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Version 2.0 Progress
Posted by Mark Locker on 16th November 2009.
As promised, it's time for an update on the progress of Thrill Seeker version 2.0. For those who aren't aware, Thrill Seeker is currently being totally re-written from the ground up as we build in a host of brand new features and improve upon the ones already there.
A month back I posted the first screenshot of version 2.0 and today I will reveal some others. It's worth noting that the screenshots below are far from complete articles, but I'll try to explain where we're at.
The above screenshot shows the screen you come to when you navigate into a theme park. The first thing to note is that the title bar is an ever so slightly different shade a blue (a touch darker), the tiniest of cosmetic changes we know, but we think it looks better!
We've made quite significant improvements to make finding the rides, attractions and facilities you're after much easier. Firstly, each item now has a subtitle which describes the type of entity it is. After all, if you're at a park you're not familiar with, how are you supposed to know what "Arctic Express" is? You'd probably think it was some sort of train ride, but with version 2.0 of Thrill Seeker you'll be able to see that it's a take away thanks to the accompanying subtitle.
The button found at the bottom right of the screen will eventually take you to the park map(s), but there's not much to show in that department just yet. The button on the bottom right of the screen opens up something new - filtering.
Filtering is the second big change to browsing. With version 1 of Thrill Seeker you could select from a set of three buttons whether you wanted to see "Rides", "Attractions" or "Facilities". With version 2.0 you'll be able to select from a whole lot more! Tapping on the bottom left button (don't worry - the button icons will change!) will bring up a list of possible filters - as shown in the screenshot above. Selecting any of these filters will immediately return you to the previous screen with the selected filter taking effect.
Moving onto the final screenshot, you can see the current state of the item screen. As you can see, all rides/attractions/facilities will now have a small thumbnail icon accompanying their description. You'll also notice a re-shuffled menu of options, including the addition of "Multimedia" which will eventually offer photo and video galleries. There are actually quite a few things left to add to this screen, which we think will be super-useful, more on that as they're developed.
So, I hope that's enough to raise those excitement levels once again! Nothing quite ground breaking to show yet, but lots more exciting things are on the way so remember to keep checking back to this blog for the latest Thrill Seeker news.
A month back I posted the first screenshot of version 2.0 and today I will reveal some others. It's worth noting that the screenshots below are far from complete articles, but I'll try to explain where we're at.
The above screenshot shows the screen you come to when you navigate into a theme park. The first thing to note is that the title bar is an ever so slightly different shade a blue (a touch darker), the tiniest of cosmetic changes we know, but we think it looks better!
We've made quite significant improvements to make finding the rides, attractions and facilities you're after much easier. Firstly, each item now has a subtitle which describes the type of entity it is. After all, if you're at a park you're not familiar with, how are you supposed to know what "Arctic Express" is? You'd probably think it was some sort of train ride, but with version 2.0 of Thrill Seeker you'll be able to see that it's a take away thanks to the accompanying subtitle.
The button found at the bottom right of the screen will eventually take you to the park map(s), but there's not much to show in that department just yet. The button on the bottom right of the screen opens up something new - filtering.
Filtering is the second big change to browsing. With version 1 of Thrill Seeker you could select from a set of three buttons whether you wanted to see "Rides", "Attractions" or "Facilities". With version 2.0 you'll be able to select from a whole lot more! Tapping on the bottom left button (don't worry - the button icons will change!) will bring up a list of possible filters - as shown in the screenshot above. Selecting any of these filters will immediately return you to the previous screen with the selected filter taking effect.
Moving onto the final screenshot, you can see the current state of the item screen. As you can see, all rides/attractions/facilities will now have a small thumbnail icon accompanying their description. You'll also notice a re-shuffled menu of options, including the addition of "Multimedia" which will eventually offer photo and video galleries. There are actually quite a few things left to add to this screen, which we think will be super-useful, more on that as they're developed.
So, I hope that's enough to raise those excitement levels once again! Nothing quite ground breaking to show yet, but lots more exciting things are on the way so remember to keep checking back to this blog for the latest Thrill Seeker news.
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