Re: [TuxKart-devel] GUI

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

On Tue, 29 Jun 2004, Steve Baker wrote:

> Robert Kooima wrote:
> 
> > 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.
> 
> Why?  Why bring in another GUI system when we already have a perfectly
> good one already?  PLIB/PUI is an extremely mature GUI with a ton of widgets.
> You can also do stuff like binding your own rendering routines to the
> buttons to make them look however you want.  Fonts are just textures so
> they can be arbitarily coloured, etc, etc.
> 
> > 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?
> 
> I don't see a need.  The present GUI can handle any 'look' I can
> think of - and it's already part of the PLIB library that we use
> for EVERYTHING else.
> 
> GUI redesign wasn't on our GoTM 'ToDo' list - but even if it was,
> I can't see any justification in ripping apart something that's
> working OK.
Well regardless on how we do it. I think the current tuxkart gui BADLY 
needs to be improved. All these menus, radiobuttons, list ... make me feel 
like a funky colored office app, but not like a game.
Make it simpler by using more screens, add some effects, like a preview 
of selected tracks and drivers, ... You could place a driving tux in the 
background and blend the GUI over it, to have some more action...

Greetings,
	Matze