#99467: "Reduce skeuomorphism and wasted UI space"
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Game implementation is really good so far, but I'd like to suggest rethinking how some things are displayed so they're less skeuomorphic and more adequate to a digital environment.
Mainly, I'd like to point out:
1. The way the game currently displays the favored/unfavored suits is not really good. The ornate piece looks great on the physical version, but doesn't really stand out in this digital version. Perhaps it would better to simply fill in the circle with its own color instead of using a graphic representation of the physical piece? Maybe also dim color for the unfavored suits as well, to help the favored pop out more?
2. There is no need to have the point track along the edges of the map in the digital version. It looks nice, but wastes a lot of precious screen real estate, and could be easily replaced by a smaller element. Perhaps a simple strip above the map? (There's an argument for simply having the score by each player's name. Root has a point track in the physical version, but the digital implementation does away with it completely, to no detriment.)
3. Remaining coalition pieces also take up an enormous amount of space that could arguably be tightened up. I'm sure there's a way to make this element significantly smaller while retaining it's "glance-ability".
What do you think?
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• Please explain what you wanted to do, what you did and what happened
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v117
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• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
Game implementation is really good so far, but I'd like to suggest rethinking how some things are displayed so they're less skeuomorphic and more adequate to a digital environment.
Mainly, I'd like to point out:
1. The way the game currently displays the favored/unfavored suits is not really good. The ornate piece looks great on the physical version, but doesn't really stand out in this digital version. Perhaps it would better to simply fill in the circle with its own color instead of using a graphic representation of the physical piece? Maybe also dim color for the unfavored suits as well, to help the favored pop out more?
2. There is no need to have the point track along the edges of the map in the digital version. It looks nice, but wastes a lot of precious screen real estate, and could be easily replaced by a smaller element. Perhaps a simple strip above the map? (There's an argument for simply having the score by each player's name. Root has a point track in the physical version, but the digital implementation does away with it completely, to no detriment.)
3. Remaining coalition pieces also take up an enormous amount of space that could arguably be tightened up. I'm sure there's a way to make this element significantly smaller while retaining it's "glance-ability".
What do you think?
Thanks for the work so far! -
• Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v117
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• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
Game implementation is really good so far, but I'd like to suggest rethinking how some things are displayed so they're less skeuomorphic and more adequate to a digital environment.
Mainly, I'd like to point out:
1. The way the game currently displays the favored/unfavored suits is not really good. The ornate piece looks great on the physical version, but doesn't really stand out in this digital version. Perhaps it would better to simply fill in the circle with its own color instead of using a graphic representation of the physical piece? Maybe also dim color for the unfavored suits as well, to help the favored pop out more?
2. There is no need to have the point track along the edges of the map in the digital version. It looks nice, but wastes a lot of precious screen real estate, and could be easily replaced by a smaller element. Perhaps a simple strip above the map? (There's an argument for simply having the score by each player's name. Root has a point track in the physical version, but the digital implementation does away with it completely, to no detriment.)
3. Remaining coalition pieces also take up an enormous amount of space that could arguably be tightened up. I'm sure there's a way to make this element significantly smaller while retaining it's "glance-ability".
What do you think?
Thanks for the work so far! • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v117
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• What was displayed on the screen when you were blocked (Blank screen? Part of the game interface? Error message?)
Game implementation is really good so far, but I'd like to suggest rethinking how some things are displayed so they're less skeuomorphic and more adequate to a digital environment.
Mainly, I'd like to point out:
1. The way the game currently displays the favored/unfavored suits is not really good. The ornate piece looks great on the physical version, but doesn't really stand out in this digital version. Perhaps it would better to simply fill in the circle with its own color instead of using a graphic representation of the physical piece? Maybe also dim color for the unfavored suits as well, to help the favored pop out more?
2. There is no need to have the point track along the edges of the map in the digital version. It looks nice, but wastes a lot of precious screen real estate, and could be easily replaced by a smaller element. Perhaps a simple strip above the map? (There's an argument for simply having the score by each player's name. Root has a point track in the physical version, but the digital implementation does away with it completely, to no detriment.)
