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Thank you, vtk, for your welcome! Where are you located? Somehow I have the feeling that we know each other, arleady.
The nice Vectorblade spaceship flying by will be missing *tear dropping* :-(.
Also I have to test it out – if cycle wise there is any possibility that it might work…And its not fitting for draft #2…
Hmm, perhaps its just a matter of rearranging things: Instead of two separate screens (title screen and desktop) it might be just one screen which “morphs” into another. This would also solve the problem of starting a short music on the title screen and stopping it again after just a few bars.
A sample script for such a morphing:
1. VB logo appears
2. Spaceship animation is shown
3. VB logo gets smaller (or disappears) and screen (frame) around logo appears.
4. Menu appearsNot a perfect script, yet, but perhaps a direction to think further…
Thank you for these very helpful postings. This will help me to find an appropriate programmer which I will need, soon.
Below please find a sample what the combination of the title screen and the desktop might look like. Idea behind this is that the logo is part of the movie and is shown/scrolled vertically just like any other content (credits, …).
(I removed the control desk for the pilot to clean up the screen. The control desk might be added, again. Perhaps the perspective of the desk might be changed so that it matches the perspective of the movie screen and the menu)
Draft: Title screen and desktop united
A short addendum to the above drafts:
Please note that I’ve changed the position of the items. I think “Up” and “Right” are (more or less) “Forward” directions while “Down” and “Left” are “Backward” directions. Therefore, “Play” and “Highscores” should be placed on “Forward” positions while “Settings” and “Description” should be placed on “Backward” positions.Thank you, Malban and Peer for your warm welcome and your feedback.
In my initial postings I have been very brief, below please find some more explanation
Re: #1 I test on a non-buzz Vectrex and from what I have read in the other post straigthening using the joystick is fast. I’ve tried the buttons instead and found that a 100% straightening isn’t possible: In my case a setting in between two values would have been needed to get the text straightened.
Re. #1-3 Good to read that calibration will be redone a bit. It’s not bad but it should be more self explaining and intuitive.
Re 4: I tried again this afternoon. It’s the clingon ships that look like a male genital when exploding. I guess there’s little you can do but I’ll take a photo that you (and myself) can see what it really looks like.
Re 5.: Cool that you will have a look at this one. I’ve created some drafts, see below. I think it would be a good thing if title screen and desktop would be combined into one screen. But I guess that’s impossible due to the Vector Blade logo. But again, perhaps the Vector Blade logo could become part of the “film” shown on the desktop with the credits.
Best regards,
Helmut
#5 Drafts for “desktop” screen.
Original 1
Draft 2
Draft 3
Draft 4
Draft 5
Draft 6
Draft 7
Draft 8
