Basics of Game Design

Interface Design

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Screen Locations for Information

Deciding where to put the most important information on a screen

can be time-consuming not only because what the designers initially

consider important data might prove be marginal for players during

play but also because the size of the data is either too large or too

small. If the data displays cover too large an area of the screen, play-

ers might have diculty seeing what is happening on the playeld.

ere are graphic tricks that can be used to improve how the data ap-

pears, such as making the artwork for the data displays transparent

(Figure 12.3) or only appear when the data changes,