Oh hi there!
Today I’m happy to present pieces of our new UI we’ve been working on for a while.
A month or two ago we scheduled some time to make a newer cleaner interface art that is connected in style, theme, visuals, etc.
Our lead artist, codename Shiv, took the task with a passion. He’s never done a proper full UI before. We have 4 different scenes, each with several elements that need to look like they belong to an overall theme.
The main menu will get new textures for buttons, some new label backgrounds, and in general making things more clear.
The world map has also received a facelift. Shiv wanted to have everything consistent and connected, and so we’re using the same icons for every piece of UI that has the same semantics. The legend should also help with understanding these things at first, and later when it becomes second nature will just always be closed.
The fights will also receive a facelift, with a newer unit header that collapses when the unit is not “in focus”, a new action bar, and all portraits shown for all enemies. We’re also changing the portraits for Merlins’ party to be in the same style as the enemies, as it’s easier to make them that way.
I'd also love to show you the updated book, but it's not yet ready. We expect to start implementing the new UI this week, and will probably finish it early next year. While most of the changes come down to changing some content files, some of these things will need a little touch up on the code side, so MarkoZ and MarkoP (that's us programmers) will split the task somehow. Honestly, I'm very excited to see this new UI in game and start recording new gifs with it.
This will be a big change to our UI, and as such I’m very interested in hearing your thoughts and feedback. Does everything seem reasonable? Does anything still look confusing? Do you feel some aspect needs another improvement? Leave your comments all over the internet, but tell me where I can find them. Plz, I don’t have time to look all over the internet. You can find me on our Discord server.
MarkoP
https://store.steampowered.com/app/600610/The_Hand_of_Merlin/