Creating the Main Menu - Revision history

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AFRLme: /* Introduction */

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‎Introduction

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	== Introduction ==		== Introduction ==
−	Menu creation in Visionaire Studio is probably one of the most difficult & time consuming things, you will come across - regardless of what glenfx said about it being easy, in his tutorial. The reason being is that there are a lot of things to consider when developing the menu for your game, like: do you want to create a professional menu like those seen in commercial games? or are you just wanting to create something simple & basic? do you want it to remember the players configuration choices for each session? do you want to create an achievement or bonus content system? or maybe both? do you want to create a bug free save, load & delete system? how about an interactive button/icon that pops open the players default web browser & loads an url ~~(website link)~~ of your choice? or how about '''true''' new game &/or resume game buttons? what about confirmation boxes that pop up after clicking the quit, save, load or delete buttons? the list is endless & thus you can see why creating a game menu takes time to develop/plan.	+	Menu creation in Visionaire Studio is probably one of the most difficult & time consuming things, you will come across - regardless of what glenfx said about it being easy, in his tutorial. The reason being is that there are a lot of things to consider when developing the menu for your game, like: do you want to create a professional menu like those seen in commercial games? or are you just wanting to create something simple & basic? do you want it to remember the players configuration choices for each session? do you want to create an achievement or bonus content system? or maybe both? do you want to create a bug free save, load & delete system? how about an interactive button/icon that pops open the players default web browser & loads an url of your choice? or how about '''true''' new game &/or resume game buttons? what about confirmation boxes that pop up after clicking the quit, save, load or delete buttons? the list is endless & thus you can see why creating a game menu takes time to develop/plan.

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	== Introduction ==		== Introduction ==
−	Menu creation in Visionaire Studio is probably one of the most difficult & time consuming things, you will come across - regardless of what glenfx said about it being easy, in his tutorial. The reason being is that there are a lot of things to consider when developing the menu for your game, like: do you want to create a professional menu like those seen in commercial games? or are you just wanting to create something simple & basic? do you want it to remember the players configuration choices for each session? do you want to create an achievement or bonus content system? or maybe both? do you want to create a bug free save, load & delete system? how about button that pops open the players default web browser & loads an url (website link) of your choice? or how about '''true''' new game &/or resume game buttons? what about confirmation boxes that pop up after clicking quit ~~button or the~~ save, load or delete buttons? the list is endless & thus you can see why creating ~~the~~ game menu takes time to develop/plan.	+	Menu creation in Visionaire Studio is probably one of the most difficult & time consuming things, you will come across - regardless of what glenfx said about it being easy, in his tutorial. The reason being is that there are a lot of things to consider when developing the menu for your game, like: do you want to create a professional menu like those seen in commercial games? or are you just wanting to create something simple & basic? do you want it to remember the players configuration choices for each session? do you want to create an achievement or bonus content system? or maybe both? do you want to create a bug free save, load & delete system? how about an interactive button/icon that pops open the players default web browser & loads an url (website link) of your choice? or how about '''true''' new game &/or resume game buttons? what about confirmation boxes that pop up after clicking the quit, save, load or delete buttons? the list is endless & thus you can see why creating a game menu takes time to develop/plan.

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	I will try to cover as much of the menu creation as possible in this page, but please bear in mind that there are multiple ways to go about creating your menu & well pretty much everything else in Visionaire Studio can be approached in this fashion. Also I would like to point out that this is a guide for creating a menu of commercial caliber & should you want something a little simpler, then you should check out Glenfx's menu tutorial, [http://www2.visionaire2d.net/glenfx/ here].		I will try to cover as much of the menu creation as possible in this page, but please bear in mind that there are multiple ways to go about creating your menu & well pretty much everything else in Visionaire Studio can be approached in this fashion. Also I would like to point out that this is a guide for creating a menu of commercial caliber & should you want something a little simpler, then you should check out Glenfx's menu tutorial, [http://www2.visionaire2d.net/glenfx/ here].
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	== Initial Setup ==		== Initial Setup ==

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 == Introduction ==
-Menu creation in Visionaire Studio is probably one of the most difficult & time consuming things, you will come across - regardless of what glenfx said about it being easy, in his tutorial. The reason being is that there are a lot of things to consider when developing the menu for your game, like: do you want to create a professional menu like those seen in commercial games or are you just wanting to create something simple & basic? do you want it to remember the players configuration choices for each session? do you want to create an achievement or bonus content system? or maybe both? do you want to create a bug free save, load & delete system? how about button that pops open the players default web browser & loads an url (website link) of your choice? or how about '''true''' new game &/or resume game buttons? what about confirmation boxes that pop up after clicking quit button or the save, load or delete buttons? the list is endless & thus you can see why creating the game menu takes time to develop/plan.
+Menu creation in Visionaire Studio is probably one of the most difficult & time consuming things, you will come across - regardless of what glenfx said about it being easy, in his tutorial. The reason being is that there are a lot of things to consider when developing the menu for your game, like: do you want to create a professional menu like those seen in commercial games? or are you just wanting to create something simple & basic? do you want it to remember the players configuration choices for each session? do you want to create an achievement or bonus content system? or maybe both? do you want to create a bug free save, load & delete system? how about button that pops open the players default web browser & loads an url (website link) of your choice? or how about '''true''' new game &/or resume game buttons? what about confirmation boxes that pop up after clicking quit button or the save, load or delete buttons? the list is endless & thus you can see why creating the game menu takes time to develop/plan.
 I will try to cover as much of the menu creation as possible in this page, but please bear in mind that there are multiple ways to go about creating your menu & well pretty much everything else in Visionaire Studio can be approached in this fashion. Also I would like to point out that this is a guide for creating a menu of commercial caliber & should you want something a little simpler, then you should check out Glenfx's menu tutorial, [http://www2.visionaire2d.net/glenfx/ here].
 == Initial Setup ==

