Hey guys, I’m back to working on the mobile version of Epic Battle Fantasy 5.
I’m currently improving the interface for mobile screens, which mainly involves making everything 20-25% larger. This may not seem like much, but that translates to 40-55% more click area, so it really helps.
It may seem like a quick job, but since the UI already took up most of the screen, it’s not possible to simply make everything bigger. In many cases I need to rearrange UI elements, split stuff like Medals, Summons and Bestiary into more pages, and add a zoom-in feature to the minimap. Tooltip behaviour also had to be changed, since touchscreens don’t have roll-over and roll-out functionality like a mouse, but I’ve also added in a “Stylus Mode” option, which basically reverts to the PC mouse controls.
I also had to fix a lot of graphics to display correctly without filters, such as the status and buff icons.
Overall it’s going well, if a bit slowly. I will try to get a beta Android version out in a few weeks.
