[Kde-games-devel] Here, there be feedbacks

[Richard Hartmann]

2008/8/8 Ethan Anderson <ethana2 at gmail.com>:

> The problem with the 'start new game' approach is that it involves this tiny
> button.
>
> When I start a game, I'd like it to be one big button in the middle saying
> 'click here to start a new game' if there's no current game or 'click here
> to resume last game' if there was.

Most (all?) 4.1 games that don't start immediately seem to offer this by
simply overlaying 'click here to start'


> ..and when a game is over, whether or /not/ high scores are displayed, the
> user should get a dialog with the 'quit' and 'new game' options in it
> instead of having to go back up to the menu/toolbar every time.

As long as you can still see the playing field through that overlay.. I
sometimes like to go through over the end result before continuing.


> Some mines games I played would start a new game just by clicking on a
> played-through field.  That was really nice.

Without some sort of information, those 'hidden' features can break
expectations.


Richard