@juniperdev: Pause menu design in games! #gaming #gamedev #indiegames #gamedesign

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dungeonsanddingbats
Dungeons and Dingbats :
I learned recently that the Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 menu is actually a fully 3D rendered object that you navigate around
2026-04-11 07:24:50
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maxdcon
max_dracon :
I hate pause menus that don't pause.
2026-04-11 22:21:55
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bb_ok666
bb :
gta v pause menu is so badddd
2026-04-11 16:36:13
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gary.lfk
GARY LFK :
ive always hated the gta v menu. It’s , janky, unresponsive and unintuitive, it has zero personality literally looks like a mod menu, even in 2012 it was subpar
2026-04-11 02:43:53
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lazrgator
Hunter 🐝 :
I'm not even a developer, but good UI is something I always appreciate, especially diegetic UI like the Pip-Boy you talked about, or something like the maps from Metro: Exodus or Far Cry 2
2026-04-10 16:24:29
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dskzero
dskzero :
the P5 one is the most irritating pause menu ever
2026-04-11 06:50:08
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vioro_noire
Trevor :
Looking up to the stars in Skyrim
2026-04-12 05:21:01
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faubaulaus
Faubaulaus :
my fav is nier automatas nothing like allowing u to uninstall ur own os
2026-04-10 18:06:00
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sleepinginsomn1a
Sleeping Insomnia :
Atlas's game ui are unmatched
2026-04-10 23:03:18
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lion_ofthe_north
Adam 🇨🇦 :
dead space
2026-04-11 08:26:58
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roboticol
Robo :
Persona 3 reloaded had me realizing that there was levels to this ui shit
2026-04-10 21:00:05
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lylat_counterpick
Cody :
the tablet in botw is so immersive like the pip boy
2026-04-11 13:48:30
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kemcage
Kem Cage :
omg UI brilliance? DEAD SPACE. absolute masterclass
2026-04-12 11:42:11
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mariosavage42
mariosavage :
Bonus points for good pause music.
2026-04-11 20:44:42
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dragonfilms159
Danny Dragon :
The God of War 3 menus being different sides of Pandora's box was so amazing in 2010
2026-04-12 04:23:59
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space_boy_oni
space_boy_oni :
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 has some of THE most impressive menu designs I've ever seen. No game had me reading through lore entries and history in the Codex section more based purely on the art and designs
2026-04-13 08:08:22
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foxhead618
Foxhead :
A good pause menu will never be noticed
2026-04-11 05:08:02
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humanbeene
bean :
Ni No Kuni has an incredible approach to UI. While the main menu is fairly standard: it's book sub-menu is incredibly intuitive.
2026-04-10 23:11:39
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elmasi24
elmasi24 :
Death Stranding 1 and 2 also have a menu like fallout
2026-04-11 11:24:05
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disgruntledmooo
disgruntledmoo :
The Zelda N64 games had a god tier pause menu. I love that the menu is 4 walls you rotate around yourself. And each quest item has an etched indent you slowly fill in. And how the songs playback on the musical notation.
2026-04-10 22:25:05
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exploretheastralplane
TheLegend27 :
Here’s a crazy skill I have. Whenever I catch myself having a nightmare, I deadass think up a pause menu and “press” leave and I wake up
2026-04-12 03:25:52
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dergcola
Cola🥤 :
Persona 5 was so proud of their menus that they even put them in the game trailer
2026-04-11 23:00:12
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dakotageej
Dakota :
You know who has the worst UI? Skyrim almost by a long shot. in oblivion you got full character view the parchment scrolls as menu backgrounds were cool and matched loading screens but Skyrim was black and white and cold, like fallout and oblivion I prefer something with a lil more immersion
2026-04-11 05:31:25
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kacha_pira
Gift Kachapira :
Dead Space nailed it too
2026-04-11 22:06:58
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j4ck0fall_game5
Jack :
Reminds me of Fable 3, where the pause menu was a whole Sanctum you entered
2026-04-10 16:31:35
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