Menu themes (visually and audibly)

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Menu themes (visually and audibly) https://forum.arcaneodyssey.dev/uploads/default/optimized/3X/b/0/b01b84a95b45541bb36a01c6c77e405ab8399a19_2_1024x493.jpeg
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Proposal

add menu themes that change the music and visuals of the menu’s background

Details/background on your proposal

currently, some people think that the nimbus menu theme is kind of overused (no offense tobi). it would be nice if we could change it, so i propose a way to change menu themes like in tmodloader

in order to change menu themes you would click on a button in the bottom left of the screen and it would cycle through them from A-D (with a 1 second cooldown so people cant fuck up the menu by autoclicking it)

Menu Type A: Release Menu
this menu type would simply revert it to the original, with rain, dawn island, the normal “Arcane Odyssey” logo, and “A Concerning Plot” playing

Menu Type B: Dark Sea Menu
this menu type would have a purple “Arcane Odyssey” logo, the menu variant of the dark sea enemy ship theme playing, and the dark sea as a place. basically the menu from the dark sea update

Menu Type C: Odyssey Menu
this would be the release menu with “Call to Adventure” playing (the current menu theme) and maybe a golden outline for the “Arcane Odyssey” logo

Menu Type D: Arcane Menu
this would have dawn island (maybe an ao-quality recreation of newground island), no fog or rain, “Toy Kingdom” (aa menu theme) playing, and the “Arcane Odyssey” logo in the style of the “Arcane Adventures” logo

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basically this but it says “odyssey” instead of “adventures”

Reason to add/change

like i mentioned previously, the same song over and over again eventually gets boring so people might want to shake it up
it wouldnt take too long to implement, if i know vetex it would take between 1 and 4 days to implement this unless he runs into trouble

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27 minute bump yall got nothing on this

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Music be good

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Yooo a suggestion that improves the game without drastically shifting anything

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why is there leaves on the aa logo

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That is probably symbol of earth magic or something idk

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19 minute bump, those fools in magic tattoos cant match this

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No no yeah, why is plant/growth magic here and not earth? Why is seemingly ice or snow here instead of water?

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https://twitter.com/AdvStoryGame/status/663500245456785408
idk dawg i got it off here (one of vetex’s twitter accounts, specifically the adventure story one)

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Yeah, I’m not saying it’s your fault, I’m wondering why it’s like that.

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I think having the backdrop shuffle between different snapshots of the game, like WoM, along with the main menu themes shuffling, would be a more seamless and natural integration than having a button to click between themes from past updates.

Also, saying that a theme is overused feels a bit odd to me. I don’t boot up my favorite games, like Elden Ring, and wish I could change the main theme or menu visuals.

Even if I had the option, I probably wouldn’t, because it’s such a minor thing to worry about. I’m not playing AO for the main menu, so why would I want to spend time clicking a button to change it? The main menu design, music, and overall presentation are meant to set the tone for the entire game.

While I understand the desire to customize and control the look and feel of the game, I don’t think the main menu is something that really needs to be changed often. This is Arcane Odyssey, not Arcane Whatever-You-Want-It-To-Be. If players could customize every single aspect of the game, it would compromise the game’s identity and what it’s trying to convey to players.

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true…

a slideshow would be good but it might take a while to implement, besides i was thinking of tmodloader’s implementation

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no thanks

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Themes should just be a random chance instead of having to push a button to change it. Shouldn’t be too low, but not too high either. Other than that, this has my vote.

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i might just revamp the whole suggestion to be a slideshow thing atp :sob:

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I think it’s a bit unnecessary too, and I agree that the menu screen switching to multiple subjects is cooler than just dawn island and nothing else to look at.
It should at LEAST change between updates. Maybe Port Mistral in the Mistral Update, a brig in the Dark Sea update, Sameria in the Nimbus update.

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i did this for my suggestor app it never got accepted

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good idea

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this trult hass been a world of magic… titlescreens

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this sounds great