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Spring RTS Ingame lobby project
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Present map list as grid #230

Open dvr333 opened 8 years ago

dvr333 commented 8 years ago

It would be a lot clearer to see what maps are what (especially for newer players) if they showed up as a grid of map images.

GoogleFrog commented 8 years ago

So the choose map screen should be a grid of maps? Presumably with some sorting and tooltips.

gajop commented 8 years ago

Why would a grid be better? Images are OK, and wanted, but I don't understand why we would want grids (which tend to be used when you're starved for space and can't sort things well). Any example of a good map choosing UI that uses grids (in any other game)?

dvr333 commented 8 years ago

StarCraft 2's Arcade.

Grid would be to make the map images the main thing you see, rather than having to scroll through a list to see the image that would jog one's memory.

gajop commented 8 years ago

I've taken a glimpse of it and it's not bad, but I'm still not sure if I want it or not. I don't like the grid battleroom setup we have and I think it's worse than the list one, so I'm not sure grids will work for maps either.

I first want map icons implemented, as well as a system for selecting maps by type (1v1, team, FFA, etc.) and size, and only after should we consider grid vs list.