Hey Darthy,

first of all, nice looking menus

I was wondering what was your reasoning behind how they are organized. Let me try to explain a bit better what I mean:

I have lately been conceptualizing an in-game menu system for an ARPG that I'm (oh so very slowly) making. I have the intention of supporting both keyboard/mouse and controller as input. For those, controllers radial menus work greatly. The Skyrim style, however, I'm not that convinced. In a game where you expect lots of items in the inventory, that might be a drag to scroll through everything to find what you want. So, some thoughts/questions:

1. Do you intend to support controllers? If not, might be wise to skip the radial menu and open directly the intended menus.

2. Have you thought about a search feature (as you type, things that don't match simply disappear)? 

3. If you want to keep the radial, perhaps it could be nice to have only your favorites there?

32 minutes ago, Thiago Monteiro said:

Hey Darthy,

first of all, nice looking menus

I was wondering what was your reasoning behind how they are organized. Let me try to explain a bit better what I mean:

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Hey Thiago Monteiro,

thanks for the comment, I have to admit, this is first (constructive) critique I have recieved so far!

ad 1) To be honest, I have not thought about controllers at all, I focus on keyboard/mose input only. This game is click to move, so i cannot imagine using controller, maybe using controller joystick to navigate the character around environment, but as I said now I focus only on keyboard and mouse inputs. But of course there is the option to acces inventory via keyboard keys. The menu is just a feature I wanted to have in my game

ad 2) I have, but I did not implement it yet, I'm tweaking the inventory and I'am adding new features as I develop. And one of the features is to let player choose what panels he wants to have currently active, so if he would have a lot of items, he can just disable other panels. Also the amount of objects will be limited by weight (not implemented yet too).

ad 3) Favorites radial menu (F key) is on my list, but I am contemplating whether I should go for hot key menu (like in minecraft), or this favorite radial menu.

I dont like drag and drop inventory, so I went for this list type inventory, which is also kinda easier to implement in my opinion.

Thanks for reply, Darthy.

55 minutes ago, Darthy said:

ad 2) I have, but I did not implement it yet, I'm tweaking the inventory and I'am adding new features as I develop. And one of the features is to let player choose what panels he wants to have currently active, so if he would have a lot of items, he can just disable other panels. Also the amount of objects will be limited by weight (not implemented yet too).

I meant something slightly different. I was thinking about a Search box where, for instance, if you type 'w', the list is restricted to wire, wood etc. This could be done within panel or globally.

57 minutes ago, Darthy said:

1) To be honest, I have not thought about controllers at all, I focus on keyboard/mose input only. This game is click to move, so i cannot imagine using controller, maybe using controller joystick to navigate the character around environment, but as I said now I focus only on keyboard and mouse inputs

It's quite possible. If I'm not mistaken, Victor Vran fully supports controller, despite being a Diablo style game, and it works great (according to me, at least). In any case, I was just curious why you have a radial menu when players have access to a keyboard. In a very short while, I'd think players would have memorized the key shortcut they use most, rendering this one extra menu useless. I'd be curious to know if players would keep relying on the radial menu.

27 minutes ago, Thiago Monteiro said:

I meant something slightly different. I was thinking about a Search box where, for instance, if you type 'w', the list is restricted to wire, wood etc. This could be done within panel or globally.

I understand what did you mean. The search filed is on my TODO list, but it is not implemented yet. The panel enabling/disabling is just another solution to keep order in inventory.