BLITZEN'S PROFILE

I am currently building an RTS-style game where the player goes around the galaxy and manages and colonized planets and stuff. The hardest part has been coming up with a navigable interface for each of the different elements of the game, and deciding how they should interact.

This got me thinking so I went around to other strategy games and looked at their interfaces. I noticed that there was a trend towards an emphasis on keeping as many things as non-invasive as possilbe (ie small or clear windows & infoboxes, streamlined information). The two games that I sthink are influencing me most on this project are Civ 3 and Warcraft 2. What I decided on was to have your general information (ie date, resources & cash, tech progress, a play/pause button) built mostly into the bottom corners of the screen. That way, that information would always be there, and if you went into a pop-up box or a planet management screen you could still see it.



This is basically the planet management screen. I was just hoping for some crit on this layout or advice on interface building. I want to keep buttonpresses down to a minimum for each action, but still have all information and actions be readily accessible (ie being able to do anything within two or three button presses).

lol Anamay Club.

The why should it be made into a movie question is mostly rhetorical and parodic. Please stop answering it.

I know this girl who I am fond of primarily for the recently discovered fact that we are going to make sweet love one day (its unavoidable, it WILL happen). She is pretty good looking but there are obstacles. Other than that, on the sweet lovin' front things are pretty dismal. In the past year I've had a couple short lived "Brusilov Offensives", no real prospects, and a slowly dwindling social pool to cast my net in... but this looks promising, despite the fact that a relationship looks dubious.

What is your romantic situation and why should it be made into a made-for-tv movie?

Thank you so much for the review!