Create A New Home/Hub Screen

Roy Tucker · 07-29-2016, 11:34 AM

It is my opinion that OOTP needs to redesign the home screen as an interactive web page that pushes information to the user like a real sports website and incorporates facegen with headlines or comments to make the game feel more alive. Also as the home page it needs to include links to allow the user to access other parts of the game. Here is my own quick and dirty attempt. I incorporated text and headlines from the game into the webpage. I warn you I am an amateur. Would love to see other people take a stab at it

BIG17EASY · 07-29-2016, 12:05 PM

I like the idea of an interactive home screen, but here are a few quick thoughts on your design:

First, the larger facegens means larger facegen files and likely slower load times. I don't want a slower game just to have bigger facegens. Second, there's a lot of wasted space there (look at all the white/gray area with nothing in it on the left and right). One smaller screens, every iota of screen space should be used to present information.

I think what you've designed is a better start for a league or team news page, not a user homepage.

slugger922cubs · 07-29-2016, 01:12 PM

A lot of this kind of information seems to exist in the newspaper section it just needs to presented better. Web form is probably a nice update for modern times and although the news paper would be nice for historical games.

JMDurron · 07-30-2016, 03:40 PM

I can see the appeal, but I'm also in the "it's not worth the processing time that such a pretty presentation would require" camp on this one.

07-29-2016, 11:34 AM	#1
Roy Tucker Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Jul 2013 Posts: 261	Create A New Home/Hub Screen It is my opinion that OOTP needs to redesign the home screen as an interactive web page that pushes information to the user like a real sports website and incorporates facegen with headlines or comments to make the game feel more alive. Also as the home page it needs to include links to allow the user to access other parts of the game. Here is my own quick and dirty attempt. I incorporated text and headlines from the game into the webpage. I warn you I am an amateur. Would love to see other people take a stab at it

07-29-2016, 12:05 PM	#2
BIG17EASY Hall Of Famer Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 3,291	I like the idea of an interactive home screen, but here are a few quick thoughts on your design: First, the larger facegens means larger facegen files and likely slower load times. I don't want a slower game just to have bigger facegens. Second, there's a lot of wasted space there (look at all the white/gray area with nothing in it on the left and right). One smaller screens, every iota of screen space should be used to present information. I think what you've designed is a better start for a league or team news page, not a user homepage.

07-29-2016, 01:12 PM	#3
slugger922cubs Major Leagues Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 314	A lot of this kind of information seems to exist in the newspaper section it just needs to presented better. Web form is probably a nice update for modern times and although the news paper would be nice for historical games.

07-30-2016, 03:40 PM	#4
JMDurron All Star Starter Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 1,260	I can see the appeal, but I'm also in the "it's not worth the processing time that such a pretty presentation would require" camp on this one.