"new Game" Menu Screen

[Springheel]

The one menu screen that I still have very few ideas how to do is the New Game option. It will basically be a Loader that begins a new FM or campaign. What information do we want displayed in this screen? Do we want to go into great detail, listing things like approximate length, whether new models/sounds/etc are included, etc?

 

I think at the very least we need to include the author(s) name and a brief synopsis. I'd actually like room for a small image as well. Of course this will rely on the FM author providing this info.

 

Perhaps a two-level menu is best. The first New Game screen opens with a brief list of the missions available on your HD, with just the author's name and a one sentence synopsis. You can start a mission directly from here or click a 'more info' button where you go to a subpage showing a picture and more detailed info.

 

Anyone have suggestions about what information you'd like to see in a detailed info page?

[sparhawk]

What you describe would be a Select Game not a New Game screen. I think we should select the game which is to be used, and use this until the suer selects a different one. New Game would then just launch the selected game directly. You don't want to select the mission evertime you want to start it from new. Also a game can contain multiple missions.

[Springheel]

Right, if you've already started a new mission then you'd use the Load/Save screen to get to your last savegame. The "New Game" option from the main menu is only used the first time you select a new mission.