Nicer title screen

[Smoopadoop]

So I've had an idea, while I couldn't sleep last night.

What about a 3d title screen? Like, render a (super small) world, and put the login gui over it? Make it a little animated and boom, its pretty. You could even put in the old music, and a little ambient sounds! You could do this with both the title screen and the character screen.
If you ever actually do this, Jorb and Lorb, I have some designs you could use for it.

Whatcha think?

[Fierce_Deity]

+1 The title screen can affect someones first impression of a game pretty drastically.

[Thedrah]

a custom client should do it, like a couple seconds at different stages of the game

like a clip of a guy in nettle wondering around, then one of hunting early game like a fox, then a clip of a guy fighting a bear in endgame gear

[jorb]

I wouldn't mind, but I'm not sure it's our first priority.

[Granger]

a custom client should do it, like a couple seconds at different stages of the game

like a clip of a guy in nettle wondering around, then one of hunting early game like a fox, then a clip of a guy fighting a bear in endgame gear

Could be simply be made with the current client by moving the viewport through a predefined map where some stuff happens, progressing in world development:
- nature with some critters moving around
- loneley toon logging a tree
- more nature
- leanto, fire, toon turning spitroast
- more nature
- small lake with small cabin and claim, fireplace burning, toon standing in shallows fishing
- more nature
- small settlement with palisade and the usual stuff, a few toons doing what one would do (one farming, one cooking, another one carrying stuff around, ...)
- more nature
- bigger settlement with village idol, more toons doing stuff (someone smithing at the anvil, someone shearing sheep, villagers interacting at dinner, ...)
- more nature
- loop back to the beginning