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Recently we captivated the aboriginal in a alternation of beta tests for our accessible bold Final Contact. Or maybe we should accept alleged it an alpha analysis aback the bold is still beneath development and we alone activated a distinct akin for its gameplay mechanics.
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You can Manually Customize the GUI Colors (Instructions ... | elite dangerous change hud colorTo accord you a little accomplishments about Final Contact, it is a pseudo-3D space-based action actor created in a 2D development environment. It began as an on-again off-again project. I had been spending time developing a few low akin accidental amateur for HTML5-based web and adaptable portals. Sometime aftermost year aback assuming the ancestor to a developer acquaintance of abundance who appropriate that I should booty this bold to STEAM. I had added gamepad abutment for the bold alone for claimed testing purposes but, aback he played the bold with a gamepad, he bound appropriate that this bold would be prime for STEAM platform, article that I had never advised prior. All able-bodied and accomplished but, it meant I had to redesign the game’s cartoon at a college DPI for the PC.
Scrreenshot from aboriginal prototype
So, beforehand this year I went aback to the cartoon lath and began to clean the bold from the arena up and with that, I began an advancing amusing business campaign. With a few gameplay videos and a lot of screenshots from the aboriginal prototypes, I began to advance the bold and drew a lot of absorption as able-bodied as some added developers who came onboard to admonition with the project. One of them was a absolute accomplished complete architect from EA Games.
As things progressed I begin myself at of development crossroads, so to speak. I absitively this ability be a acceptable time for a beta test. Not accepting a abounding bold developed for a able beta and with affairs to barrage a Kickstarter, I absitively that my beta analysis would be of four altered levels, anniversary one consisting of altered bold mechanics. Because the bold is developed in HTML5, we were able to accommodate the bold in a downloadable articulation that could be played on a web browser on any adaptable accessory or on a PC with a gamepad, not acute any installation.
Having a abundant amusing media alpha with a able afterward of absorption I began to accost for beta testers. The aboriginal aberration we fabricated was to alpha that address about a abounding two months above-mentioned to the absolute beta. My ambition was to get 100 beta testers and we acquired that bulk in about two and a bisected weeks from the antecedent announcement. Unfortunately, with a ample adjournment amid assurance up and the absolute test, we drew far beneath acknowledgment than we absolutely hoped. Although, one acumen for this may be that abounding of those that took an absorption are YouTubers and Twitch streamers. We apperceive this because abounding of them emailed anon aback we batten with them through amusing media and they had bidding absorption in alive the game. However, we asked that no one beck the aboriginal akin until afterwards we completed the aboriginal alternation of beta tests with it. For the aboriginal test, which was of Akin 1 of the game, the absolute bold mechanics were amped to be abundant added difficult than the absolute aboriginal akin would be. I capital to see how far we could advance an HTLM5-based bold as able-bodied as analysis the bulk gameplay mechanics.
And so it began.
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Elite Dangerous Guide - How To Customize Your HUD and UI Colors ... | elite dangerous change hud colorWe threw the beta testers into it with no instruction, allurement them to barometer how automatic the bold was and how able-bodied they were able to get a butt on the mechanics of the bold afterwards any tutorial. Several canicule later, we followed up with a additional email that included instructions and an outline on the game’s controls and objectives. I acquainted this was important because as a gamer, I am generally angry off by amateur whose axiological mechanics are difficult to butt and I don’t adore accepting to go through a diffuse tutorials.
The Response
Being afraid that players ability not like the game, we waited with apprehension until the aboriginal responses began to crawl in.
In the aboriginal annular of testing, a cardinal of users had issues accepting their gamepads to assignment with their PC and we had not provided keyboard abutment as an alternative. This was a above oversight. As the additional email with apprenticeship went out a few canicule later, we added keyboard abutment and apprenticeship for those who could not get a gamepad to assignment with their PC.
Out of our 100 beta testers, alone aloof over 60 downloaded and played the game. And while they played it with frequency, alone bisected gave a acknowledgment to our analysis form, but it was added than enough.
The acknowledgment was phenomenal. Everyone admired the game. Along with a lot of absolute comments, we additionally could see that the beta testers begin the bold to be automatic and accessible to grasp. A few commented that they anticipation the bold was too difficult for a aboriginal akin but we accepted that, accepting fabricated it that way for the aboriginal Beta.
Among the beta testers, there were some adolescent bold developers and accompany from whom we acquired important acknowledgment about playability, which led to some adjustments in the dispatch and deceleration of the gameplay. Everyone admired the accomplishments music but added than a few begin the complete furnishings to be a little too strong.
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You can Manually Customize the GUI Colors (Instructions ... | elite dangerous change hud colorWe additionally learned, accepting redesigned the bold at a college resolution for the Steam platform, that the download admeasurement was abundant beyond than advancing and that the final artefact for adaptable versions would accept to be essentially reworked.
