Subject: Re: [stella] Counters layout From: "Fabrizio Zavagli" <rasty@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 22:44:56 +0200 |
Thanks for the comments, everyone! I'll try to take the best of both worlds... Ciao, Rasty.- ----- Original Message ----- From: "Erik Eid" <eeid@xxxxxxxxx> To: <stella@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 3:50 Subject: Re: [stella] Counters layout > On Tuesday 25 June 2002 03:59 pm, Fabrzio Zavagli wrote: > > I'm currently going to add counters (lives and level) on the bottom of the > > screen in Space Treat > > [snip] > > The first uses (should use) player graphics to display remaining lives, on > > the bottom left. That leaves me with one more player sprite that marks > > level by representing the current fruit, a-la pacman, on the far right. > > > > In the second screenshot, missile graphics display remaining ships, so I'm > > left with 2 sprites to display the level number. > > I prefer the solid blocks (though striped) for the lives counter and the > fruit/prize for the level. That's the right half of the first and the left > half of the second. :) > > You could forego showing the current level at all. It's implied by the fruit > at the top of the screen, unless you plan on having several different fruits > within a level, or repeating them after a while. Since you said you would > also show the level number at the start of the level, it's probably not > necessary to also show it during gameplay. This would leave you another > sprite to show up to three more lives, for a total of six. > > If you get short on screen space or want to add another row, you > could use methods such as in Yars' Revenge, in which the score and lives are > shown only after losing a life, or in Berzerk, in which the score is changed > to a life display once you leave a room. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------- > Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ > Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Archives (includes files) at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/archives/ Unsub & more at http://www.biglist.com/lists/stella/
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