Action Buttons are closer. Look at that tech debt!



New button placement
The action buttons have been moved from the bottom of the screen to nearby your mouse when you click. Now you don't have to travel as far to attack or end your turn.
The move button pulls double duty to hide the interface so you can click on the map. It also maintains consistency for those who like to choose the "move" action before moving. I saw players getting confused about the inconsistency during demo night.
The HUD is also cleaned up to show a picture of the squaddie. Eventually I will add an Info window to show more abilities and statistics. This will also prevent players from trying to command the enemy units (I saw this during testing as well.)
So much tech debt
This took a long time to publish because there is too much coupling between objects. If they don't work together in perfect harmony then a flag is wrong and creates unexpected behavior. I had to pull this back from launch at least twice to fix bugs I only caught during final smoke testing.
I'll be using more event driven architecture to separate responsibilities soon. But I wanted to get this out before US Independence Day. Alright, back to the refactor factory for me!
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The Battle of Fell Desert
Turn Based Strategy in a magical desert land
Status | In development |
Author | Chadius |
Genre | Strategy |
More posts
- Version 0.0.036: Smarter targeting for helpful abilities1 day ago
- Version 0.0.035: Cooldown and rounded buttons14 days ago
- Version 0.0.034 - Highlight Squaddies when acting and targeting22 days ago
- Version 0.0.033 - Add to Collection, Target UI cleanup31 days ago
- Version 0.0.032 - Scroll that Map36 days ago
- Version 0.0.031: New moves, New tutorial42 days ago
- Version 0.0.030: End Turn Button51 days ago
- Version 0.0.029: Health Meter and Buttons56 days ago
- Version 0.0.028: Title Screen buttons show a hover state62 days ago
- Version 0.0.027: Squaddie Selector68 days ago
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