Two weeks went by and because of the all allocution on amusing media, we began to accept a lot of requests from added gamers absorbed in abutting the beta. So we opened up to booty added testers and accustomed 150 added beta tester assurance ups in 3 and bisected days. A brace able bold testers came onboard and one in accurate gave some absolute astute absolute feedback. Abnormally about the HUD’s color, which was important to me. I had apropos about the HUD actuality all red but was hellbent on advancement the blush scheme. Earlier, the antecedent year, aback I was developing the aboriginal prototype, I would frequently go out to a bounded pub to sit and analysis the bold on my adaptable accessory (and accept a few beers), authoritative a account of addendum of changes to accomplish and bugs to fix. Repeatedly, I was approached by strangers who saw me arena the game, who asked me what the name of the bold was and what belvedere it was on so they could acquirement it. The red was so active and eye catching, that I acquainted I had it right. Afterwards a lot of feedback, abnormally from the able testers, I acquainted assured about the affectation blush of the HUD.
We captivated a alternation of 4 tests, all in Akin 1 as we kept authoritative changes. Virtually all the acknowledgment was positive, which seemed a little alarming because I absolutely accepted added in the way of abrogating comments and absolutely hoped for it but, accustomed little. One activity I’ve abstruse in the accomplished is that annihilation can get you on clue like some absolutely abrogating effective criticism.
There were a lot of absolute effective comments in the feedback. I absolutely got a notable bulk of acknowledgment apropos gameplay on adaptable accessories against the PC, in commendations that the awning seemed a bit chaotic by the HUD on Mobile, which of advance was barefaced because the accession of blow controls to comedy on a adaptable accessory admitting the bold was controlled by a gamepad on the PC. There was a baby bulk of abrogating acknowledgment but, by and ample it went ignored. Looking back, I accept this was mostly due to the actuality that we accept so abundant absolute acknowledgment overall.
All in all, it seemed absolute acknowledged aboriginal annular of beta testing and we came abroad activity appealing assured until a few weeks ago. I had been announcement some screenshots of the final beta analysis on amusing media (specifically Twitter), aback I accustomed a acknowledgment cheep with the bulletin “I’m activity to appearance this as an archetype of what not to do in a GUI“. Of advance my pride was stung a bit afterwards all the absolute acknowledgment but I capital to accumulate an accessible apperception so I reminded myself of that old poker adage, “Don’t abatement in adulation with your hand”, and like any bold developer amorous about his project, I was absolutely in adulation with Final Contact and reminded myself about that. But, finally, there it was. The accurate criticism I had capital from the beginning.
I took a attending at the commenter’s contour on Twitter and saw that he was a GUI specialist and absitively to ability out to him with a absolute message. I told him we were still aboriginal in development and would absolutely acceptable any admonition he ability have. 2 canicule later, he beatific me aback one of my screenshots apparent up with abundant changes and comments. I had absolutely been spending a acceptable accord of time watching gameplay and promotional videos for some of the AAA 3D amateur like Elite Dangerous and Star Citizen. Like abounding bold developers I generally don’t accept the time to absolutely comedy games. Afterwards giving it some adamantine application and in ablaze of comparing it with added games, I accomplished he was right.
My targeting reticle in the centermost of the awning was too big and thick. My buttons did boss the awning and I bare to acquisition means to chargeless up awning space. I again went aback and advised the baby bulk of abrogating comments we accept received, acumen there was some accurate credibility in there as well.
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Change HUD Colour *tweak* - Page 18 | elite dangerous change hud colorI had already been alive on developing appropriate furnishings of abundant college affection than originally presented in the beta but with the new ability I gained, accomplished a lot added of it was activity to be charge a change.
Screenshot 1 from re-design on PC
Since again we’ve been alive on absolutely redesigning the HUD, absolution up awning space, and creating a added aerial tech look. The new furnishings are absolutely amazing (if I ability say so) and we’ve replaced our 3D models with abundant added realistic, anxious adversary fighters, action cruisers, and amplitude stations. The absolute attending of the bold has been badly added by the changes and I can absolutely say that we couldn’t be happier with it at this stage.
Screenshot 2 from re-design on mobile
Since the day I aboriginal began alive on Final Contact, it’s been in a connected accompaniment of evolution. Accepting a beta analysis and accepting a lot of aboriginal assignment answer on amusing media has absolutely helped to accord to that evolution. Looking back, I’m absolutely animated that we had the aboriginal Beta and plan to do added in the abreast future. Accepting acknowledgment has absolutely been acute in the development action and I accept no agnosticism that gamers, developers, and brand enthusiasts will all abide to accord to this activity as we get accessible to booty our bold to IndieGoGo for allotment and accompany this bold to bazaar however; it was the absolutely abrogating comments followed by effective criticism that airtight me out of my adulation activity with my bold and absolutely helped to analyze my perceptions about it, and ultimately advance to the best affecting changes in the amateur design.
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Ability to change HUD colour | elite dangerous change hud colorDominick Gentile Advance Developer and CEO
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