New flags indication system discussion

[ShaD-ER 21]

What do you think abot new flags indication system? Do you like it or want to change something?

[GO_IRELAND 0]

at first i didnt like it (the huge flags) but now i think its better

gd work who ever changed it

[pemiolsi 5]

I think that they are very "hidden". I mean that when we are focus in the battle, we don't see the flags in that place. :?

[r_mehdadoo0 0]

Game Design Workshop

A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games

Second Edition

© 2008

By Tracy Fullerton

 

Effective Interface Design: Visualization And Feedback (page 235):

 

In the midst of a game, players often need to process

many types of quantitative information very quickly.

A good way to help them do this is to visualize the

information so that a glance will suffice to let them

know their general status.

 

Letting the player know, through visual or aural feedback,

that their action has been accepted is critical.

A good designer always provides some sort of feedback

for each action the player makes.

Aural feedback is very good for letting the player

know that input has been received or that something

new is about to happen.

 

Moreover, in a Capture The Flag game, the most important thing is the flags being stolen or captured. In this new indication system, that importance is not stressed enough.It also looks confusing.

With the big feedback on screen with yellow or green colors, everyone without even attending the texts would realize that "Yellow" means whatever that has happened it's not good! And with the aural feedback(the sounds), you could know what has exactly happened.

 

Now the first point of confusion is "Am i really playing for Red or Blue"? you should take a look at your name color, then look back at the new indication system to figure out what's going on! And for beginners, this is not understandable what those sounds actually are. Are they someone has honked a horn? But in the past the on screen texts as well as their colors accompanied the aural feedback.

 

Aural feedback, while very useful for creating

a responsive interface, is not extremely effective

for giving precise data like the exact status of a

player’s resources ... . In this case, you will need to come up

with a method of visual feedback.

 

So i believe the older version served the game a better interface.

 

 

Please if the game designers over in Alternativa see our suggestions, do answer so we know at least you read them!

Thanks!

[NoblePlatOne 19]

I agree with Mehrdad Kaveh, I liked the sound and word warning at the top of the screen.

[r_It0 1]

I agree with Mehrdad Kaveh' date=' I liked the sound and word warning at the top of the screen.[/quote']

Ditto, but maybe just a siren.

[Tommy60 406]

I like the yellow and green letters that indicate the flags' whereabouts.

[MadDog21 230]

Humans are creatures of habit. I confess my habitual humanity. the new system informs less well. The top screen showed distinctly and in larger font, so I knew what I needed to. Now I have to scan far smaller print to my right, hence I miss much. I concur with Mehrdad.

 

Thanks and best wishes.