Another vote here for not being able to lose your game because you pressed one key, I don’t care if it is ESC. ESC in most games will at least take you to a “save game y/n” screen, having one key lose your entire game should just be a no-no. OTOH, using an alt/ctrl/shift combo to be able to instantly leave the game or a BOSS option would be great. Even mlb.com has a BOSS option under their Game Audio, I thought that was pretty funny.
I’m just getting up to speed by reading the manual. I already wasted $30 on Lost Empires, a game with a very poor UI, so I don’t know that I want to do that again. It’s interesting that UI is usually what kills an indie game, which is surprising to me because the people who develop these games have usually played a zillion other games and should know better. Looking at http://www.gametunnel.com/articles.php?id=620, all of the top 10 games have really good UI’s. Just keep it in mind please, thanks.