AFLobby Design Volunteer

AF · Post by AF » 15 Jul 2006, 04:20

I'm looking for someone to help sort out GUI and graphical aspects fo AFLobby and give suggestions and do artwork.

Other devs simply ask for a graphic, but I need the whole thing to fit together in a consistent proffesional looking theme, whcih means 1 style, 1 artist.

Volunteers?

Vassago · Post by **Vassago** » 15 Jul 2006, 04:30

I'd like to help.

What about you give everyone until Sunday, and we all post a pic of GUI mock up we've made? Then you can pick the best one.

**EDIT**

I just downloaded AF lobby - is that one screen all there is to it?
It would be nice if you could post a screeny of the main interface, and we can 'skin' that and show off the jpg's afterwards.

Zenka · Post by **Zenka** » 15 Jul 2006, 12:39

You know I would love to help. Though that would be after my vakation (meaning over 3 weeks)

krychle · Post by **krychle** » 15 Jul 2006, 14:21

Why you wanna skinnig it?

just add some graphic, not much.

i realy don't like to skin aplications, becouse many times the skins waste desktop place and memory, more time to load, etc... , and looks horrible, than windows looks like circus or something.

if you wanna still do it than pls do it simple and high usability.

i like something like this http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=5840
not like this

i wanna have more informations on screen not crazy pictures :)

AF · Post by AF » 15 Jul 2006, 15:51

I'll post a test version of AFLobby shortly today so you can look around.

rattle · Post by **rattle** » 16 Jul 2006, 00:50

But keep the option in to have a clean windows look

Cheesecan · Post by **Cheesecan** » 16 Jul 2006, 02:11

krychle wrote:Why you wanna skinnig it?

just add some graphic, not much.

i realy don't like to skin aplications, becouse many times the skins waste desktop place and memory, more time to load, etc... , and looks horrible, than windows looks like circus or something.

if you wanna still do it than pls do it simple and high usability.

i like something like this http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=5840
not like this

i wanna have more informations on screen not crazy pictures :)

Oh god is it some kind of tradition for driver apps to have shitty skinning? horrible.

AF · Post by AF » 16 Jul 2006, 02:41

I'm not particularly fond of total skinning either.

SwiftSpear · Post by **SwiftSpear** » 16 Jul 2006, 06:43

I like skinning for ingame fullscreen GUI's, but they just look ugly on a windows background.

Zenka · Post by **Zenka** » 16 Jul 2006, 12:46

well, if it's going ot be skinnable, I will make an 'battleship gray' skin eventually...

Vassago · Post by **Vassago** » 16 Jul 2006, 20:24

It doesn't need to be full-on skinnable like that crappy looking ASUS app. But having some nice gradient buttons or backdrops are pleasing on the eyes.

AF · Post by AF » 16 Jul 2006, 22:32

Well I'm thinking it to be more inspired by the thirty0ne look darkstars has, exept maybe not so much the orange.

Just packaging and uploading a test copy for you to check ti out.

AF · Post by AF » 16 Jul 2006, 22:39

http://ntai.from-hell.net/xenoBB/view_t ... pid=48#p48

Could replies or proposals go int hat thread? It's easier to see that when I'm looking at Epic stuff

aGorm · Post by **aGorm** » 17 Jul 2006, 10:32

Id love to help out.... (soz i been out all week end.)

Ill knock out some stuf tonight.

aGorm

AF · Post by AF » 16 Aug 2006, 22:15

bump

aGorm? No graphics? Vassago nothing?

AFLobby si in the svn and I'm happy for anyone to do anything to it right now....

Argh · Post by **Argh** » 17 Aug 2006, 04:45

Um... screenies? I have this weekend free... ish... if I'm done with this whole scripting-fu thing, hehe

hrmph · Post by **hrmph** » 17 Aug 2006, 04:53

If you could upload a binary somewhere that could really jumpstart the process.

aGorm · Post by **aGorm** » 17 Aug 2006, 14:06

Sorry... you know how it is... you get to much on your plate and boomb...

aGorm

Sheekel · Post by **Sheekel** » 17 Aug 2006, 20:31

We already have a lobby...it works fine.

hrmph · Post by **hrmph** » 17 Aug 2006, 21:02

Sheekel wrote:We already have a lobby...it works fine.

If everyone thought this way technology would advance very slowly...

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AFLobby Design Volunteer

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