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Game Design > Catnip keyboard layout

#38359 - Kyoufu Kawa - Sat Mar 26, 2005 6:00 pm

As seen in the latest Catnip Dreams techdemo, it now has a name entry screen. I'm considering adding mucho extra font glyphs but would like some "professional" opinions on how to

Here's some quick examples, in no particular order of characters

Current style, which does not allow enough space to show the extra glyphs
Code:
  ! @ # $ % ^ & * ( )
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ~
A B C D E F G H I J K
L M N O P Q R S T U V
W X Y Z a b c d e f g
h i j k l m n o p q r
s t u v w x y z END


Pok?mon style, relatively easy (and also seen in DS PictoChat)
Code:
A B C D E F G           abc
H I J K L M N           123
O P Q R S T U           END
V W X Y Z   . , -


And Final Fantasy style is just the whole font in one continous scrolling window. Hardest to do.

#38384 - tepples - Sat Mar 26, 2005 11:24 pm

You could try spacing the characters at 12-pixel increments, either using sprites for everything or using two overlapping text backgrounds (one scrolled to x=0 and one scrolled to x=4) and hblank DMA to cut off the bottom half of the blank space between rows of characters.
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#38389 - Lord Graga - Sun Mar 27, 2005 1:16 am

use the QWERTY layout please.

#38402 - tepples - Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:13 am

QWERTY layout is a variation on "Pok?mon style" as seen in Pictochat. Here's how it could work on a GBA format, with the red box selecting a key:

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_________________
-- Where is he?
-- Who?
-- You know, the human.
-- I think he moved to Tilwick.

#38407 - sgeos - Sun Mar 27, 2005 3:27 am

I think that "Pokemon Style" is best:
I'd have 4 pages-
upper case
lower case
numerals
symbols
I'd also put space and backspace on each page.

QWERTY is a variation of this. Capslock would be good.

-Brendan

#38419 - Kyoufu Kawa - Sun Mar 27, 2005 11:49 am

Please, no Pictochattish keyboards. Just vote for a layout -_-;

Edit: When I finish this, and start on Catnip 2 - You Can Touch Me Down There, I'll use Pictochat keyboards, k?

#47689 - Ferakk - Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:21 pm

What does the finalfantasy style looks like? Anyone got examples or screenshots maybe?

Thanks.
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