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I have an almost fetish for retro and retro sci-fi interfaces. I stumbled into this really gorgeous, simplistic terminal like design. I was so inspired by it
by fpgaminer 9y ago
I have an almost fetish for retro and retro sci-fi interfaces.
I stumbled into this really gorgeous, simplistic terminal like design. I was so inspired by it I decided to re-create the style in HTML+CSS. Once I did that I had another spark, and decided to make it a working faux terminal. And then I had the idea that maybe I could turn it into a small little game. You discover this machine, like you dialed into it randomly one day, and have to navigate yourself around, discover the story through reading logs, and hack into other machines to progress through the levels.
It looked like this: http://imgur.com/a/pBOtP http://imgur.com/a/pBOtP
I'm an engineer through and through; it was odd to be so inspired by a design that I went off to make a game :P
More recently I've been obsessed with the Alien: Isolation interface, which is showcased on the OP (https://68.media.tumblr.com/ea49aeb0e1a6961a7dc1b3ed02ebca85/tumblr_nhvfpifsA61u2y46bo1_1280.jpg https://68.media.tumblr.com/ea49aeb0e1a6961a7dc1b3ed02ebca85...). It's given me yet another hankering to ... do something. Not sure what yet, but it's just such an inspiring design.
- thesuitonym 9y agoHave you played CAPSULE[1]? It sounds almost exactly like what you just described, and was one of my favorite games of the year. [1] http://store.steampowered.com/app/303940/CAPSULE/ http://store.steampowered.com/app/303940/CAPSULE/
- L_Rahman 9y agoDo you have a tumblr/twitter/instagram where you share examples of this aesthetic? I'm also a fan.
- fpgaminer 9y agoNo, but that's not a bad idea!