Game Menu

[Springheel]

This isn't voting for which menu to use, but just which one you like the most so far. It will give us artists an idea of which one we should be expanding on.

 

Here are the options so far:

 

Inspired by Pak's dark parchment version:

 

Inspired by Ren's Book version:

 

New Horizon's steampunk version:

 

Springheel's dark illustration version:

 

Springheel's (very rough) stained-glass skyline version:

Edited October 22, 2004 by Springheel

[Napalm]

I think some odd cross between rens book and paks dark parchment....like rens dark book parchment or something like that. That would be nice. Without changing anything I like paks parchment best though.

[god_is_my_goldfish]

I agree

[New Horizon]

I too had been leaning towards the parchment, but upon seeing the stained glass version...I don't know what to say...it just screams MOOD. I quite like it.

[sparhawk]

It's really sad you know?. I really love Rens book version, because it looks extremly good, but I still voted for the glass window because it fits better for the Thief setting.

 

I think we can use the book style still for FM selection. Would be a shame to let this rot.

 

And we could use it ingame for actual books. We probalby could define areas where images are presented which are randomly selected. The images could be arranged either on a half page or on an entire page with the text surrounding it. I think we could write an algorithm that randomly selects a style for each page. This will give the books more versatillity and the authors will not have to design the books themselve.

[BlackThief]

I don't know if this is clear to everyone:the stainglass is from "The Circle of Stone and Shadow". We can't use that, right ? - so we first have to do our own version - after that we should do a new vote IMO.

 

I voted for the dark parchment - IMO it has a lot of dark atmosphere and is very thiefy

[sparhawk]

I don't know if this is clear to everyone:the stainglass is from "The Circle of Stone and Shadow". We can't use that, right ? - so we first have to do our own version - after that we should do a new vote IMO.

 

I voted for the dark parchment - IMO it has a lot of dark atmosphere and is very thiefy

IO mainly voted it for the theme. Colour and style. Not for the exact image it currently has.

[Springheel]

I don't know if this is clear to everyone:the stainglass is from "The Circle of Stone and Shadow". We can't use that, right ? - so we first have to do our own version - after that we should do a new vote IMO.

 

None of these are exactly what we would be using...they are mock-ups. We're just voting on what style we like, so as artists we can move in one direction instead of five different ones.

[Domarius]

Gah - I voted for the book one. I'm starting to agree with everyone saying the stained glass and skyline suits the Theif mood more, but the book one feels so cozy as well as sinister. Cozy is one of the many feelings I get when playing thief, getting to sneak around some mansion unnoticed, knowing anywhere I want to get, I can, without anyone knowing.

[sparhawk]

Cozy is one of the many feelings I get when playing thief, getting to sneak around some mansion unnoticed, knowing anywhere I want to get, I can, without anyone knowing.

Yeah! That's exactly the word! Cozy. Same for me. Especially when you are in a mansion with a nice firecplace, warm light and so in. That's exactly the atmopshere that I love so much about T1/T2 and what I'm missing in T3. It feels cold.