Hey everyone, I've been working on a 4 player single PC game for a while, and am experimenting with different display directions. The idea is that home pc users are being indiscriminately recruited to pilot remote combat drones. So, the display has to be low tech enough to run on the lowest common denominator pc. If anyone has any ideas as to how to carry on with the low tech but (hopefully) aestheticaly pleasing them, I'm all ears! Also, is the Scanline/LED look better, or the Softsprites/Grid look? Basic, prototype graphics Experiment with Scanlines and LED type display Experiment with Softer sprites and grid background http://droneuplink.webs.com/

You need to use html like so:

I think you should put some background boxes around your text so when there's a bunch of sprites on screen, the player can read them easier. Or, you could bold them, and put an outline color around them, like this:



I like your third style better (softer sprites and grid background).

[Edited by - Tangireon on April 12, 2009 9:26:32 PM]

Thanks for the suggestion. I hadn't even thought about that aspect of the visual style. Outline or backgrounded really would be an improvement.