Suggestions and Ideas Collection

[Madder]

Welp, as expeted I got a shitton of responds, so I’ll do my best to answear them all.

@VerMishelb

Because these two are the ones which are used the most. Even if you set your settings once, you still periodically tweak the sensitivity or change accounts, or turn fps display on and off. You don’t do this with any other button.

I get the importance of the options button but what I meant is that literally no other game has the options button right next to play button like in CIU.

@VerMishelb

Yes, it is, because no other mobile game (especially not angry birds) depends on the forum feedback as much as CIU.

Ok, that’s a fair point, but if that’s the case, then why did IA himself told me he planned on possibly remove it?

@InterAction_studios

and possibly getting rid of the forum icon (although it would make the design lopsided).

@VerMishelb

I’ve never seen anyone having troubles with that, though, not even in Google Play comments which are remarkable for the inability to find something.

I just meant what I said in the first reply.

@VerMishelb

The CIU socials is a separate case because the main action is still happening on the forum (which I am very grateful for because out of 5 socials 3 (IFX) are blocked in Russia and 1 (TikTok) is not functioning properly with regional locks they introduced themselves).

Well I mean yea; the CIU forum is the only real social for CIU. The CIU pages on the other socials are just for pubblicity. So if anything I see why the socials buttons and the forum button should be separated as they’re.

@VerMishelb

Because that’s not an “Option” that can be tweaked. And because nobody clicks these.

Yes, that’s exactly what I just said a few lines later:

@Madder

It’s important to note that while all the buttons mentioned could also be placed inside the options tab, they’re not exactly “options” but rather “information” or “info”, so having a dedicated tab just for them would be much more fitting in my opinion.

@VerMishelb

No.

What “no”? I just removed it for that exemple. Don’t take it seriously.

@VerMishelb

Yes (maybe).

Well this is the second time I propose this:

@Madder

The other one is for the CIU forum, which maybe it’s not technically a social, but… it still is, just not quite like the other ones, so I think it’s better off just put the Forum button there among the other CIU social pages links.

@VerMishelb

I honestly do not understand why people remove texts from their buttons. Windows 11 is a great example of why this should not be done, even though the icons they provided instead are clear and understandable.

Don’t get what you mean with Windows 11 but ultimately it’s just a common design choice, esepcially for mobile games.

@VerMishelb

Which will not be in the centre anyway because of the camera zone in modern phones, and weird screen ratios. Besides, even though you’ve centered, you made it significantly smaller, which would be more annoying than having it next to the options.

I mainly meant that as long as the play button is centered vertically that would already be fine. You could say the same thing for any other mobile game, yet the majority of them still have the play button at the center (at least vertically). As for the button size, I just stuck with the default CIU buttons sizes, of course I think it’s way too small as it is. It could be done in many different ways, but if we want to stuck to the default CIU buttons look then those ones are the only ways to do it. Also I personally don’t see how the options button could make find the play button easier rather than just leave the play buttom at the center like in any other mobile game.

@VerMishelb

Another example of why you should not remove the text. To me that icon looks like it would only contain this (or the simplest “how to play”):

I mean yea, the icon is kinda ambigous, but it’s not like other mobile games haven’t added it regardless. It would just be a way to organize the elements a bit better, but again, that’s just my opinion and this was just an exemple. And besides, the text could still be moved to another place, not necessarly in a button like that.

@VerMishelb

Moreover, you put all the square buttons too close to corners, where even good phones sometimes have troubles detecting the touch. This is not a problem in the current design because the exit button is supposed to be clicked with enough intention, and the socials are packed in a strip.

That’s a good point, especially since of modern phones have rounded corners, and unless you’ve anabled letterbox on graphic options, that could create problems depending on the phone model. Also the exit button doesn’t show up in the mobile version.

@VerMishelb

Only solves the small button being annoying.

I mean yea, that’s the point, as described above.

@VerMishelb

This could theoretically work but it simply looks off with empty space at the top to me.

That’s because you gotten so used so the current CIU main screen design, but regardless, again, it was just an exemple; it can be tweeked at will.

