I made a fly through main menu, is the effect worth it?

Dustinnb

Hello,

Below is a video showing off my main menu for my upcoming game. The images are all placeholders, just like the terrain. The purpose of the video is to showcase the camera effect. In your opinion, does this kind of camera add any value to a game?

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elGODiDu2QY[/ame]

Cheers,

adam

Yeah man, this is cool! You may want an indicator of what menus are available overall, so folks know what they have available to them. As well, and I can't tell because I didn't look too hard, but if the menu locations are contextual to what is going on, even better.

tharle

i did this for the front end menu for sniper 2 and it was a royal pain in the arse! over 100 different cutscenes to manage all the menu screens and transitions. [ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzwoPSI70Ts"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzwoPSI70Ts[/ame]

that said it is a nice effect - if you've got the time and technology i think it's a cool thing to have. it's not going to add anything to the gameplay so it's just juice but making your game juicier is never a bad thing! (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/178938/)

as for your current setup - i think the transitions are too quick - forward transitions should be slower but backs should be quick to not break the menu flow. too long or jarring a transition is difficult to work with too.

lotet

looks pretty cool, I like the main menu, but the dragon one is a bit distracting.

Dustinnb

tharle wrote: »

i did this for the front end menu for sniper 2 and it was a royal pain in the arse! over 100 different cutscenes to manage all the menu screens and transitions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzwoPSI70Ts

that said it is a nice effect - if you've got the time and technology i think it's a cool thing to have. it's not going to add anything to the gameplay so it's just juice but making your game juicier is never a bad thing! (http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/178938/)

as for your current setup - i think the transitions are too quick - forward transitions should be slower but backs should be quick to not break the menu flow. too long or jarring a transition is difficult to work with too.

Yea a lot of people have been telling me to slow it down, so I definitely will Thanks for the advice.