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Welcome to the Eclipse battle system! Wondering why the menu only shows "battle"? Wondering why the trainers are still on the screen? Well, in Eclipse, the battle doesn't start until the player is ready! Click "Battle" to release your pokemon, and your opponent will too.

I've always found it strange that even though I don't want to battle, somehow my arm is being possessed by the opponent into throwing out my Pokemon. So in Eclipse, you do have to manually select to move your arm, and there's no option around it :dummy: It's still better than not getting to do it yourself...

Not really a big or important change, again I just wanted to show off some graphics. Thanks for reading, don't forget to fave and COMMENT!

Credits to the Eclipse team, including our newest member,
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~phoenixsong Feb 12, 2013
That's a fun idea, but just a bit of friendly advice: from a "trainer's" standpoint it makes sense to wait until you're ready to start the battle to actually start the battle, but from a user interface standpoint you generally want your game's players to have to click or tap or press a key as few times as possible to achieve a desired effect. I know one little extra click doesn't seem like much (and you're welcome to disregard this if you like since it is your team's game, of course), but interface design professionals tend to agree that people would rather avoid something like this if it means they get to their goal faster (in this case, being able to choose attacks and the rest of the battle interface). When it comes to making a game like this, sometimes you need to consider whether convenience is more important than realism, and vice versa. There's nothing wrong with just assuming that, yes, the trainer does want to battle by default—that's why the player picked up a pokémon battling game, after all!

If you're really attached to the idea, is there a way you could make it optional? It's cute, but when it comes down to it I personally would rather not have to make unnecessary clicks and be able to skip that extra step; making it an option would still leave it available for the people who do like it, though.

Alternatively, this would be a good place to give the player a chance to "run away" from the trainer battle or something (perhaps their one and only chance, and the option would fail as normal once the battle actually started). If your reasoning is that you "may not want to battle", then why not take it as an opportunity to turn down the battle you supposedly don't want? I'd still suggest making this optional, as again, much of the reason the player picked up the game was to battle in the first place, but at least that way there's a more concrete advantage if the player decides to take this extra step. I can think of a few times I accidentally blundered into a trainer's sight and wished I'd been able to backtrack and prepare a little better, at least.

Apologies for the lengthy comment. The interface itself looks very polished, and the background is nice and colorful. (A slightly larger font for the buttons might be nice, though, if you can swing it.) But speaking as someone who had to sit through several classes on interface design, I just thought it wouldn't hurt to offer that little suggestion in case you find it helpful.
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Mood: Love ~the-fake-dexter Feb 8, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
<3
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~Shinichi22X Jan 21, 2013  Hobbyist Digital Artist
Nice choice :) and nice background :)
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~Veenerick Jan 19, 2013  Hobbyist
Looking good! The only thing that bothers me a bit (I recently noticed it) is that the poses of the male character and the rival are pretty much the same.
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=OrdinLegends Jan 19, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
The poses when they're animated are going to be different. The player's sprite will have both hands on his sides, and pull his hand up with the pokeball. Garrett with throw the pokeball in the air ^^
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~Veenerick Jan 19, 2013  Hobbyist
Okay great! I finished the VS sprite btw, be sure to check it out ;)
I sent a note with a link to it.
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=OrdinLegends Jan 19, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Its awesome! By the way, your icon... do you think we could use him in the game? ;)
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~Veenerick Jan 19, 2013  Hobbyist
Why would you want to use ME in the game? =P
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=OrdinLegends Jan 19, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Because you're awesome ^^
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~Veenerick Jan 19, 2013  Hobbyist
Haha XD
I don't have a full body or trainer sprite of him, but I'll sprite him for the game if you want to.
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