I have a game for the iPad and there's no "mouse entered" or "mouse hover" functionality on that platform. Within my game I have a hotbar or skill bar like below.
Typically a game that uses such feature has mouse and the player can hover the mouse over the icon to get a small panel with skill name, cost, effects, et cetera.
Since I cannot provide mouse hover tooltips as is typical, what approach should I take to offer detail information to the player? Right now I have a separate skill screen with detailed skill descriptions, and I'm posting the skill name and cost into the chat console on tap.
Should I include names within or under my icons in a hotbar as described above? Introduce long press to display a popup with name and detailed info?
Answer
You can use a menu with options / information, with two interaction options:
Option 1 (I consider this one more intuitive).
- Tap -> Opens the menu
- Double Tap -> Uses the item directly
- Tap option in menu / Tap close button -> Close the menu / Close the menu and perform the action.
Option 2 (This one could work with power users).
- Drag -> Open the menu
- Tap -> Uses the item directly
- Dragend -> Close the menu and use the selected item
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