EPTGameHeart Overlay 2.0 - Page 24
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syl3rr
Netherlands4 Posts
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GameHeart
286 Posts
On April 29 2013 09:51 Faggatron wrote: Why is the big thing in the bottom right even still there? Is there any information that this displays that doesnt show up anywhere else? Ok, sure income etc, but i mean the thing that displays what you have selected. Healthbars are already above the units, upgrades we have at the bottom, morphing buildings can be shown with an icon like building units show up on structures now. Ultimately i dont really care what the observer has selected if that information is dispayed already, and that is a big chunk of the screen that is pretty much redundant for most of the time. Really nice ui though hope it becomes the norm. I agree with you somewhat. Originally GameHeart 2.0 did not have the unit info panel but had its own simplified version. But GSTL requested it's return and it is difficult to maintain multiple versions of the overlay so I have brought it back for all versions. Using the default panel actually makes my life a little easier in some ways. But in the future I plan to at least create a simplified version of the unit info panel so it is not so obtrusive, but this is difficult to do without affecting players so for the time being my priorities lie elsewhere. After the the next major update coming in a day or two I plan to take a bit of a break from working on GameHeart as it has become too time consuming. I need to focus on getting a job or finding some freelance work to make a living so I can pay my mortgage and unfortunately GameHeart has crippled the free time I need to do that. But when I am able to get back to it I have a lot of big plans for what I would like to do with it. | ||
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Anomi
Sweden149 Posts
Have you considered opening up a kick starter for this project ? I can’t talk for everyone but I don’t think you will have problem of getting financial support from the community to keep on developing. Plz let us support you with this project since what you are doing is beyond amazing! | ||
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kennyf
United Kingdom54 Posts
Look at ROOT. They were aiming for 25k, now they have just over 30k. Only if all people in this thread would donate $5-$10 each you would get more money than for one month's in a 'normal job'. Let us know how to support. | ||
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Emix_Squall
France705 Posts
It's already pretty obvious how much your Gameheart Overlay enhances the viewing experience during GSL but last week's Dreamhack was pushing it one step further. Clever usage of the Mini Map Enlargement function or of the Zoom Out capacity of the camera, having logos of the teams and DH on the map (not too much, just the right amount) made this much more enjoyable and somehow more professionnal IMO (not to say that DH wasn't professsionnal before, they already had amazing production value at their events). | ||
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GameHeart
286 Posts
I am still considering donations but I want to get some clarification on a few things from Blizzard first so that I can make the most informed decision about what is best for the future of my project. | ||
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Gourmand
Canada101 Posts
I really enjoy watching games with your overlay, i like how it so different. So that when i watch and play, it's two different thing. Goodluck with the project. | ||
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GulpyBlinkeyes
United States1449 Posts
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Plansix
United States60190 Posts
On April 30 2013 04:29 GameHeart wrote: Thank you guys very much for all your kind words and support! I am still considering donations but I want to get some clarification on a few things from Blizzard first so that I can make the most informed decision about what is best for the future of my project. Good decision and make sure they are fully aware of any plans to take donations. I sure it would be an no problem for Blizzard and they love your work, by my legal brain goes to "Action Stations" at the concept of accepting any money working on modification for someone else games. Its a good idea to make sure Blizzard can talk it over and check that something like that would be "Ok". But let us know how it works out. Everyone is very excited about the work you do and I am sure Blizzard is being more than supportive. | ||
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ElMeanYo
United States1032 Posts
On April 30 2013 04:29 GameHeart wrote: Thank you guys very much for all your kind words and support! I am still considering donations but I want to get some clarification on a few things from Blizzard first so that I can make the most informed decision about what is best for the future of my project. Maybe Blizz will hire you to write their default observer interface. They should. Otherwise you should do a Kickstarter and make a pro version of this interface. I know I would contribute. At the very least this is a great thing to have on your resume. | ||
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GameHeart
286 Posts
Maybe Blizz will hire you to write their default observer interface. They should. Otherwise you should do a Kickstarter and make a pro version of this interface. I know I would contribute. At the very least this is a great thing to have on your resume. Haha, unfortunately I do not think that custom map making skills transfer over to real programming tasks. | ||
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Beirut
United States673 Posts
Cheers! | ||
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GameHeart
286 Posts
Inside the Game On Inside the Game a caller asks about how the hosts feel about the resources being at the bottom in GameHeart. The GD Studio On GD studio they talk about the success of GameHeart at DreamHack and some of the pitfalls of this new age of custom observer UIs. | ||
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Archerofaiur
United States4101 Posts
On April 29 2013 05:32 Qwyn wrote: Hey, you should update the OP to say that it was used in DH Stockholm, no? Even more credentials to your name. Thats what I was saying. By making a list in the first thread post of the tournaments/events/casters that are currently using Gameheart you lend notoriety to mod. You also could potentially increase your viewers by helping people who want to watch Gameheart tournaments find those tournaments. Please, consider adding a list of tournaments that use Gameheart to the OP  | ||
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mk.ultra
United States54 Posts
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MaxQT
69 Posts
On May 02 2013 04:19 mk.ultra wrote: Saw the new minimal interface by Blizzard for WCS America last night. Looks like they took all your ideas without even giving you a nod :/ First of all, the content of any map/mod that is published on battle.net IS PROPERTY OF BLIZZARD. They don't have to if they don't want. It's their property, they own the game. | ||
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GameHeart
286 Posts
On May 02 2013 04:19 mk.ultra wrote: Saw the new minimal interface by Blizzard for WCS America last night. Looks like they took all your ideas without even giving you a nod :/ Blizzard is aware of my contributions to trying to improve the presentation of SC2 as a spectator sport. When they first started developing their interface tool last year they actually contacted us to get our feedback on it. Unfortunately I wasn't very familiar with layout files at the time so I didn't have a lot of feedback to offer them. Keeping a running list of tournaments that are using GameHeart would be very difficult to maintain. | ||
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dvorakftw
681 Posts
On May 01 2013 13:22 GameHeart wrote: Hey guys! Tonight GameHeart came up on both the GD Studio show and Inside the Game. Please check the following links to see the segments if you are interested! Inside the Game On Inside the Game a caller asks about how the hosts feel about the resources being at the bottom in GameHeart. It occurs to me that there would be a better eye-catch if stats bar at the bottom is a disconnected box instead of stretched all the way from minimap to info box. You'd want to swap the worker count and total supply count though. | ||
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Archerofaiur
United States4101 Posts
On May 02 2013 05:28 GameHeart wrote: Keeping a running list of tournaments that are using GameHeart would be very difficult to maintain. I'll help Tournaments, Casts and Events involving Gameheart Dreamhack Stockholm http://open.dreamhack.se/page/stockholm/ GSTL http://www.gomtv.net/ Shoutcraft America http://greatfrag.com/newssc/1963-shoutcraft-america.html The Australian Cyber League http://www.aclpro.com.au/ Influence TV Inside the Game http://www.twitch.tv/onemoregametv/c/2227081?t=86m30s GD Studio http://www.twitch.tv/thegdstudio/b/397746552?t=158m00s | ||
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GameHeart
286 Posts
GameHeart came up on a couple more web shows today, including Climbing the Ladder where I was one of the guests. Here are some links: State of the Game Climbing the Ladder | ||
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