Reinventing the wheel

During a pitch for a games portal app, we wanted to challenge the usual (and the developers) by creating a clean and smooth UI component that would combine two interactions within the same area :
- Choosing the number of players you want to face
- Launching the mini-games

The solution? a simple wheel containing the number of players selected placed around the big classic “Play” button. The thumb can stay at the bottom of the screen. The gesture is natural.

Would you use such a UI component?