I am purely a programmer, but created the GUI with a huge focus on ease-of use. In an ideal world it would look something like Pokerstars.net, Zynga Poker (but less cluttered) as an example of a cardgame app which looks good.
My competitors (which I think are all pretty poor from a GUI perspective are:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.chpkapp.chinesepoker
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.thirteencards.openface < Far and away the best
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mws.ofcp
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.corvidapps.openfacechinesepoker
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.garethludlow.OpenFaceChinesePoker
The app is already created and live in the Google Play store. The flow of the app works fine, but there has been some negative feedback re: GUI so I am looking to improve that. There are basically three screens that need to be redesigned:
Login screen and Lobby:
A user is given the choice to either log in via Facebook or sign in using a username, password and email
After this they are shown a list of games to join. The screen displays their balance, a button to top up their balance with in-app purchases and controls to filter the lobby
The lobby can display a number of pop-ups which will occur in three circumstances:
Popups:
There is a modal pop-up which appears currently in 3 situations
1) You click the button to list in-app purchases
2) You run out of chips
3) You are rewarded new chips (after a purchase, or action)
Game:
The game is very basic. A 'table' appears which has 4 places for players to sit and set hands. The only other elements on the screen are a progress indicator showing how long a player has left on their current turn, the players' names and balances and a button to return to the lobby.
What exactly do I need:
The GUI at present in my opinion is pretty usable, just not the most attractive. Ultimately it is up to you whether or not you want to reorganise and lay anything out differently but here is a list of the current components which will be required on submission as a minumum.
As I will be accomodating various screen sizes all graphics must be vector files so that I can resize and export them for different resolutions.
List of components:
LOG IN WITH FACEBOOK GRAPHIC
OTHER BUTTONS: Up, Down, Hover, Disabled state images
TEXT FIELDS: Normal, Focused and Disabled state images
CHECKBOXES: Selected, Unselected, Hover state images
BACKGROUND IMAGE
LAUNCH IMAGE/DEFAULT IMAGE
SQUARE APP ICON
PLAYER CARD HOLDER (The 13x squares in the current design. There needs to be 13 laid out the way they are currently (3+5+5) but the design is free to change)
CARDS (The cards we have at present are OK, but if you feel you can improve them that would be great)
MODAL POPUP BACKGROUND
MODAL POPUP CLOSE/X BUTTON
'DEALER BUTTON': The little white puck which you can see in the screenshots (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Button_(poker))
FANTASY LAND: A weird term I know but each player spot needs to have their card placement area overlaid with the words 'Fantasy Land' for a specific game state
LOADING GRAPHIC (An animated spinning indeterminate graphic to be used as a modal loader)
I think that list above is pretty extensive but the best thing to do is to download the app. The app is developed in Adobe Air and I will be able to provide a .fla representation of anything you need if it helps.
