Re: [Rails-devel] Roadmap for improving User Experience

[brett l. <bre...@gm...>]

There hasn't been much discussion about art assets. I don't think
we've ever considered things like player portraits or background
music. For us, implementing game logic has always taken a higher
priority.

AI players is something we've discussed, but it's been a low priority.

If you're interested in working on the UI, you're welcome to do so.
The code is open, and patches are always welcome.

The first step is to subscribe to the mailing list, then check the
code out of the git repository. ;-)

---Brett.



On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 7:34 AM, Frederick Weld
<fre...@go...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in several domains, the rails project has gone far beyond SimTex's 1830. But
> there are some other domains in which the situation is the opposite. One is
> the availability of computer opponents which is only of minor importance for
> rails for obvious reasons (the most important being the lack of complete
> rule enforcements as a prerequisite).
>
> The other domain where SimTex's 1830 shines is the user experience (UI and
> beyond), including the graphics and the music. In my opinion, these parts of
> the computer game have a large impact on the fun / athosphere of playing the
> game. Therefore, I consider this to be really important, too.
>
> Rails has already moved into this direction by providing the means of
> including background maps.
>
> For the future steps into this direction, I have already provided some
> feature requests:
> - 3460692: svg company tokens/logos
> - 3460927: player portraits
> - 3454269: background music
>
> What I would like to know is whether/how you (Erik/Stefan/Brett/...) plan to
> proceed here.
>
> Regards,
> Frederick
>
>
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