Improving UI/UX for three buttons pinball

[Jacques-Olivier-Farcy]

Hi there,

As you can see in this last version of my Vector Wood Pinball, i use three button, one for each flipper, one to start / launch the ball. And people really enjoy playing with it.

But actually the UI/UX of the menu are not suitable for this DIY Pinball. What would be a real improvment is to be able to change the table with the left and right flipper and then launch the game with this selected table.

https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/19731340/196043566-39a69003-68d7-4a42-a75e-f5278c563b1e.mp4

I made a small description of the project here : https://gitlab.com/Jacquesolivier/digitalpinball I will write all the details soon.

[dozingcat]

That looks great! I've actually been thinking of improving the way you choose a table; the current method gets increasingly inconvenient as more tables are added, especially if you accidentally skip the table you wanted and then have to cycle through all of them again. Left and right arrows might be an improvement, and then it would be natural to be able to use the keyboard keys to navigate.

[Jacques-Olivier-Farcy]

I am glad to hear that. Actually i use the USB port to connect an external keyboard to be able to choose another table.

[Jacques-Olivier-Farcy]

[dozingcat]

Nice, I was going to ask what keys your buttons were sending, and apparently they're left/right arrows and enter.

[dozingcat]

Can you try VectorPinball_20221022.apk at https://github.com/dozingcat/Vector-Pinball/releases/tag/v1.12.0-prerelease ? It should let you use left/right arrow keys to cycle through the tables and enter to start the game, which will hopefully work with your buttons.

[Jacques-Olivier-Farcy]

Hi,

It is working perfectly!

[Jacques-Olivier-Farcy]

[hackerb9]

That looks pretty cool, but I see the screen is a bit washed out. Is it just the angle the picture was taken at or do you have the same issue I do in #145?