All I wanted to do was add a Pause Menu. That was it.
I needed somewhere to put a few debug options so I could toggle things like the sky, clouds, terrain, and water on and off. The goal was simple: work out what was having the biggest impact on frame rate when running on the Steam Deck.
I could have thrown together a very basic pause screen with a few plain buttons. But I realised this was a good opportunity to properly think about the look and feel of Supersonic Fight’s user interface, starting with the Pause Menu.
I spent some time playing other games and paying attention to what I liked and didn’t like. I also searched Reddit for pause menus that people love...and ones they hate. One thing came up again and again: it needs to be fast. No clutter. No flashy animations. Just functional:
Next, I needed a dialog to actually display those debug options. Once again, I went digging through my Steam library and various Reddit threads. This time I made a list of things I knew I wanted, and a few things I definitely didn’t.
It’s still very much a work in progress, but here’s where things stand at the moment:
There’s plenty more refining and polishing to do, but I’m happy with the direction it’s heading in so far.
As always, I’d love to hear your thoughts - and I’m especially interested in user interfaces you love...or ones you really don’t.
Rich