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−	Menu creation ~~can be~~ one of the most difficult & time consuming ~~parts~~ of developing your game, ~~depending on exactly what you have in mind for it. Do~~ you ~~plan on creating~~ a professional menu ~~that remembers all of~~ the players ~~previous~~ configuration choices each ~~time the game is closed/opened~~? do you ~~plan on adding~~ a '''true''' new/resume game button~~? do you plan on adding an achievement/bonus content system?~~ or ~~maybe even a fully functional~~ save, load & ~~delete~~ game ~~system?~~	+	Menu creation in Visionaire Studio is probably one of the most difficult & time consuming things, you will come across - regardless of what glenfx said about it being easy, in his tutorial. The reason being is that there are a lot of things to consider when developing the menu for your game, like: do you want to create a professional menu like those seen in commercial games or are you just wanting to create something simple & basic? do you want it to remember the players configuration choices for each session? do you want to create an achievement or bonus content system? or maybe both? do you want to create a bug free save, load & delete system? how about button that pops open the players default web browser & loads an url (website link) of your choice? or how about '''true''' new game &/or resume game buttons? what about confirmation boxes that pop up after clicking quit button or the save, load or delete buttons? the list is endless & thus you can see why creating the game menu takes time to develop/plan.

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	I will try to cover as much of the menu creation as possible in this page, but please bear in mind that there are multiple ways to go about creating your menu & well pretty much everything else in Visionaire Studio can be approached in this fashion. Also I would like to point out that this is a guide for creating a menu of commercial caliber & should you want something a little simpler, then you should check out Glenfx's menu tutorial, [http://www2.visionaire2d.net/glenfx/ here].		I will try to cover as much of the menu creation as possible in this page, but please bear in mind that there are multiple ways to go about creating your menu & well pretty much everything else in Visionaire Studio can be approached in this fashion. Also I would like to point out that this is a guide for creating a menu of commercial caliber & should you want something a little simpler, then you should check out Glenfx's menu tutorial, [http://www2.visionaire2d.net/glenfx/ here].
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−	~~Here's a quick list of buttons/options you should consider including in your game menu:~~
−	* continue/resume
−	* new game
−	* options
−	** game (miscellaneous game options that don't fit into ''video'', ''audio'' or ''controls'')
−	*** language etc...
−	** video/display
−	*** gamma, subtitles, resolution, fullscreen/window mode etc...
−	** audio
−	*** global/music/sound/video/speech volume, sound modes etc...
−	** controls
−	*** control/preset options & control diagrams
−	* save/load game (this could be done on a single menu scene or on separate menu scenes.

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	I will try to cover as much of the menu creation as possible in this page, but please bear in mind that there are multiple ways to go about creating your menu & well pretty much everything else in Visionaire Studio can be approached in this fashion. Also I would like to point out that this is a guide for creating a menu of commercial caliber & should you want something a little simpler, then you should check out Glenfx's menu tutorial, [http://www2.visionaire2d.net/glenfx/ here].		I will try to cover as much of the menu creation as possible in this page, but please bear in mind that there are multiple ways to go about creating your menu & well pretty much everything else in Visionaire Studio can be approached in this fashion. Also I would like to point out that this is a guide for creating a menu of commercial caliber & should you want something a little simpler, then you should check out Glenfx's menu tutorial, [http://www2.visionaire2d.net/glenfx/ here].
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		+	Here's a quick list of buttons/options you should consider including in your game menu:
		+	* continue/resume
		+	* new game
		+	* options
		+	** game (miscellaneous game options that don't fit into ''video'', ''audio'' or ''controls'')
		+	*** language etc...
		+	** video/display
		+	*** gamma, subtitles, resolution, fullscreen/window mode etc...
		+	** audio
		+	*** global/music/sound/video/speech volume, sound modes etc...
		+	** controls
		+	*** control/preset options & control diagrams
		+	* save/load game (this could be done on a single menu scene or on separate menu scenes.

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−	I will try to cover as much of the menu creation as possible in this page, but please bear in mind that there are multiple ways to go about creating your menu & well pretty much everything else in Visionaire Studio can be approached in this fashion. Also I would like to point out that this is a guide for creating a menu of commercial caliber & should you want something a little simpler, then you should check out Glenfx's menu tutorial, [http://www2.visionaire2d.net/glenfx/~~parte_7.htm~~ here].	+	I will try to cover as much of the menu creation as possible in this page, but please bear in mind that there are multiple ways to go about creating your menu & well pretty much everything else in Visionaire Studio can be approached in this fashion. Also I would like to point out that this is a guide for creating a menu of commercial caliber & should you want something a little simpler, then you should check out Glenfx's menu tutorial, [http://www2.visionaire2d.net/glenfx/ here].

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−	I will try to cover as much of the menu creation as possible in this page, but please bear in mind that there are multiple ways to go about creating your menu & well pretty much everything else in Visionaire Studio can be approached in this fashion. Also I would like to point out that this is a guide for creating a menu of commercial caliber & should you want something a little simpler, then you should check out Glenfx's menu tutorial, [[http://www2.visionaire2d.net/glenfx/parte_7.htm\|here]].	+	I will try to cover as much of the menu creation as possible in this page, but please bear in mind that there are multiple ways to go about creating your menu & well pretty much everything else in Visionaire Studio can be approached in this fashion. Also I would like to point out that this is a guide for creating a menu of commercial caliber & should you want something a little simpler, then you should check out Glenfx's menu tutorial, [http://www2.visionaire2d.net/glenfx/parte_7.htm here].