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SC2 Battle-Net UI Mockup (1.5 Beta)

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ProzaicMuze
Profile Joined September 2011
United States10 Posts
June 03 2012 03:20 GMT
#1
I'm aware that many threads have been created covering suggested design improvements for Battle-Net, but I feel that none of them really matched Blizzard's standard of quality or properly addressed the problems players have with the current UI.

Now that the 1.5 Beta is available, I figured it was a good time to release a mockup I made shortly after BlizzCon 2011. I've already sent this to Blizzard (yes they've seen it) so there's no need to fill this thread with "ZOMG BLIZZARD MUST SEE THIS NAOW!"

My SC2 Battle-Net Arcade Mockup

To avoid confusion, the first image is the BlizzCon 2009 preview and the second image is the BlizzCon 2011 preview. Everything else after that is my work and was made using stock/modified Blizzard assets.

At this point, I want to know what you think about my mockup. Using your feedback, I'll make another mockup matching the new design in patch 1.5. With your help, I can get a good sense of what aspects are truly important when deciding what to make room for. This mockup is largely focused on the modding portion of SC2, but I can easily expand the next mockup to include e-sports features as well.

I'll also be collaborating with my good friend OneTwo to ensure a well-rounded perspective. You may have already seen some of his work if you're a D3 fan:

OneTwo's D3 Mockup

I'm open to answering questions you might have and will be actively discussing any feedback you provide. You can reply here or in the Battle-Net forum thread. Keep it constructive please
NemesysTV
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
United States1088 Posts
June 03 2012 03:31 GMT
#2
Are they finally allowing custom maps to have names other than the map's name? or is that only your version?
ProzaicMuze
Profile Joined September 2011
United States10 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-03 03:34:48
June 03 2012 03:34 GMT
#3
It's just my version. The mockup shows how many of the desired features could be implemented. Blizzard may change this down the road, but they haven't promised anything yet.
One.two
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada116 Posts
June 03 2012 03:39 GMT
#4
I'm really interested in getting the active lobbies back... that's what I like most in Prozaic's mockup.
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Doodsmack
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
United States7224 Posts
June 03 2012 04:10 GMT
#5
Too complicated and busy.
MaBe
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States97 Posts
June 03 2012 04:23 GMT
#6
Nice mock-up.

Rocks are great! More Rocks!

I like you're use of Roller Coaster Tycoon in-game feedback.
Still Not Hot_Bid
larse
Profile Blog Joined March 2012
1611 Posts
June 03 2012 04:40 GMT
#7
The color and buttons are good and more consistent with the old UI than the 1.5 beta. But the only layout I like it's the second picture, others are too complicated.
Superiorwolf
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States5509 Posts
June 03 2012 04:46 GMT
#8
I like the active games which is very much like BW Bnet 1. I'm one for simplicity and reduction of excess buttons and stuff, so I think there's a bit too many options for people to take a look at. I thought that BW's giant [JOIN GAME] was simple and effective, perhaps a few filter features could be added but I think if a lot of these other buttons were dealt away with it would be much better.
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steamrice
Profile Joined August 2010
435 Posts
June 03 2012 05:52 GMT
#9
Looks like you just threw in EVERYTHING you could think of into the UI. Looks very bloated and too much going on.
Fragile51
Profile Joined October 2011
Netherlands15767 Posts
June 03 2012 06:11 GMT
#10
No, way too busy. Sorry.
Chronald
Profile Joined December 2009
United States619 Posts
June 03 2012 06:28 GMT
#11
The best screen was the active games one, the last one.

The reason are very clumped, I feel unnecessarily so.

Too much on one screen isn't good, and idk how I feel about how much clutter there is.
Got that.
Turbogangsta
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
Australia319 Posts
June 03 2012 06:46 GMT
#12
i personaly think its pretty magnificent. i love the way you handled how the comunity interacts with the hosted games section. The vote things are great.

For people who think that there is too much going on they probably dont appreaciate the way you can find all this information about the map you are looking at and see all the community feedback to it. In the past all this information has been left in the web browser but i much prefer it like this. im not going to google every map i see to get an idea of what you do.

Theres many great features in this mock-up that would be very enjoyable for me, espeacialy being able to give your hosted maps a caption. great for the modding community and for people who want to play a specific match up. Iirc blizz is adding a ladder where your MMR is unaffected so that kind of deals with the last point.

lots of good things to take from this UI, i dont agree its too much for anyone and it wouldnt take long at all to get used to anyway.
Esports is killing Esports.
Syncker
Profile Joined September 2010
Finland142 Posts
June 03 2012 07:11 GMT
#13
Its basically the same with some improvements but it doesn't look very attracting because there is so much in one place.
Existor
Profile Joined July 2010
Russian Federation4295 Posts
June 03 2012 10:28 GMT
#14
Sadly, that Blizzard will release only 1% of that awesome stuff and upgrades to their UI. They're lazy and mostly think, that 80% of their players are casuals and can be confused by numerous options (for casuals)
Highways
Profile Joined July 2005
Australia6103 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-06-03 11:42:14
June 03 2012 11:35 GMT
#15
I liked the active games box.

But most screens carry too much information imo, it looks too complicated and overwhelming. Good job though!
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Apolo
Profile Joined May 2010
Portugal1259 Posts
June 03 2012 11:41 GMT
#16
This is much better than what we currently have.

You should take a look at the UI of LoL since it's very neat as well.
ragnorr
Profile Joined April 2011
Denmark6097 Posts
June 03 2012 11:44 GMT
#17
Some of the mockups have far to much information on them, it makes it really hard to read some of the information you are trying to get out on them
DangerAl
Profile Joined January 2012
Australia88 Posts
June 03 2012 11:49 GMT
#18
In my opinion you should scrap a lot of the user-input stuff such as the "how to play" sections. Pare it back a bit and allow the really good stuff such as the star ratings and the active games tab to come to the fore. I thought the map search functions looked pretty good.
Marti
Profile Joined August 2011
552 Posts
June 03 2012 11:57 GMT
#19
I find it hilarious that you can make a better ui, tell them about it in 2011 and we still have to put up with this sh*t. They really don't care. It's actually more sad than hilarious.
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pallad
Profile Joined September 2010
Poland1958 Posts
June 03 2012 12:55 GMT
#20
To much everthing for me.. I like simple stuff , but good work anyway
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