@VerMishelb

Result*

Ah… mah bad…

@VerMishelb

Readability problems because instead of being split into two sections all the text is now in 5 separate zones. Not that more than 2000 active players would actually care about reading the medals, and the top 50 would automatically count what they got and how much (somehow).

Yea; I admitted myself that this redesign is not the best, but it was just an attempt to make a screen that was designed to be vertical into horizontal, and of course the transition doesn’t always happens smoothly, but I couldn’t come up with a better way to do it. Still though, it was worth a shot.

@VerMishelb

I’m sure many people have different associations with summer.

I didn’t mean to say that my personal favorite summer color should be implemented, I just came up with a color that could fit the summer edition a lot better than the current one, as I described in deteils in that section.

@VerMishelb

And this is the one I’m thinking of:

2 things.

• First: you didn’t described why this color makes you think about summer, like I did for the color I proposed. And returing to what I said before, the point of the prhase was to describe why that color (objectively) could fit for the summer edition, not to say I personally like it more, even if I say that indirectly. It’s hard to explain but I think you got my point.

• Second: that one exact color is already used for the easter edition.

@VerMishelb

This is a completely separate problem for a very long time which was tweaked a bit fairly recently.

I don’t get what you mean (the tweaked part, I mean).

@VerMishelb

This would resoult in people asking where the single player mode is.

Single player mode is simply playing missions alone, not like a story campain like in the episodes. The options on the left box are for the individual player, while the ones on the right box are for the multiplayer. I just thought of making it a bit more clear with this minor tweek.

And besides…

@VerMishelb

resoult

You just wrote “resoult” after you corrected be by saying it’s written “result” lol.

@VerMishelb

Especially on phones. I’d like to see them being put as long as you hold the item above the cells, like in minecraft’s inventory.

This was just an idea, again, don’t take it seriously. Anyway, I found it would be more natural to just be able to drag the individaul equipment from one slot to another by default, rather then duplicate them. The ability to hold shift to duplicate them could may as well be just an additional feature that’s PC exclusive, like the ability to access the translation tab; you can’t do that on phone, but people just live with it.

@VerMishelb

Read the title only, but this was suggested at least 5 times, in different ways, and it’s still not added, so I wouldn’t hope for it to be.

Well I didn’t know, but regardless, it is still worth trying; you never know, it may actually happen at some point.

@VerMishelb

Their.

Again, mah bad…

@VerMishelb

Already in-game, technically, in the debug mode that’s currently entirely removed from the release builds, which is sad but understandable.

I’ll take that as “It’s already in the game, but not available for anyone except the developer”, so it’s not in the game at all, basically.

@VerMishelb

You should also pay attention to the enemy health HUD, because it does not show values for health, only a health bar, and there is a very serious reason behind that: it’s giving less opportunity for cheating.

Never actually thought about that, but yeah, it’s basically just a visaul thing, and this hitbox HUD falls into the same category.

@VerMishelb

(I can already see KnockoffFeline typing out a second wall of text)

Yep, you called it.

@KnockoffFeline

welcome back, Madder, I’m glad to see you again!

Thanks KnockoffFeline, glad to see you again too! I’m greatful to you and all some of members in the Discord server for the warm welcome back; I appreciate it a lot.

@KnockoffFeline

Here’s my review of your suggested modifications:

Alright, your turn for replies now.

@KnockoffFeline

The design I like the least is the alternative design (i.e., the last one). I’d rather not waste a couple of seconds restarting the game after missing the settings button and clicking the close button. That button layout is no good. It would be best if the close button had its own little area, like in your other designs.
You made the right call on keeping the social buttons as they are, though, as I firmly believe iA wants to keep them as they are.

There isn’t anything to replay to in this section as you already replied yourself (I still did it and I wasted everyones’ time…)

@KnockoffFeline

The design you showed first didn’t make me go “wtf” at all, don’t worry. It’s just that I don’t like how ironically small the “Play” button is compared to all the other examples you showed. Ironic, because it’s “the most important button”, as you said.

Already replied in a previous reply:

As for the button size, I just stuck with the default CIU buttons sizes, of course I think it’s way too small as it is. It could be done in many different ways, but if we want to stuck to the default CIU buttons look then those ones are the only ways to do it.