3. Remaining coalition pieces also take up an enormous amount of space that could arguably be tightened up. I'm sure there's a way to make this element significantly smaller while retaining it's "glance-ability".
What do you think?
Thanks for the work so far! • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v117
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• Which part of the rules was not followed by the BGA adaptation?
Game implementation is really good so far, but I'd like to suggest rethinking how some things are displayed so they're less skeuomorphic and more adequate to a digital environment.
Mainly, I'd like to point out:
1. The way the game currently displays the favored/unfavored suits is not really good. The ornate piece looks great on the physical version, but doesn't really stand out in this digital version. Perhaps it would better to simply fill in the circle with its own color instead of using a graphic representation of the physical piece? Maybe also dim color for the unfavored suits as well, to help the favored pop out more?
2. There is no need to have the point track along the edges of the map in the digital version. It looks nice, but wastes a lot of precious screen real estate, and could be easily replaced by a smaller element. Perhaps a simple strip above the map? (There's an argument for simply having the score by each player's name. Root has a point track in the physical version, but the digital implementation does away with it completely, to no detriment.)
3. Remaining coalition pieces also take up an enormous amount of space that could arguably be tightened up. I'm sure there's a way to make this element significantly smaller while retaining it's "glance-ability".
What do you think?
Thanks for the work so far! -
• Is the rules violation visible on game replay? If yes, at which move number?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v117
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• What was the game action you wanted to do?
Game implementation is really good so far, but I'd like to suggest rethinking how some things are displayed so they're less skeuomorphic and more adequate to a digital environment.
Mainly, I'd like to point out:
1. The way the game currently displays the favored/unfavored suits is not really good. The ornate piece looks great on the physical version, but doesn't really stand out in this digital version. Perhaps it would better to simply fill in the circle with its own color instead of using a graphic representation of the physical piece? Maybe also dim color for the unfavored suits as well, to help the favored pop out more?
2. There is no need to have the point track along the edges of the map in the digital version. It looks nice, but wastes a lot of precious screen real estate, and could be easily replaced by a smaller element. Perhaps a simple strip above the map? (There's an argument for simply having the score by each player's name. Root has a point track in the physical version, but the digital implementation does away with it completely, to no detriment.)
3. Remaining coalition pieces also take up an enormous amount of space that could arguably be tightened up. I'm sure there's a way to make this element significantly smaller while retaining it's "glance-ability".
What do you think?
Thanks for the work so far! -
• What did you try to do to trigger this game action?
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• What happened when you tried to do this (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v117
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• At which step of the game did the problem occur? What was the current game instruction?
Game implementation is really good so far, but I'd like to suggest rethinking how some things are displayed so they're less skeuomorphic and more adequate to a digital environment.
Mainly, I'd like to point out:
1. The way the game currently displays the favored/unfavored suits is not really good. The ornate piece looks great on the physical version, but doesn't really stand out in this digital version. Perhaps it would better to simply fill in the circle with its own color instead of using a graphic representation of the physical piece? Maybe also dim color for the unfavored suits as well, to help the favored pop out more?
2. There is no need to have the point track along the edges of the map in the digital version. It looks nice, but wastes a lot of precious screen real estate, and could be easily replaced by a smaller element. Perhaps a simple strip above the map? (There's an argument for simply having the score by each player's name. Root has a point track in the physical version, but the digital implementation does away with it completely, to no detriment.)
3. Remaining coalition pieces also take up an enormous amount of space that could arguably be tightened up. I'm sure there's a way to make this element significantly smaller while retaining it's "glance-ability".
What do you think?
Thanks for the work so far! -
• What happened when you tried to do this game action (error message, game status bar message, ...)?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v117
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• Please describe the display issue. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
Game implementation is really good so far, but I'd like to suggest rethinking how some things are displayed so they're less skeuomorphic and more adequate to a digital environment.
