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Author Topic: Leylines: free Master of Magic clone  (Read 7106 times)

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Re: Leylines: free Master of Magic clone
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2010, 06:19:23 am »

My interest is piqued.
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Re: Leylines: free Master of Magic clone
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2010, 08:33:03 am »

Multiplayer and pre-designed scenarios in addition to random maps.
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Re: Leylines: free Master of Magic clone
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2010, 01:05:13 pm »

sounds fun but why the horrible graphics? I dont mean lack of shiny awesome graphics, but I mean the presence of crappy fonts and lame background images?
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Re: Leylines: free Master of Magic clone
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2010, 01:38:45 pm »

Coders shouldn't be allowed to design UIs...and artists, especially, shouldn't be allowed to.  That does look pretty terrible.
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Re: Leylines: free Master of Magic clone
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2010, 02:18:27 pm »

Um, this IS the Dwarf Fortress community, isn't it? :P

(I do understand that this sort of interface is actually worse than what DF gives us)
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Re: Leylines: free Master of Magic clone
« Reply #6 on: August 19, 2010, 02:24:07 pm »

I can't believe I'm agreeing that the graphics are terrible, but here I am. Agreeing. The screenshots show me difficult-to-read text nestled into abrupt and overstated background images. I don't think I could play for long without a headache. And I enjoy ASCII games / ancient DOS games as much as the next Bay12'er.

It's like ... too much noise.  :-\
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Re: Leylines: free Master of Magic clone
« Reply #7 on: August 19, 2010, 02:29:40 pm »

The interface looks like something out of a crappy flash game.

Im all for gameplay over graphics, but if you cant make good graphics, then use a simpler graphical style, like ASCII.
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Re: Leylines: free Master of Magic clone
« Reply #8 on: August 19, 2010, 02:36:57 pm »

suppose I'm the only one who likes it, reminds me of shining force.
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Re: Leylines: free Master of Magic clone
« Reply #9 on: August 19, 2010, 02:47:25 pm »

Yeah, that interface is really gross, I can't even make out half of the text in one of the screen shots.
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Re: Leylines: free Master of Magic clone
« Reply #10 on: August 19, 2010, 02:51:36 pm »

This made me think of a certain dog.

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Re: Leylines: free Master of Magic clone
« Reply #11 on: August 19, 2010, 02:53:43 pm »

This made me think of a certain dog.

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Re: Leylines: free Master of Magic clone
« Reply #12 on: August 19, 2010, 08:03:24 pm »

I played a game. It's not particularly in-depth I'm afraid. :-\
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Re: Leylines: free Master of Magic clone
« Reply #13 on: August 20, 2010, 04:35:10 am »

I didn't see any glaring faults with the layout.
The game was easily playable.
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Re: Leylines: free Master of Magic clone
« Reply #14 on: August 20, 2010, 05:41:56 am »

I think I'm going to have to agree with the unattractive UI. I played for a bit, I can see how it could be enjoyable but after a while I just couldn't stand the horrible, horrible UI.
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