this is one of my recent creations featuring a chat GUI allowing you the ability to drag, select emotes from a dropdown (+ tab for quick select), paste said emotes into chat, etc.
I plan to implement an emote picker dropdown as well as a typing indicator, commands, user options, replies etc. also, I was considering to make the whole interface darker to suit the roblox style/buttons.
the most difficult part for me personally was getting the whole thing to fit every screen resolution while retaining its size and being bearable to read. yes, the thing even takes advantage of your gyroscope (if any) to embed it not only on landscape mode but on portrait mode as well. getting to adjust all the size and fiddling with the formula was quite annoying but I took advantage of AbsoluteSize, Scale, UIAspectRatioConstraint, UISizeConstraint, UIListLayout, DeviceRotationChanged, etc.
spent hours on end but I am fairly satisfied with my current result.
This chatbox would be cool if roblox was a chatting platform and not a gaming one.
The fact that the background is fully opaque really isn’t good, the chat bar itself is too large, the whole chatbox itself is too large and honestly, I dislike the custom emojis, and the fact that sending only emojis will make the ui scaling and spacing terrible, only making things harder to read.
This UI would be good for a chat only “game”, but for actual games, its just taking up too much screen space and visually would be taking away from gameplay too much, you’d spend more time trying to read the chat and look at the emojis than you would spend playing the actual game.
And, on the topic of readability, why isn’t the text colored? I really like player’s usernames being colored and in your UI, the text is pretty hard to read because its a similar color to the background instead of white. Why wouldn’t you make the text readable?
tl;dr, its good for a chat platform, but to be used in an actual game it isn’t really that good.
This UI looks awesome! How long did it take to create so far? I recommend making the text more visible by changing the color of it or adding a black outline to the characters.
I’m not sure if Roblox would even allow this since images are very difficult to filter/censor especially since this is a children’s game and who knows what kind of image’s other people will send using this. Even if the game that uses this is 13+/18+ kids will still lie about their age and use their parents ID’s so it’s really difficult.
Although I’m not saying this is a bad feature of course, it’s a pretty darn good one if you ask me. But you should probably consult with Roblox before making things like this.
I’ll eventually fix this if some more people come to the same conclusion, thank you
I dislike the custom emojis
your subjective opinion, but for a social game I see this pretty fine especially as I plan to make it community-based where people can submit their own. if I fear that emotes might not really be suitable on their own then I’ll try to convert them to stickers instead
you’d spend more time trying to read the chat and look at the emojis than you would spend playing the actual game
tl;dr, its good for a chat platform, but to be used in an actual game it isn’t really that good.
oh, and yes, I am designing a game whose genre would fit social hangout pretty much,
so the focus is on spending time vcing hanging out etc.
not really going for a “game” featuring storylines and actual gameplay if you get what I mean
And, on the topic of readability, why isn’t the text colored? I really like player’s usernames being colored and in your UI, the text is pretty hard to read because its a similar color to the background instead of white. Why wouldn’t you make the text readable?
well, you see, I will implement roles colors and whatnot later on when I’ve collected some more feedback but I understand your implication
edit2:
sending only emojis will make the ui scaling and spacing terrible
larger emotes are now centered, but realistically this is the best I could do. I could make the whole container look like that of discords but I am not sure if I want to pursue that style (yet?).
This UI looks awesome! How long did it take to create so far? I recommend making the text more visible by changing the color of it or adding a black outline to the characters.
done! and I sat at it for about 3 days now. the learning curve for designing GUI elements is something I want to hold onto so it took me a bit to figure things out. but writing the functionality is surprisingly pretty easy. I was struggling with the chat input box though and figured a temporary solution so yes, I’ve yet to fix some (minor) bugs.
I’m not sure if Roblox would even allow this since images are very difficult to filter/censor especially since this is a children’s game and who knows what kind of image’s other people will send using this.
Even if the game that uses this is 13+/18+ kids will still lie about their age and use their parents ID’s so it’s really difficult.
that’s the thing: you can’t just use any decal - it has to go through some sort of manual verification by me or someone of equal permission. this way I can prevent abusers. if I feel like I myself do a slow job at approving new emotes then letting trusted people volunteer for submission and approval emotes would be fun
But you should probably consult with Roblox before making things like this.
I believe I’ll be fine for as long as I take responsibility for the moderation of this feature.