Mainly, I'd like to point out:
1. The way the game currently displays the favored/unfavored suits is not really good. The ornate piece looks great on the physical version, but doesn't really stand out in this digital version. Perhaps it would better to simply fill in the circle with its own color instead of using a graphic representation of the physical piece? Maybe also dim color for the unfavored suits as well, to help the favored pop out more?
2. There is no need to have the point track along the edges of the map in the digital version. It looks nice, but wastes a lot of precious screen real estate, and could be easily replaced by a smaller element. Perhaps a simple strip above the map? (There's an argument for simply having the score by each player's name. Root has a point track in the physical version, but the digital implementation does away with it completely, to no detriment.)
3. Remaining coalition pieces also take up an enormous amount of space that could arguably be tightened up. I'm sure there's a way to make this element significantly smaller while retaining it's "glance-ability".
What do you think?
Thanks for the work so far! • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v117
-
• Please copy/paste the text displayed in English instead of your language. If you have a screenshot of this bug (good practice), you can use Imgur.com to upload it and copy/paste the link here.
Game implementation is really good so far, but I'd like to suggest rethinking how some things are displayed so they're less skeuomorphic and more adequate to a digital environment.
Mainly, I'd like to point out:
1. The way the game currently displays the favored/unfavored suits is not really good. The ornate piece looks great on the physical version, but doesn't really stand out in this digital version. Perhaps it would better to simply fill in the circle with its own color instead of using a graphic representation of the physical piece? Maybe also dim color for the unfavored suits as well, to help the favored pop out more?
2. There is no need to have the point track along the edges of the map in the digital version. It looks nice, but wastes a lot of precious screen real estate, and could be easily replaced by a smaller element. Perhaps a simple strip above the map? (There's an argument for simply having the score by each player's name. Root has a point track in the physical version, but the digital implementation does away with it completely, to no detriment.)
3. Remaining coalition pieces also take up an enormous amount of space that could arguably be tightened up. I'm sure there's a way to make this element significantly smaller while retaining it's "glance-ability".
What do you think?
Thanks for the work so far! -
• Is this text available in the translation system? If yes, has it been translated for more than 24 hours?
• Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v117
-
• Please explain your suggestion precisely and concisely so that it's as easy as possible to understand what you mean.
Game implementation is really good so far, but I'd like to suggest rethinking how some things are displayed so they're less skeuomorphic and more adequate to a digital environment.
Mainly, I'd like to point out:
1. The way the game currently displays the favored/unfavored suits is not really good. The ornate piece looks great on the physical version, but doesn't really stand out in this digital version. Perhaps it would better to simply fill in the circle with its own color instead of using a graphic representation of the physical piece? Maybe also dim color for the unfavored suits as well, to help the favored pop out more?
2. There is no need to have the point track along the edges of the map in the digital version. It looks nice, but wastes a lot of precious screen real estate, and could be easily replaced by a smaller element. Perhaps a simple strip above the map? (There's an argument for simply having the score by each player's name. Root has a point track in the physical version, but the digital implementation does away with it completely, to no detriment.)
3. Remaining coalition pieces also take up an enormous amount of space that could arguably be tightened up. I'm sure there's a way to make this element significantly smaller while retaining it's "glance-ability".
What do you think?
Thanks for the work so far! • Which browser are you using?
Google Chrome v117
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For now I don't I will make much changes as it would be quite some work I'd rather spend on other improvements, but I will revisit if it gets a lot of votes. There' are some other things I would like to take a look at to reduce UI space though. Removing the active events container for example and have a players hand fixed at bottom of the screen.
I guess the core issue is there's currently a lot of scrolling up and down, you know? Scroll down to see what's in everyone's courts, then up to see what's on the market, then down again to see if you're going to have to pay a bribe to play a card, then back up to check the favored suit, then back down to see if I get any bonus actions from the favored suit…
Some of it is going to be unavoidable, for sure. My suggestions were all in the interest of avoiding it as much as possible.
You are aware that the UI will show in two columns if your screen is wide enough or if you zoom out which pretty much removes the scrolling? Thinking about it it might be possible to add zoom buttons somewhere so it's possible to do from the game instead of using browser zoom.
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