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Arwes – Futuristic Sci-Fi / Cyberpunk Graphical User Interface Framework

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Post by Andrew_nenakhov »

hippospark wrote: post #31
Andrew_nenakhov wrote: post #22

The feel of this interface is incredible. What's most interesting is that it evokes lots of memories from the games I played more than 20 years ago, and yet it is very distinct and doesn't copy any of them. Feels almost like something very familiar, but you can't quite grasp where you saw it. This is incredible and I'll be following this project, and probably will do something with this framework, too.

StarCraft

more like Homeworld / Outpost / Ascendancy / Invisible Inc / Mass effect 1 to me. But not direct ripoff any of them.

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Post by atarian »

dgellow wrote: post #38

That's awesome. Of course not for standard web interface, I would hate my bank to have something like this, but that would be perfect to create a text adventure or other immersive experiences!

You just reminded me of Citibank's virtual number UI. It had sound effects and would play an animation that would show you a temporary credit card number using a slot-machine-like animation. It was hilarious but I would always dread using it whenever I needed it.

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Post by UI_at_80x24 »

I really like the look of this. Kudos to the creator. It's legible, fast, and doesn't make my eyes bleed from the brightness. This is excellence in proper use of contrast.

I'm tempted to use this on all my sites.

Side note: I don't get any audio in Firefox. I had to load the page in Chromium to hear audio.

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Post by ticviking »

solstice wrote: post #27
dvaun wrote: post #15

This reminds me of an older sequence of space games titled “FreeSpace” that were created by Volition. The interface components are very nice! I might just use this for my blog... Edit: An additional framework that may pair well with this is augmented-ui[0]. That received quite a bit of attention a year ago[1]. Putting these two together could make a pretty neat interface! I have another project (metareply.net) that I…

Right! Freespace 2 was great and is still being worked on by a dedicated community. Here's a reddit thread with a review and more info on it: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/9h30rn/why_you_shoul...

Cool! that's actually a reason to unpack my HOTAS. Freespace was kind of the last great space shooter of that era IMO.

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Post by bufferoverflow »

runawaybottle wrote: post #33
bufferoverflow wrote: post #16

It might look fun for a couple of minutes, but it's extremely annoying for the real world use.

How so? On mobile swiping between pages felt very seamless and a well executed transition. That by itself is something most appy sites barely get right. Still checking it out, but at first glance it’s obvious this person gets the details right.

It's slow. That alone is extremely annoying.

The high-pitched noise every time you click on a link will get old very fast.

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Post by badrequest »

dusted wrote: post #2

Looks beautiful. This is probably the first time I've seen a UI framework for web that made me want to actually do something _ANYTHING_ with it (short of using it for my own site, for idealistic reasons). Some cyberpunk sci-fi online game... now I have to make one.

> This is probably the first time I've seen a UI framework for web that made me want to actually do something _ANYTHING_ with it

I felt the same way! I wonder if there are other frameworks out there that elicit this response.

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Post by ebg13 »

UI_at_80x24 wrote: post #43

I really like the look of this. Kudos to the creator. It's legible, fast, and doesn't make my eyes bleed from the brightness. This is excellence in proper use of contrast. I'm tempted to use this on all my sites. Side note: I don't get any audio in Firefox. I had to load the page in Chromium to hear audio.

> and doesn't make my eyes bleed from the brightness

Some of the frequencies used in the audio do make my ears bleed though. :\

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