[Shower Thought] You're an old veteran? Played Hedgewars for like... Seven decades? Boring Frontend Background?
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Huh? Feel like a living fossil already?
Seven decades of pro-Hedge-wrestling?
But wanted to see somethin' new each time you open Hedgewars?
Hmmm...
Then you're one lucky old man!
Cuz' the god of bathroom has bespoken!
Here, take a look at what he(SWJ warning) said:
Heed mortal! One may elude one's self-boredom by seeing new things!
And from my perspective, that holy message saying that we may modify our Hedgewars menu background into something more interesting like a slide or some random map generated with hogs/etc. Juz a static map to show new/old player some interesting 'randomness' cuz random background is fun, new fun every time! (no, I'm not in favor of Highlander/BRW/etc random based mode =_=). Please check the latest SMBX menu background! I very recommend you to see their interactive menu background (if you haven't known it yet) =O
If that's too complicated (random map generator background) then just make it like a simple slide including some/all themes based background (e.g: A background of the City theme, and changing the star flakes with a rain =D). ETCETERA
Or for more idea then try to imagine a background with some shells, airbomb, napalm, grenade, and maybe melones flying around indicating the "Wars" part of "Hedgewars" =D (maybe add some "Hedges"?). It's not limited to flying projectile/weapon/land object(barrels?)/exploding stuff/smokes/trailing traces/steams though; how about a flying hog with a poor face/derpface(lol)/pain/smiley expressions xD? OR how about kamikaze/flying target waiting to be destroyed?
Plus+: "Interactive Background"? Click here click there, swing hedgehog around, explode things, toss stuff, or anything interesting, etc
PS: It's slide or a background that change every time player enter/leave a part of the menu (entering Online play may differ though). For me IMHO, I chose an active-changing background that go from one to another each time I select a different section of the menu (what will be displayed are random).
WELP!
IT'S ALL YOURS TO IMAGINE =DDDD
And finally, thanks for your time and your will to take the risk having an OCTS syndrome xDDD
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Hmm, we could maybe randomize the frontend background with different themed images. I wonder how it would work out. Of course, great care must be taken that the background is not a big distraction.
But I do not want to think a lot about this or overcomplicate things. We currently have more important things to do, like fixing (almost) millions of bugs.
Hi, I am a Hedgewars developer.
STOP RIGHT THERE MISTER =!
A-a-almost 'MILLION' BUGS?
*burp*
Please tell me this^ is just some exaggerations over complex, existing, real bugs... (*_*)
Although yes, the background is not that important. Cuz you know, it's a thought, A SHOWER THOUGHT! (I wrote this because I forgot the important, ending line ahem...)
And plus, I wanted to say about my other idea: An extra 'after-static' background like in Super Mario Bros (1) which work/displayed only if player DO NOTHING while in the main menu (u know what I meant without my textwall *wink*). How about that? It is quite simple though, just show some sort of video(etc) if player doing nothing in the background.
Wait wait... ... ...
Let me say, nevermind x)
I believe people think this is a bad idea, let's nvm xD
Okay, thanks for the dev-class reply @Wuzzy
It's my honor for able to reply your reply (wut rly?)
*MAY HEDGEWARS BE EVEN MORE AWESOME, EVERYDAY... HAIL HEDGEWARS!*
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