you show just the map, so the player clicks on the ballroom/castle grounds/library/chapel to choose where to go for that class. Then, on the right side of the map, you show the corresponding list of charisma/physical/intellectual/faith categories, and after the category is selected, the appropriate options (if any.)

The obvious disadvantage is that this adds a click to class selection, which is something that players will spend a lot of time doing. Probably not a problem for a short game, but could get tiresome after 20+ hours. It also makes exploring all the options a bit less straightforward (which may actually be a good thing, to prevent choice overload.) And, of course, it means a few new graphics and some extra coding.

EDIT: I don't think this would be appropriate for your fine-grained stats, but Persona 4's radar chart sure looks nice: http://www.philipmorton.com/radar-graph ... nterfaces/

[papillon]

Gluh. Okay, so, my artist ran into Internet Problems, and then she became ill, and then *I* ran into Internet Problems and didn't have broadband for the past couple of weeks. Everything is conspiring to prevent me from being able to show off just how fast I turned this idea into a full game. And I would have, if it hadn't been for EVERYTHING ELSE!

We are still not quite ready for public release, the BIG arts like the title screen and all haven't been done yet. But a lot of tuning up has gone in to make the difficult bits a little more manageable, and the NPC art is starting to show up.

Like so:



http://www.indiedb.com/games/long-live- ... -encounter

[papillon]

... And then her internet screwed up to the point that we haven't been receiving each other's emails for the past month, so it's STILL not done. However, the delay is giving me some time to fool around with more GUI tweaks.

Current stab at a logo (logo design is NOT my best skill): any thoughts?

[jack_norton]

I like the logo as it is personally Depends also on the background color you'll put it on, though!

[LateWhiteRabbit]

... And then her internet screwed up to the point that we haven't been receiving each other's emails for the past month, so it's STILL not done. However, the delay is giving me some time to fool around with more GUI tweaks.

Current stab at a logo (logo design is NOT my best skill): any thoughts?

I like the coloring and font, especially the crown on the 'Q'. However, punctuation doesn't belong in titles (an exclamation point is like ordering the reader to be excited), and it is too spread out horizontally. I've got some errands to run for a few hours, but if you want me to thrown together some options for you tonight I can come up with some mock-ups and suggestions. You can PM me here, or you've got my personal email.

[papillon]

take two, slightly less horizontal, more sparkly.

[distorsion]

Ooooo, sparkly... Nice. I want this game. I love your work, by the way.

[LateWhiteRabbit]

take two, slightly less horizontal, more sparkly.

I like it. EDIT: Though I would increase contrast on the crown.

[sciencewarrior]

Shiny!

[Anarchy]

Really excited to play this! Princess Maker and Puella Magi Madoka Magica are two of my favorite works ever~ hope your artist's internet problems get sorted out soon!

[HikkiPanda]

The crown is a nice touch, good work

The title is good, but I got the impression that the title is coming from DC or Marvel Superheroes comics .. since the game is anime style I prefer if the title is cute, similar to those mahou shoujo anime's title or gothic/fairy style font since this is medieval era

[papillon]

And finally, we have a title screen. That means we're *basically* content complete (although I plan to add at least one more bonus before we go to full launch) and have now jumped up to beta status.

I'll be posting a larger version of this graphic later (without the dark overlay) as a wallpaper.

[HikkiPanda]

no complain ... no complain ... it's so perfect that it's scares me o.o

edit: btw, what are those black threads hanging in the backgrounds? (just curious ^^ because they're pretty)

[papillon]

Yeah, she's really good.

Her deviantart is here: http://ikr.deviantart.com/

[borisoda]

omg the title screen looks so pretty...