A Grid UI for Landmarks! | Patreon Weekly #265 (Patreon)

Hey Patrons, in this weekly I’ve got another new UI to show off, this time for the landmarks journal page!

Landmark Grid

As I’ve shown off in previous weeklies, the catalogs received a new grid-based UI, which made for a bunch of room to massively expand them. The landmarks tab is getting a similar treatment!

Just as before, this journal page automatically fills with entries as you encounter various noteworthy things throughout the dungeon. Thanks to the grid UI and new icons it’s now much, much easier to see what things are where at a glance. I’ve also taken the opportunity to add a few new landmark types, reorder the journal a bit, and add new icons for each journal tab!

Each entry can be tapped to get a more detailed window, just like with the catalogs. Mostly this just repeats examine descriptions, but this helps tie the icons to their specific functions for people who aren’t familiar with them yet.

In the example picture things are a bit more cluttered than normal, as I purposefully didn’t resolve anything. Just like before, spending keys, clearing rooms, and finishing quests will cause landmark entries to be removed.

With all this space though, doesn’t it feel like there’s room for something more? I haven’t yet pinned down the UI design for this, but I’d really like to add custom note support to this journal tab as well! Custom notes will likely appear at the top of the UI and my goal for them is to make it easy for people to note down various things such as suspected item properties, floor-specific details, or general gameplay notes. I’ll hopefully have more to share on custom notes next week.