Interface facelift

[kev]

The main screen has had the same face for a long time.  If you could tweak move some things around and/or streamline, what would you do?

Ideas:

• Move your arena level to inside the arena page.
• Remove the quests button once quests are completed.  Upgrading could be part of the bazaar.
• Add a link to the forum (a la the current "Open Chat" button).
• Move the "Reset Account" button to within the "Account Info" button.
• Move the "Redeem Code" button to within the bazaar.
• Remove the "Level" line (AI0-FG) as it's already described by the "Type" line.
• On the Arena page, make the test deck button more noticeable.

Brainstorming is fun!

[Rutarete]

The main screen has had the same face for a long time.  If you could tweak move some things around and/or streamline, what would you do?

Ideas:

• Move your arena level to inside the arena page.
• Remove the quests button once quests are completed.  Upgrading could be part of the bazaar.

Brainstorming is fun!

You can see what level you are by looking at your arena deck.
Aren't there going to be daily quests?

[willng3]

I probably have my own ideas to add to this discussion, but I'm just too hyped up on coffee right now to be able to focus on any of them.  However, I do have thoughts on some of the ones presented already.

I like the idea of putting Arena level (which I assume includes the level up meter, Rut) inside the Arena page.  I hate having to constantly switch back and forth to check on my progress while score grinding in the Arena, so I'll + that suggestion.

Quest button being removed would be good.  If there's a plan for future daily quests that might be a problem though.  Upgrade menu in the bazaar makes far more sense imo.

I'd keep the level line as well as the type line.  Most people refer to each of the opponents as AI3 and are usually understood when doing so because it's stated on the level line.  Otherwise people may get confused much more easily as I doubt it would make sense to refer to AI0 as AI0 after that line's removed.

[rob77dp]

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The main screen has had the same face for a long time.  If you could tweak move some things around and/or streamline, what would you do?

Ideas:

• Move your arena level to inside the arena page.
• Remove the quests button once quests are completed.  Upgrading could be part of the bazaar.
• Add a link to the forum (a la the current "Open Chat" button).[/bi][/size]
• Move the "Reset Account" button to within the "Account Info" button.
• Move the "Redeem Code" button to within the bazaar.
• Remove the "Level" line (AI0-FG) as it's already described by the "Type" line.
• On the Arena page, make the test deck button more noticeable.

Brainstorming is fun!

The first or 2nd link below my game window is already a link to the Elements forum...

[Shantu]

I think this topic would make a fine competition.

The first or 2nd link below my game window is already a link to the Elements forum...

But not on Kongregate, where most of the people play. And there's nothing to lure people to the main site anymore.

[rob77dp]

Spoiler for Kong...:

I think this topic would make a fine competition.

Spoiler for Hidden:

The first or 2nd link below my game window is already a link to the Elements forum...

But not on Kongregate, where most of the people play. And there's nothing to lure people to the main site anymore.

My lure to come to the real page to play? ... ... The forum link below the game window.  I feel an entrance to circular logic nearby :-P

[Shantu]

What I mean is that Elements is also hosted on Kongregate and that is where most people find it first. However, on Kong there is no link to the forum at all so Kong people have a harder time finding their way here. Back in the days of Top 50 you had to go to the main site to play it (though there was a bug which circumvented this), which means kong people had a chance to find the forum too. That's how I got here as well.
Since the introduction of the Arena there has been no incentive to play on the main site apart from having a larger game screen.