Start Menu

Description

The start menu is the first thing the player sees when booting the game. The player starts the game from here, exits the game, and can access the options menu as well.

 Dimensions
 * The start menu will take up the entire screen, with a background image and buttons in the middle of the screen.



Functionality:


 * There are three buttons inside the start menu:


 * Play game.


 * Launches the game.
 * <span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Options.


 * Launches the options menu (See Options menu document)
 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Exit game.


 * Exits the game.

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:bold;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Sound:


 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">A "click" interface sound when clicking any button.
 * Light background music (simple, low version of the main music)

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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:bold;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Additional information:


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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:bold;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Aesthetics

The design should be simple, with the play button in the middle, like this: The other buttons are in the two lower corners (options in the right corner, exit in the left) as seen in this sketch:
 * http://i.stack.imgur.com/gjEV1.png

The visuals should follow the aesthetics of the game, with a background showing some of the main environments in the game (city, jungle, desert, ice etc.).

The buttons should have a background, so you can see them clearly on the background (not as in seen in the sketch to the right). See reference image for an example:

http://hydra-media.cursecdn.com/hearthstone.gamepedia.com/thumb/9/90/Game_Menu_concede.jpg/200px-Game_Menu_concede.jpg?version=0f52d2b146abed551c16a62df453e65d

<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;color:#ffffff;font-weight:bold;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;">Animation

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 * <p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">Entering game: Fade to black.
 * Press button: Button interaction animation.