Re: [TuxKart-devel] GUI

[Matze B. <ma...@br...>]

Having a good GUI lib is nice, however what need even more would be a plan 
and some sketches on how the GUI should look and feel.

Greetings,
	Matze

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Robert Kooima wrote:

> Hey folks, I'm looking for a way to contribute to this GotM.  I'm rlk
> on Game Tome, the author of Neverball.
> 
> I propose to take over responsibility for the 2D GUIs in Tuxkart...
> the menuing, the configuration, the high score display, the in-game
> HUD, etc.  I propose to adapt Neverball's existing GUI code for this
> purpose.
> 
> This is a very generic 2D GUI system, and it scales up well.  It
> provides a number of widget building blocks and renders them using
> TrueType fonts.  It uses an autolayout mechanism that allows the coder
> to describe the relationships between widgets, and it lays them out
> on-screen automatically.  It adapts this layout to whatever screen
> resolution or font size you enable.  You send it mouse, button, and
> joystick events and it handles the rest.
> 
> I'll contribute this code, and port in into Tuxkart.  I'll create
> whatever GUIs need to be done for the game.  What say you?
> 
> -- 
> Robert Kooima
> 
> 
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