[Kde-games-devel] kbattleship and welcome screen

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On Tuesday 12 June 2007, Mauricio Piacentini wrote:
> Johann Ollivier Lapeyre
>
> > (i am a little bit under the ksoduku welcome screen idea) :D And add
> > nice icons to it. I really prefer to get a ksudoku's style welcome
> > screen on
> > every game than a kbattleship one on 1-2 because it is hard to do.
>
> I like the ksudoku welcome screen idea as well, seems much easier than

from a usability perspective, let me assure you that the ksudoku screen is 
clearly sub-optimal.

it is very complete in that it offers all the possibilities in one glance, but 
it does not reflect a natural flow and is very complex. remember that the 
point of games such as these is to quickly fire up an amusement, get rewarded 
with a sugar candy toy and then get on with playing. 

if one was to actually look at the usual play flow of someone playing sudoku, 
you'd likely find that they'd want to just play a regular 9x9 grid. instead, 
ksudoku gets sidetracked into exposing all the potential of the game. but 
people don't care about the full potential; they just want to play. those who 
*do* care can explore the menus; this is where the welcome screen shines as 
well: it can provide quick clicks to the common features and a way to go to 
the more advanced stuff.

someone mentioned that there is visual similarity to flash games; to which i'd 
say: great. ever notice how insanely popular those things are and how much 
people like playing them? there are profitable companies who have them as 
their primary offering. =)

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