N.E.X Concept art.
Added 2024-05-29 23:32:11 +0000 UTCBeen working on the N.E.X - specifically the 'Alienpedia' which we have renamed to the Codex, (keep in mind that the images are just placeholders. )
How it works is like this: the species you've scanned will be registered into the N.E.X. It works like a Pokedex but instead of automatically registering creatures when you encounter them for the first time, you have to manually scan them. I'll explain some of the functions Hovering over a registered alien will give a brief description, a name and their image. if you click on it, it will take you to a more detailed page about that alien, showing details such as what planet they are found on, their diet, the biomes they are found in etc. If you have not registered an alien and hover one of the ? ? ?, no info will appear.
The 4 icons at the bottom seem trivial but can be helpful during your travels. Eggs are planned to be a collectable in our game, so finding the eggs of each species will also be registered into the N.E.X. Diet is just a trivial lore, but abilities can tell you more about that alien's powers/characteristics. For example, if you scanned the starsprites and then hover the starsprite's ability, a pop up will show about their powers, in this case, the starsprites ability will be 'enchantment'. The last of the 4 icons is called 'guide' and this is the one we're most excited about.
If you ever played Super Smash Brothers or Kid Icarus uprising then you might be familiar with this mechanic. During gameplay your character will often have a conversation with the npcs which usually has some fun dialogue and tells you more about whatever you're doing during that part of the game. In this case we plan to make it so Melodia and Kinoko have a conversation about the species they scanned. Melodia will often educate Kinoko about the species or if its an aggressive mob, will teach you how to counter it.
We're always interested in feedback as we want to make this as good as it can be, so if you have any thoughts on these interface designs, let us know!
