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One thing I like to do super early doors when I’m starting a project is settle on a font. Dunno why, but I find it helps set the tone of the project. And no one wants to be looking at the default font while they’re working. Especially if it’s Arial. Ugh.
So this week I made a placeholder logo, grabbed a nice, chunky font (that’s actually designed for Japanese characters) and made a start on the Main Menu. I wouldn’t normally bother with any UI at this point, but I wanted to experiment with the audio analysis stuff in Niagara effects, as that’s something I’m going to lean into.
I went full Y2K aesthetic, in the end, as I've always had a soft spot for that.
Everything’s dancing about in time to the music, the audio analysis seems to work – although it’s not actually picking up the correct submix, something I’ll have to dive into at some point – and I’ve added some stuff on the side areas that only people with ultra-wide monitors are gonna see. Quite happy with that.
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