Sprint 3 Load Screen (Team 8)
The purpose of this screen is to present a selection of saved game states that the player can load to continue playing from a certain point.
The design of this feature should be consistent with the style and layout of previous screens, to increase ease of use for the player. The screen will include a column of save slots, each representing either 'empty' or 'filled', which when hovered over present the user with a short description of the save (date of save, time remaining in game), as well as an associated image. If the save is empty, the provided image and text are generic empty messages.
The load screen is available from the main menu, located right under the start button.
This screen carries over the menu style from other screens, showing the 4 save slots. A demonstration of an empty save slot is shown, with generic text and an empty save image.
As seen above, when a save slot is empty, a generic empty image is shown. When a save is filled, it is intended that a screenshot of the game is taken at the time of saving and used instead.
It is intended that the load game screen presents a number of 'save slots' (currently 4) which represent empty slots the player can save a game state into. When clicked, the game state will be instantiated when the game is run, setting the necessary values within the game to those present at the time the save file was created.
Once a save file is clicked, a popup is shown to allow the user to interact with the save. They are given 3 options: To 'confirm', which means they wish to load the selected save, to 'cancel', which means to close the popup and allow them to choose another save, or to 'delete' which will remove the save file from the selected slot, freeing it up to save another game file.
The confirm button as originally displayed
The confirm button alt when hovered over
The cancel button as originally displayed
The cancel button alt when hovered over
The delete button as originally displayed
The delete button alt when hovered over
The main code that offers this features functionality is located Here