done at last

The interface is done.  It has a much more realistic look to the buttons and I have implemented the thought bubbles of what needs to be turned off when the user highlights the associated bar.  I gave up on the game due to the complexity it would give to the interface and lack of time due to working on the video presentation of the interface.  Maybe with a complete redesign of the interface it could work, but with its current aesthetic it does not work, and a complete redesign would take much too long.  Now it is done and here is the final screen shot.

Flash Improvement

On Friday when I went to my tutorial I was informed that we have an extra two weeks to polish up our flash interfaces.  We presented what we had to the tutors and got feed back on what we should improve.  They said that I should change my target audience to people who grew up with video games that had the pixel art look as one of the tutors believed that the children would not understand the look and think that the game was broken or old.  Also they said that the interface should be available on touch pad devices such as touch screen phones as it would be easier for the new target audience to have around as they generally always have their phones on them.  This is really just changes to the idea behind the interface rather than the interface itself and were really meant for when I make the video about the interface.

Changes that they said I should make to the interface were to make the buttons more photorealistic which gives it a nice aesthetic for an interface on mobile devices.  Also I hope to be implementing some form of game function to finish off my ideas.

Here is an image of the interface as I was not able to put the swf file on blogger.