Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Title Screen


This is the current title screen for my Flash game. It is similar in layout to the original project, but with some changes for the better. I have moved away from the green User Interface of the original to a light blue UI inspired by the new Star Trek. This gives the UI less of a "military" feel and more of a "science" one.

The space station now has windows that "revolve" around the outside. This was a colossal pain because I make the windows with shape tweens, which I have never been strong with. It took me about 2 hours to get that to look halfway decent.

There are also some quick animations for the buttons and other UI interfaces that keep the design fresh and fun. I'm more or less finished with this screen, although I don't like how much smaller the text for "Instructions" is than the rest, so I will need to fix that.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Rooms are Complete!

(Click on the image to play the game)
(Note: You must click on the game with the mouse before you can start moving around)

All the rooms are now complete! Use the arrow keys to walk around and the Space Bar to open the doors to travel between rooms. By the end of this week all of the interactive elements will be put in and I can begin the introductory animation!

Saturday, April 10, 2010

This is the first room of the game. I sketched this design in pencil and then traced it in Illustrator before bringing it into Flash. Many of the elements will animate once they are in Flash.