View source for Viva Piñata for iOS fan project/User Interface

= User Interface concept mockups =

Since the game will now be a universal app, mockups are for the smaller iPhone/iPod screen.

The app's objective is to be fun and entertaining, so it makes sense to start the user right off in a garden (and bypass any New garden/Load garden choices).

The focus should be on the garden, and the garden experience should be as "immersive" as possible, so the garden/borders should take up the entire screen.

Since a new user is starting off right in the garden, with possibly no idea what to do, the app shouldn't present them with a lot of confusing controls/choices.

<gallery widths="160px" heights="230px" perrow="3">
Image:UI_Concept_mockup_1_-_Viva_Piñata_for_iOS_fan_project.png|Floating controls similar to [[Viva_Piñata:_Pocket_Paradise|PP]].  Perhaps a bit distracting, since eye is drawn to controls instead of garden?
Image:UI_Concept_mockup_2_-_Viva_Piñata_for_iOS_fan_project.png|Get "rid" of controls, let garden take up more room?  Alerts/events at top a la Notification Center?  Too much info at bottom.  For progress, show only level OR awards.
Image:UI_Concept_mockup_3_-_Viva_Piñata_for_iOS_fan_project.png|Tie controls to info at bottom?  Float controls above bar, or keep entirely buttons within bar? Coins -> Shop?  (But no info leads to terrain/surface packet.)
Image:UI_Concept_mockup_5_-_Viva_Piñata_for_iOS_fan_project.png|"Paint" new terrain by tapping or dragging on garden surface.  (Or slide in from right similar to Journal and Shop?  Narrow vertical strip of terrain choices?)
Image:UI_Concept_mockup_9_-_Viva_Piñata_for_iOS_fan_project.png|... or only show the current terrain choice.  Get rid of level/coins... simplify, not relevant to terrain.  (Bury that info at top "under" current navigation?)
Image:UI_Concept_mockup_10_-_Viva_Piñata_for_iOS_fan_project.png|Terrain concept could also work for Shop items, a la seed pouch within garden?
Image:UI_Concept_mockup_6_-_Viva_Piñata_for_iOS_fan_project.png|Basic info about selected buttercup seed, along with options to sell, plant seed, or view more info in Journal
Image:UI_Concept_mockup_7_-_Viva_Piñata_for_iOS_fan_project.png|... or put actions for selected item in popover?
Image:UI_Concept_mockup_4_-_Viva_Piñata_for_iOS_fan_project.png|Journal navigation - Awards, Encyclopedia (requirements), Game Center, Help? Options/Settings?
Image:UI_Concept_mockup_8_-_Viva_Piñata_for_iOS_fan_project.png|... or leave off group headings but keep grouped
Image:UI_Concept_mockup_11_-_Viva_Piñata_for_iOS_fan_project.png|Journal/Requirements concept?  Change dot to check mark if complete?  Eaten 5/9 ... for progress?
</gallery>

== Why portrait orientation? ==

When scrolling through a table view of shop items (or Encyclopedia entries about piñatas), portrait shows more (9-1/2) visible rows without scrolling.  Landscape only shows 6 table rows, and the cells would be unnecessarily wide for short item names (e.g., apple, banana, orange).

= Trouble in Paradise =

== Play a Garden ==

* New garden
** Please enter a name for your garden
* Load garden
** List of saved gardens

== Play Just for Fun ==

== View Credits ==

== View Player Status ==

''Gamertag''
Play Time Elapsed: nnn Days nn Hours nn Minutes
Your Rank ''rank title'' ''level''
Your Account: nnn coins

== Start menu ==

* <del>Control Style</del>
** Simple Controls
** Advanced Controls
* <del>Save and Continue</del>
* <del>Camera Look Right/Left</del>
** Normal
** Reversed
* <del>Camera Look Up/Down</del>
** Normal
** Reversed
* <del>Save and Quit</del>
* <del>Video Options</del>
** TV Type
** Brightness
** Contrast
* Audio Options
** SFX Volume
** Music Volume
** Speech Volume