@KnockoffFeline

The big play button at the center might work because the bottom margin would be uniform with certain iPhone models, which is cool.

Again, it depends from phone to phone; models and resolutions mainly.

@KnockoffFeline

Assuming the version info stays on the main menu – which I wouldn’t say is “so right in your face” since it’s just relaxing in the corner – the “Settings” button should be moved to the top left corner which would make more sense than having a button next to it that just leads to legal info and some other links. But if you insist that you don’t want to see the version info on the main menu, then it could be moved to the settings menu or the credits screen, just like in other iA games.

If the version text stays where it is, the top left corner is already occupied by it. Perhaps you meant the bottom left corner, like in my initial redesigns. Also about the last part I kinda agree but apperently a lot of people really want the version text to stay as it is so…

@KnockoffFeline

Speaking of, trueuser has said before that the legal info and credits button can fit in the settings menu, and I agree with him. I’d leave them as they are. Then the proposed info button would be pretty much useless as it would only contain two links. Therefore, I’m against having a separate info button. Instead, I’d put the “Forum” button at the bottom left corner.

Again, this is my reply to this part:

@Madder

It’s important to note that while all the buttons mentioned could also be placed inside the options tab, they’re not exactly “options” but rather “information” or “info”, so having a dedicated tab just for them would be much more fitting in my opinion.

@KnockoffFeline

As some people prefer, the “Accounts” button should return to the main menu, and I agree too.

The accounts button is just an option at the end of the day, like all the other ones, so I personally prefer it as it is now. And I mean, it’s just one extra click, and it’s above all the other options, is it really so annoing that you want the accounts button back at the main screen?

@KnockoffFeline

I prefer to see captions for most buttons over the overly minimalistic approach you took for the redesign.

That’s just personal preference, and as I said before:

it’s just a common design choice, esepcially for mobile games.

@KnockoffFeline

That looks cluttered. Allow me to remind you that the top area being reserved is not unintentional. Specifically, ads could be displayed there.

Yea, I forgot about that, and yes, I’ve already said that redesign is indeed not really great.

@KnockoffFeline

On a positive note, I do want to thank you for bringing this up. Eventually, I would like to redesign the middle column to be more compact so that it fits all the medals on a single screen.

As I said, the best way to do so would be to change the collumns from 4 to 3, but that would left a lof of white space around the middle part, unless you extend the legth of the stats, but I don’t think it would look great. Still though, it is worth a try.

@KnockoffFeline

They are? Are you sure that it’s not the opposite (i.e., there’s no bottom margin in your mockup screen)?

Yes because I fixed them in my mockup (and also got rid of the mouse in the bottom right corner, like in every mockup I made, if you never noticed). Just take a look at the main screen buttons and you’ll they have a margin of 4 pixels from the bottom, and the same distance applies for the vertical sides of the screen, so the buttons on the resoult screen are most certainly an overlook.

@KnockoffFeline

I think this looks a bit like Thanksgiving:

Well not that much really. Thanksgiving main color is brown, which is perfect since that one is the color that perfecly rapresent the autumn because of the leafs, woods, mushrooms and pumpkings (either that or orange, which is basically a more saturated brown). That tonality of yellow fits perfectly for the summer edition because of the reasons I described above, but still, they don’t really look that similar. Yellow and brown/orange are really close to the color spectrum, but in this case they still differenciate enough. If anything, as I’ve already said, the current color for the summer edition is too similar to the default blue color for the standard edition, so if anything that one has more reasons to be changed.

@KnockoffFeline

The box on the right is still the “Multiplayer options”. Surely, you meant the box on the left, yes?

Yep, mah bad…

@KnockoffFeline

Okay, maybe don’t show collection areas of collectibles, but otherwise, what Taubsi said in CID.

Well collectibles have an hitbox as well (or rather a bounding box), so they still count in my opinion.

@KnockoffFeline

That is all. Thank you for listening to my TED talk.

Thanks to you and and to VerMishelb for exaustive feedback, it’s always appreciated.

I end this skyscraper of text in the hope to have cleared some doubts, but if you still have things to ask feel free to teel me.