Back To The Drawing Board

After approximately 2+ months of working on the character generator wizard I decided to toss all the code and design I had come up with and started from scratch again. Having written reams of code and having created a bunch of user interface (UI) mockups I came to realize the not only was the UI design complex to understand, but the code behind it was even worse.

A week ago while sitting in the car on a long drive in traffic, I realized that when the character generator wizard was complete, it would not be what I wanted it to be. The design was flawed and broke the one principle I set out to design with - simplicity for the user. The whole wizard idea in the traditional incarnation (with the next/previous buttons) was not cut out to work for character generation. The simple, single page design is much easier to follow, to create and to manage. My new design is much more concise and satisfying. I spent the past week ironing out the look and started coding this weekend. Not only will the UI be simple and easy to follow, so will the code.

Sometimes you have to admit that all the time you put in was wasted and start over. The final result is so much better off for it. Now if Micro$oft would do the same with Windows. ;)

Next update should include some new screenshots, stay tuned...