== X menu ==

* <del>Shovel</del>
** Y Set Corner
** X Dig Pond/Fill Pond/Poke Piñata/Tap Flower/Tap Object
** A Dig Hole/Fill Hole/Whack Piñata/Hack Flower/Smash Object/Whack Character/Reveal Building
** B Put Away
** < Garden
* <del>Trick Stick</del>
** Y Trick 2
** X Trick 1
** A Poke
** B Put Away
* Surface Packets
** Short Grass
** Sand
** Long Grass
** Snow
* Journal
** Encyclopedia
*** Piñata
**** List of Piñatas
***** Arocknid
****** Information - Level 5 Base Value 1500 Information If a Cluckles had this many legs, ...
****** Most Valuable List - Arocknid 1 2250
****** Appear Requirements - You are a level 6 gardener or better
****** Unblock Requirements - You have paid Willy to knock the wall down
****** Visit Requirements - There are 4 Tafflies in the garden.
****** Resident Requirements - Has eaten 2 Raisants
****** Romance Requirements - Has eaten 2 Buzzlegums
****** Variant 1 Requirements - Has eaten 1 bluebell flower
****** Variant 2 Requirements - Has eaten 1 jack o' lantern
****** Variant 3 Requirements - Has eaten 1 water lily flower
*** Garden Surfaces
**** List of garden surfaces
***** Deep Water - Level 1 Base Value 0 Information Lovely clean blue water ...
*** Characters
**** Family Members
***** List of family members
****** Dastardos - Level 1 Base Value 0 Information When things go badly ...
**** Service Providers
***** List of service providers
****** Arfur - Level 1 Base Value 0 Information Arfur has spent many hours ...
**** Helpers
***** List of helpers
****** Diggerling - Level 10 Base Value 2200 Information It takes a brave person ...
**** Ruffian Boss
***** Professor Pester
****** Professor Pester - Level 1 Base Value 0 Information I'm not sure what Pester ...
**** Ruffian Minions
***** List of ruffian minions
****** Ruffian - Level 1 Base Value 0 Information If a Ruffian wants something, ...
*** Plants
**** Flowers
***** List of flowers
****** Bird of Paradise
******* Information - Level 8 Base Value 360 Information This plant has an elaborate ...
******* Surface Requirements - Plant needs to be planted in ...
******* Catalyst Requirements - Plant requires Orange Fertilizer for ...
**** Water Flowers
***** List of water flowers
****** Bullrush
******* Information - Level 7 Base Value 280 Information The bullrush is a tall reed ...
******* Surface Requirements - Plant needs to be planted in mud
******* Catalyst Requirements - Plant requires Brown Fertilizer for ...
**** Trees
***** List of trees
****** Apple Tree
******* Information - Level 2 Base Value 30 Information Lots of creatures ...
******* Surface Requirements - Tree needs to be planted in ...
******* Catalyst Requirements - Tree requires Red Fertilizer for ...
******* Tree Produce - Apple
**** Seeds
***** List of seeds
****** Apple Seed - Level 2 Base Value 6 Information Compared to the size of ...
**** Vegetables
***** List of Vegetables
****** Carrot
******* Information - Level 1 Base Value 10 Information Carrots are the ...
******* Surface Requirements - Plant needs to be planted in ...
******* Catalyst Requirements - Plant requires Orange Fertilizer for ...
**** Weeds
***** List of weeds
****** Dandelion
******* Information - Level 3 Base Value 6 Information The dandelion was ...
******* Surface Requirements - Plant needs to be planted in ...
**** Bushes
***** List of bushes
****** Blackberry bush
******* Information - Level 3 Base Value 60 Information Little blackberries can ...
******* Surface Requirements - Tree needs to be planted in ...
******* Catalyst Requirements - Tree requires Purple Fertilizer for ...
******* Tree Produce - Blackberry
**** Fruit
***** List of fruit
****** Acorn - Level 10 Base Value 110 Information Acorns are the fruit ...
*** Garden Constructions
**** Decorations
***** List of decorations
****** Barrel - Level 5 Base Value 300 Information This sturdy, well-crafted ...
**** Garden Junk
***** List of garden junk
****** Broken status - Level 1 Base Value 1 Information At one time, ...
**** Other Buildings
***** List of other buildings
****** Garden Store - Level 1 Base Value 420 Information This unimpressive ...
**** Piñata Houses
***** List of piñata houses
****** Arocknid Home - Level 1 Base Value 750 Information This water tank ...
**** Helper Houses
***** Helper Home
****** Helper Home - Level 1 Base Value 200 Information This house will keep ...
*** Tools
**** Shovel
***** List of shovel handles/heads
****** Bronze Shovel Handle - Level 3 Base Value 0 Information Bronze is stronger ...
**** Trick Stick
***** Bronze Beauty
****** Bronze Beauty - Level 1 Base Value 0 Information Sturdy and reliable, ...
**** Watering Can
***** List of watering cans
****** Everpour 5000 Watering Can - Level 5 Base Value 2700 Information May I introduce ...
**** Bag
***** List of bags
****** Bait Bag - Level 1 Base Value 0 Information The bait bag contains a ...
**** Surface Packets
***** List of surface packets
****** Grass Packet - Level 1 Base Value 0 Information This is the special packet that ...
*** Misc Items
**** Accessories
***** List of accessories
****** Apples and Pears Hat - Level 1 Base Value 500 Information A blinging bonnet ...
**** Candy
***** List of candy
****** Amber Golf Candy - Level 1 Base Value 5 Information Animals won't eat them, ...
**** Money
***** List of money
****** Big Gold Chocolate Coin - Level 1 Base Value 500 Information As things get more ...
**** Produce
***** List of produce
****** Air Freshener - Level 1 Base Value 500 Information A winter clean ...
** Garden Area
*** View Surface Info
*** View Space Info
** Player Log
*** List of events
**** 4 Day 62 62:15 FeralKitty sent you a crate
** Resident Piñatas
*** List of resident piñatas
**** Sparrowmint - <takes player to resident in garden>
** Player Awards
*** Player Status
**** Player Status - ''Gamertag'' Play Time Elapsed: nnn Days nn Hours nn Minutes Your Rank ''rank title'' ''level'' Your Account: nnn coins
*** Photo Albums
**** My Photos
***** List of photos
****** Photo 1/1001 - <displays photo>
**** Bonus Photos
***** List of concept art photos
****** Photo 1/3 - <displays photo>
*** Plant Awards
**** Table of plants/awards - Plant, Level, Grown to Maturity, Catalyzed x1, Catalyzed x2, Catalyzed x3
*** Leaderboards
**** Garden Value - All Time
**** Piñata Value - All Time
**** Awards Earned - All Time
**** Credits Earned - All Time
**** Gardener Level - All Time
**** Arocknid
***** Rank, Gamertag, Value
*** Piñata Awards
**** Table of piñatas/awards - Piñata, Level, Visit, Reside, Romance, Master Romancer, Variants (1 2 3)
*** Tool Awards
**** Table of tools/awards - Tool, Level, Received?
*** Computer Records
**** List of species
** Leafos Log
*** '''List of Leafos messages''' (Screen these for ones relevant to the iOS version)
**** Seed failed to plant - This seed failed to plant, because you have too many other plants in ...
** Leafos Gossip
*** List of Leafos gossip
**** I'm sure I saw a Sparrowmint swallow a small bit of yellow litter that was ...
** How To
*** List of how to
**** How To Bait Bag - How to Use the Bait Bag - If you want to catch a Piñata in a trap, ...
* Village
** Costolot's Store
*** Buy
**** Fertilizer
**** Watering Can
**** Packet
**** Paving
**** Seed
**** Candy
**** Fruit
**** Vegetable
**** Produce
**** Fence
**** Garden Items
**** Spade Part
**** Toys
*** Sell
** Arfur's Inn
*** Helper - Sprinkling, Weedling, Gatherling, Watchling, Night Watchling, Diggerling
** Paper Pets
*** Accessory Type - Head, Eyes, Ears, ...
** Gretchen Fetchem's
*** Express
*** Standard
*** Collect/Release Piñata
** Langston
*** You've completed all the challenges
** Bart's Exchange
*** Bronze
*** Silver
*** Gold
** Willy Builder
*** Piñata House
**** List of piñata houses
*** Special Building
**** List of special buildings - Mine, Honey Hive, Shearing Shed, Milking Shed, Garden Store, Helper Home
** Post Office
*** Received Crates
*** Crate
* Camera
** Y My Photos
** A Take Photo
** B Back
* Watering Can
* Seed Bag
** List of seeds
*** X Buy
*** A Buy and Plant
*** B Put Away

