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• The “ logo ” screen, where a large image of the game ’ s logo is
displayed. Not very exciting, but effective. Make it more exciting with
strobing colors, rotating effects, bouncing text, anything to get some
motion in there.
Title screens often feature menus that offer selections such as save/load,
number of players, options, bonus features, and difficulty. It all depends
on how many button presses you want the player to make before they
get into the meat of the game; however, I find that players just want to
get to the good stuff so keep the button pressing to a minimum (no
more than three screens “ deep ” right?, not counting your front- end logos
and legal). And remember, you can always put many of the start/title
screen functions on your pause screen.
The Pause that Refreshes