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YOUR LAYOUT,
OUR GAME.

The layout from your screenshot, laid over Stickbash’s real modes and arenas, in two versions: A, a tap on a card starts the match, and B, a tap selects it and START! starts. The art is the game’s own (mode identities from the approved concepts, real DARK VIVID arena frames). Only the layout is new. Tap any phone to see it full size.

YOU SAID“Lets do something like this layout, with auto play start and without auto play start, show me some visual, only layout.”

CATEGORY
RAIL
↓ TABS: CLASSIC · ARENA · OTHER SHORTCUTS + ✕ MATCH SETUP ▾ TALL CARD
+ MAP STRIP TALL CARD
HOT CARD RANDOM MAP CARD LOCKED

1A rail of categories on the left (Ranked / Unranked / WOW). Big words, one underlined.

2Tabs across the top split each category (Classic / Arena / Other).

3A grid of big picture cards: two tall, four small. Each card has a map strip (“Selected: Hangar ›”), and some are locked or HOT.

4Top right: small shortcuts, a close ✕, and a match setup dropdown (team size + auto-matching).

THE LAYOUT, ON STICKBASH

One phone screen (iPhone 16 landscape, with its safe areas), true to scale. PLAY!’s mode chip on Home opens it; PLAY! on Home keeps starting your last pick.

1ONLINE · QUICKThe first screen most players see. Every number on it is explained on the right.

1LEFT RAIL: WHO YOU PLAY WITHONLINE, VS BOTS, WI-FI PARTY. The Wi-Fi item lights up with “2 NEARBY” when friends are on the same Wi-Fi.

2TABSSplit each category: QUICK / RANKED / EVENTS here. Unbuilt tabs say SOON.

3SHORTCUTS + CLOSETRAINING, PRACTICE, WI-FI ROOMS, SETTINGS, and ✕ back to Home.

4MATCH SETUPThe dropdown sets the players and auto-match: “4 PLAYERS · AUTO-MATCH” online, “3 BOTS · NORMAL” vs bots, “UP TO 8 · BOTS FILL” on Wi-Fi.

5BIG CARDSTwo tall and four small, each a real mode with its own art and one plain line under the name. HOT / NEW / RANKED tags sit top left.

6ARENA STRIPOn every card: “ARENA: RANDOM OF 5 ›”. Tapping the strip (not the card) opens the arena picker.

7LOCKS + RANDOMRandom cards show the big shuffle sign. The level lock is an example only: nothing in the game is locked by level today.

2VS BOTSWorks with no internet. Tabs: FIGHT, PRACTICE, LADDER (soon). The dropdown sets the bot count and level.

3WI-FI PARTYA party found nearby is the first tall card, FOUND. Host, co-op, teams and the code all live here.

RAIL

WHAT GOES ON THE LEFT RAIL?

The reference splits by Ranked / Unranked. For Stickbash, who you play with is the clearer first choice, because it also says whether you need internet. Both options are shown; pick one.

ONLINEVS BOTSWI-FI PARTY

WHO YOU PLAY WITH MY LEAN

Real players, bots, or friends on your Wi-Fi. No internet? ONLINE greys out and the other two still work. Ranked becomes a tab inside ONLINE.

RANKEDCASUALPARTY

LIKE THE REFERENCE

RANKED (1V1 duel), CASUAL (online and bot brawls together), PARTY (Wi-Fi friends). Closest to your screenshot, but bots and online players end up mixed in CASUAL.

iiPAD 4:3The same layout; the cards just get taller.

T2COMIC THEMEThe same layout on paper: ink cards, tilted.

Nothing else moves. Same modes, same arenas, same Wi-Fi party and rooms. This screen replaces ALL MODES and its ONLINE / OFFLINE / WI-FI tabs. Home keeps PLAY!, which starts your last pick, and its mode chip opens this screen.

START ON TAP, OR SELECT THEN START?

The same screen, two ways to begin a match. Each is shown as a short tap-by-tap story.

AUTO PLAY START

A tap on a card starts that mode with the arena on its strip and the players from the dropdown. Set those two first, then tap. To protect against a stray tap, the card shows a one-second STARTING… ring that a second tap cancels.

1TAP THE CARDFREE-FOR-ALL, arena RANDOM OF 5, 4 players.

2STARTING…The card dips and its ring fills for 1 s. A second tap cancels.

3MATCHINGFinding players. Vs bots it goes straight to loading.

+CHANGE THE ARENA FIRSTThe strip, not the card, opens the arena picker. Close it, then tap the card.

TAPS TO A MATCH

1same arena + players3new arena first1join a party nearby

STRAY TAPSScrolling or a curious tap starts a match, so the 1 s cancel ring is required.

WI-FI PARTYTapping the FOUND party joins at once; HOST A ROOM opens your room. That's natural.

SELECT THEN START

A tap selects the card (yellow ring + check). A bar at the bottom spells out what you picked, and the big START! on the right begins. The grid gives up one row of height for the bar.

1TAP A CARDNothing starts yet: START! is grey until a mode is selected.

2SELECTED → START!The bar reads FREE-FOR-ALL · ARENA · 4 PLAYERS. Change anything, then START!

3MATCHINGThe same finding-players screen as A.

+ON WI-FISelect the party nearby and START! joins it; select HOST A ROOM and START! opens your room.

TAPS TO A MATCH

2select + start1START! again (stays selected)3new arena too

STRAY TAPSHarmless: a tap only moves the yellow ring.

FIRST-TIME PLAYERSSTART! says what will happen before it happens. Easy to understand on day one.

A VS B, SIDE BY SIDE

	A · AUTO PLAY START	B · SELECT THEN START
TAPS TO A MATCH	1 (arena and players already set)	2, or 1 when your last pick is still selected
STRAY TAPS	Can start a match: needs the 1 s cancel ring	Harmless: a tap only selects
CHANGING ARENA / PLAYERS	Change them first, then tap the card	Select first, then change, then START!
WI-FI PARTY	Tap the party to join at once	Select the party, START! joins
FIRST-TIME PLAYERS	Fast, but a tap that starts can surprise	Clear: the bar and START! say what happens
RETURNING PLAYERS	Fastest	One extra tap, unless the last pick stays selected
SCREEN SPACE	The whole grid for cards	The grid gives up ~60 px for the START! bar

MY LEANB, with your last pick still selected when you come back, so START! is one tap. A is quicker but needs the cancel ring. Your call.

YOUR LAYOUT,OUR GAME.