== Selected item ==
* Y Information
* X Menu
* A Talk
* B Sell

== Items ==
* Y Return to Items
* X Rotate
* A Place Item
* < Finish Shopping

= iOS =

== Pre-garden ==

(Table/Navigation/Back?  Controls on title screen?)

=== Minimal number of choices ===

* Start a new garden -> Please enter a name for your garden
* Load a saved garden -> List of saved gardens (swipe to delete?)

=== Optional ===

(Available in-garden so could be left off pre-garden?)

* Options ->  Sound volume
* Leaderboards
* Achievements
* Credits
* Player Status

== In-garden ==

=== Shops ===

* Fertilizer
* Seed
* Candy
* Fruit
* Vegetable
* Produce
* Garden Items
* Arfur/Helpers
* Gretchen/Fetch Piñatas from wild
* Bart/Tinkering/Transformed items
* Willy/Homes/Special buildings

=== Journal ===

(Lookup info in general, or show info about selected garden object/wild piñata)

* How To
* List of resident piñatas
* Awards (keep in Journal, or break out separately?)
* Info/Requirements
** Pinatas
** Helpers/Characters/Ruffians
** Plants
** Buildings/Homes
** Candy, Fruits, Produce, etc.
* Credits?

=== Awards ===

(Keep in Journal, or break out separately for convenience/simplicity?)

* Plant Awards
* Piñata Awards
* Achievements
* Leaderboards
* Player Status

=== Events/Alerts ===

(Tap to popup/dismiss like Classic/TiP?  Scrollable like Pocket Paradise?)

=== Tools ===

* Surface Packets/Terrain (Via Shop or drop-down?)
* Watering Can
* Seed bag? (for convenient shopping)

=== Other ===

(Should this info be visible all the time, or only available within Shops or Journal?)

* nnn coins
* Level nnn