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lookin pretty snazzy! show moar titles! i still only see like 5 at a time!
the screenshots on the tv look great. still don't like the graphic in the main page at the top right, looks kinda outta place. other than that shaping up real nice. your gonna want a quicker way to navigate games, possibly put a-z at the top when selecting titles, so that you have quick jumps rather than have to scroll thru everything.
Ah sir, you perhaps didn't notice the PgDown/Up support, which will be replaced with left right when X-ARCADe is plugged in. This jumps about 20 files at once.
What specifically don't you like about the graphic? The one that says just Arcade? Or even when it switches to the manufacturer logos? I put in the Arcade one since I felt that the space just randomly filling in with logos sometimes would be odd.
Ah sir, you perhaps didn't notice the PgDown/Up support, which will be replaced with left right when X-ARCADe is plugged in. This jumps about 20 files at once.
What specifically don't you like about the graphic? The one that says just Arcade? Or even when it switches to the manufacturer logos? I put in the Arcade one since I felt that the space just randomly filling in with logos sometimes would be odd.
Ah sir, you perhaps didn't notice the PgDown/Up support, which will be replaced with left right when X-ARCADe is plugged in. This jumps about 20 files at once.
What specifically don't you like about the graphic? The one that says just Arcade? Or even when it switches to the manufacturer logos? I put in the Arcade one since I felt that the space just randomly filling in with logos sometimes would be odd.
Triple comment post = fail
it just comes across as there for the sake of being there, and clutters your design. you have a pretty good thing going, keep it clean and simple. don't do things just b/c you can. programmers have a problem with wanting too many bells and whistles (it took years for me to break that habit). in the end you really just want what you need. try hiding or removing it and see what you think.
i have a hard time seeing the games that are not in the middle, this is because they are shades to close to the background colour
and use more room with the list, like instead of five expand it to a higher number of games. it does look cool tho.
This is some nice stuff! Design-wise you are at the tweaking stage. Here are some suggestions.
(hold on 0:12)
Let's look at the background, this includes the x-arcade graphic. Gradients are fun, but for this, don't do 3 color shift (dk gray, white, lt gray).) With the UI over 2 ranges of color it can get sticky when the UI is really dynamic (and switches images.) I would suggest a not-so-dark gray to white.
Title on bottom with X-arcade graphic. Give your program name some room, show it some love. It doesn't need a 3-D render or anything, just a little non-fuzzy drop shadow, that will make it pop, and give more pixel room from the edges of the screen and the other graphic.
The top left "big" list. Sexy font, nice! Give the items on the list some more room between the lines, for easier readability. I love how the other non-selected options fade further to the background.
Top right logoing. I love this too, give it a non-fuzzy drop shadow to make it pop (keep all drop shadows going in the same direction.) Don't bother with italicizing the font, makes it look like you are using 3 different fonts on one screen, you want to avoid that.
Love, love, the radial menu on the middle right. I understand that some game titles can be long, but try to make it so that you can have more then 5 items showing (perhaps 7?) and that no matter where the user is in your program, that interface item is in the same spot. Consistency is bitchin'.