Day Transition Poll
I have to admit that I have pretty much already made up my own mind on which one I will be using going forward but I still want to check with the community to see which one is the most popular.
As a reminder here are the three Day Transition effects we implemented, out of which only one will survive.
Wheel
Walking
Selector
Comments (16)
The selector has a lot of the information I want at the start of each day. Both new ones will help in remembering the order of days, but I like to day count also being there first thing.
Anyway if combining opt 2 and 3 so we have a day counter aswell?
(Trihan) I actually suggested the same thing so looks like if 2 wins that's what we're going to do.
Is it possible to have all the options? I like the selector because it gives the most data I need in the fastest way possible.
(Trihan) Probably unlikely, even though the work has technically already been done for them I don't think aura-dev wants to clutter up the options menu with another option we don't really need, so he'd rather settle on one style of transition and stick with it. That makes it easier to maintain as well as we only need to make changes to one thing if changes are needed.
I would like miniature wheel pop up in the corner/side of the screen in the morning at the start of a new day instead of complete screen takeover.
So, I have to admit I absolutely picked selector over walking because it makes the listed percentages add to 101. I'm otherwise not inclined one way or the other. Selector looks a bit more polished, but walking is a little more fresh compared to SKA. So those 2 are fine either way. I like the idea of wheel. but it would need a really polished animation to fit. Both thematically, and to stop making me feel like it should be giving me vertigo.
I like Walking and Selector. Wheel feels unpleasant in a way I can't put my finger on.
I like the formatting for option 3 but how can you say no to the Liora sprite
The wheel is godlike! Reminds me of Sonic Unleashed when you switch between Werehog Sonic and Regular Sonic. Edit: Dunno if that was the inspiration but it's cool nonetheless
(Trihan) I'm afraid it wasn't; I haven't played Sonic Unleashed. The inspiration was seeing someone in the Discord once go "It would be cool if there was a day transition that was a spinning wheel" and me going "Huh, that might be pretty cool, let's see how it looks!"
I would like the walking if Liora's sprite represented her state in game.
It does; it is your actual Liora that walks.
Wheel feels a bit too much a juxtaposition. Whimsical transistion vs bleak setting.
normally, i would prefer the Wheel but it would need some redesign (like a second wheel for day/night or just remove it entirely)). The flip of the entire screen (for day/night) is irritating.
(Trihan) Yeah, if we were to stay with the wheel I'd remove that, it was an idea I wanted to try but it doesn't work as well in practice as it did in my head. What I was basically envisioning was that whole "Sun rotates around to replace moon" trope they do to show time passing.