Quoted from Palmer:

Rough draft of what I am talking about. I think something along these lines would be a lot better. Maybe make the top corners look more like control panel pieces but you get the drift.[quoted image]

Quoted from Roostking:

What narrative needs controlling?

Quoted from BigBalls:

Let it go. Lol

Quoted from cait001:

why is this called umbrella why is the opening post gone what is happening who are all you people

Quoted from cait001:

why is this called umbrella why is the opening post gone what is happening who are all you people

Quoted from Crile1:

Danesi, Erik, Bowen, and many other of the ”friends of Spooky” are willing to give uncredited advice if asked.

Quoted from Crile1:

All Spooky games have started off slow code-wise with several spots sold for less early on. Then 1–2 years later they increased in value once production was over and code completed.

Quoted from TheBeefSupreme:

I think it’s just who is vocal on these threads. I think the current screen size is terrible and kind of gives a cheap feeling to the game. It reminds me of the “home” Stern games. The borders during fights are cool but that isn’t the whole time. I personally really don’t like the layout and it was one of the first things that stuck out to me when I walked up.
I would agree code is more important, but I think it would be insane for Spooky to think they are hitting on the optimal display layout right now.

Quoted from Palmer:

I have been asking for the change to the screen since the beginning. All you guys have to do is increase the size of the video so that it fills the vertical space from top to bottom. Keep the same ratio. Move the player scores to the bottom of the screen like Stern does (where active player score is larger than the rest) and then put the ball count and freeplay or coin up top center but not really big. Scores ball count etc. would be the top layer. You can still have Ultraman and the monsters come in from the sides during battles and even overlap the main video content.
What is happening is you are trying to make the screen look like a control panel. I appreciate the thought but everything ends up looking small at the expense of trying to make it look like a control panel. No one really wants that. The scores look tiny like Gottlieb system 80b displays. Keep the cool looking character silhouettes that flank the sides during battles. But make the video content as large as possible. When the characters for battles are not present, those columns on the sides can have some sort of design that looks like a control panel. I can mock something up if anyone has some screenshots of the display.