Re: [glob2-devel] Is this project dead?

[Stéphane Magnenat]

On 28.12.19 17:35, address@hidden wrote:
> > Regarding bars, what do you mean proportional? Currently a bar of
> > length N represents N * k elements, with k being proportional to the
> > width, respectively the height of the bar for vertical, respectively
> > horizontal bars.
>
> http://www.winterdryad.co.uk/bars.png
>
> I mean something like this. What do you think?
Personally I prefer having bars at different locations to denote 
different statistics (bottom: HP, left: food capacity/current, top: unit 
assigned/working, right: unit capacity/inside), but I would be curious 
what others would think. Anyone has opinion on that?
> I have just used random colors for the bars, but the idea is to keep 
> them closer together and having a width that is proportional to the 
> element's one. This way it scales smoothly, because in the end we 
> don't have many different "sizes". Just multiples of 32 if I remember 
> correctly.

I am not sure I understand what you mean by "having a width that is 
proportional to the element's one". Somewhat several statistics, such as 
number of units assigned/working, are precise at one unit and it 
somewhat matters for the player to see that.

But maybe there is a design that allows to have bars more together, if 
we think it is better, and still have this precision?

> I was also thinking at some very nice animation that can be adapted to 
> every building to differentiate between working ones and idle ones. 

You mean whether the building is currently doing something, such as 
training unit? It seems cool indeed!

cheers,

Stéphane

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