[Kde-games-devel] KShisen tiles suck?

[Parker Coates]

On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 08:20, Mauricio Piacentini wrote:
> Parker Coates wrote:
>> On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 19:27, Ian Wadham wrote:
>>> Amen to that !!!!  I believe every themed game should have either
>>> a Themes menu or a Themes entry in the View menu or a special
>>> line for Themes in the Settings menu.  And I do *not* think "Themes"
>>> is a good name for it.  Does "Themes" mean anything to our respective
>>> wives, mothers, brothers, sisters, children and grandchildren?
>>
>> I would suggest "Graphical Themes" as a more explicit possibility.
>
> Looking at what other parts of the project are doing, I am going to
> suggest that we also add an
>
> Appearance
>
> menu. This is what is used for example to configure the graphical theme
> to be used for the desktop, or Plasma. Right-click your desktop to have
> a look at it, or click the cashew.
>
> Inside it, you can select the graphical theme to be used. People do not
> seem to have a problem with the word themes in this context (Oxygen
> theme, Aya theme, get new themes) But having the first point of contact
> named "Appearance" in the menu (or configure menu subentry) will
> facilitate discovery a lot.
>
> Thoughts?

Personally, I find the word "appearance" to be a bit weak in the
context of game themes. Changing the appearance of the desktop, does
just that: it makes things look different. Changing the game theme, on
the other hand, can change the entire feel of a game. It can change
the way you identify with the "hero". It can take the game to a new
environment. It can even rearrange the widgets in certain cases.
"Appearance" just doesn't quite capture that.

But having given it some thought, I'll have to concede that, all other
things considered, "Appearance" is probably the best option. It is
consistent with other areas of the desktop and it leaves little room
for confusion.

(On a related topic, I recently had a lengthy debate with myself when
I decided to rename "Rule Sets" to "Game Types" in Killbots.)

Parker