New Manalink 3.0 main menu screen

[Althuna]

What needs to be done for this? I can make any artwork but I just need to know what resolution and how it works with the interactive buttons and whatnot. Let me know and I can make it

[stassy]

Use the current image file as base, maybe? It's the Winbk_Shellscreen16.bmp file and Winbk_Shellscreen16Lib.bmp
(and also you could try for button, border, etc... )

[Aswan jaguar]

If I am not wrong also Sonic and Mathusalem are working on this from some screenshots I saw,but more is better!

EDIT - I looked again and Sonic is working on in game artwork.I hope he is done with it since the screenshots he provided were great!

[stassy]

Ya more are better, especially with full set as alternative.

[Althuna]

I will upload my first attempt tomorrow I spent most of my time trying to figure out how it all works, but now I know. I have made it already but I need to do the animated buttons a bit better. I'll upload it tomorrow and then sometime soon I will make some more.

Sonic's is probably better but at least we can have some options.

[Althuna]

Here is my new menu.

It's my first attempt at working with this stuff so I think I can do better next time. But this looks ok I think? If people think it looks ok I can try to make some more in the future.

The files from my zip need to overwrite the files in your ShellArt folder. And the original menu can be backed up by just making a copy of that folder first.

[Aswan jaguar]

Thanks for your work Althuna it looks nice but the theme a bit to modern for my tastes.
When you select a button the submenu is fussy maybe if it wasn't so bright or if it was shading the background like the one we have it would be better to me at least.
As always more artwork to choose from makes more people happy.

[Althuna]

Thanks And yeah I went for a modern look. I'll make another one some time which is more traditional. It should be quicker now that I know how to do it.

[Althuna]

Here's another one! A bit more traditional this time. I didn't animate the buttons because that takes forever, and they look like the click anyway. But if anyone likes it I can do animated buttons sometime.

Also if anyone has a favorite card artwork for a menu, I could make one with it.


p.s. Anyone is welcome to edit anything I have done. You can do anything you want with it.

[stassy]

The wood theme is nice, what about adding some borders as you don't intend to animate the button?

[gmzombie]

this is cool. i like the wood theme the best out of the 2.

[Althuna]

The wood theme is nice, what about adding some borders as you don't intend to animate the button?

That's a good idea! I'll do that later.

[Althuna]

I decided to just animate the buttons seeing as you guys like it I am learning some tricks to make it easier too. So here is version 2 of that previous one. I will make more of these some time in the future.

[Althuna]

I have some free time this weekend, just wondering if anyone would want another one of these main menus? If there is some interest I could make another one.

[CirothUngol]

Sure, more is always better! ^_^
I like your previous efforts, the first one is currently my default.

Do you know where the masks are located that would allow one to resize or move the placement of the animations? I've thought about making a "Classic" menu using the original graphics.

Anything else you'd care to contribute would always be appreciated.