Hi. I''m working on a senior design project with a few other people and it is a game. This is the 3rd game I have done, but the first two (a card game and a RPG-battle engine game) were both console text based and < 5000 lines of code. Without boring you with too many details, our game is a strategy game where the goal is to start your own computer company, and build up to a microsoft-type status in your area (i.e. being very rich, having a monopoly, etc) Sub-goals will include hiring, training and KEEPING good employees, and acquiring and KEEPING good clients who buy your products. We are envisioning a user interface somewhat similar to Master of Orion, or X-COM... where there are 5-10 "screens" which present the information on various things, such as your employees, current projects, clients, budget, etc. Minimal interface will be done with buttons on the different screens hopefully, with the possibility of allowing the user to "click" on the name of an employee on a list of employees, and having it go to the "individual employee" page, displaying info on that employee. Overall we are trying to keep this as realistic as possible to complete by the end of the semester, but while still keeping it somewhat ambitious. Though our game focuses on the AI, the user interface is of concern to me because none of our members have done this before. Would anyone know or have suggestions based on experience, about good ways to represent the "screens" and "buttons" etc for this type of interface in our game? We were planning on using directx for this, in order to handle the mouse, keyboard, sound, graphics, etc... Just looking for advice/suggestions from people who have been there, and want to offer some friendly help or encouragement. Thanks. -Marc