Pixelation
Critique => Pixel Art => Topic started by: Linaru on May 01, 2017, 12:25:50 pm
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it has been a while since I have been to these forums, I always find the advice helpful.
So, I'm working on a little project inspired by the game Hammerwatch and have been working on a hud that will show health, mana/stamina, pink charge bar, exp/level progress and active item
here is my roughed out concept that is based on Hammerwatch's hud:
(http://i.imgur.com/BuVNos1.png)
it is designed so that more of these blocks appear side by side depending on how many players are in the game.
However, I am unsure about its design and was hoping to get some opinions or thoughts on improving it?
any advice is appreciated.
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Id try to keep it as minimalistic as possible. The item on the left is very unreadable, I can't see what it is. I'd also make the hp bars without any noice.
Maybe add a visual indicator for how high your hp is. if you look at guilty gear, the hp bars are bend at the middle, to show clearly if your hp is >50%.
tried a small edit myself : (http://i.imgur.com/KYSTDtd.png)
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Id try to keep it as minimalistic as possible. The item on the left is very unreadable, I can't see what it is. I'd also make the hp bars without any noice.
Maybe add a visual indicator for how high your hp is. if you look at guilty gear, the hp bars are bend at the middle, to show clearly if your hp is >50%.
tried a small edit myself : (http://i.imgur.com/KYSTDtd.png)
took your advice on board and tried to compact it more as well as adjust the bars, however, i am unsure
Opinions and thoughts would be appreciated.
(http://i.imgur.com/JorTSxV.png)
I feel this new version looks messy and may not be easy to see your health at a glance..?
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Edit:
I've had a go at redrawing the whole thing from scratch again, and I have changed up the colour palette a bit instead of using the original Hammerwatch one.. i also moved the numbers off of the bars so I could shrink them down a bit:
(http://i.imgur.com/f0iBPJS.png)
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Further refinement:
(http://i.imgur.com/Ocax2kn.png)
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I think you need much more flashy and bright colours.
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I have done some more refinements, pretty set on this design now although it is longer it is also not as tall:
(http://i.imgur.com/sErbIhr.png)
I added gold and lives info to the hud as Hammerwatch originally put them on the map screen as an afterthought.
I also spent some time fleshing out a logo, while not strictly hud it is part of the UI, so will probably be in the same image file:
(http://i.imgur.com/nWl6V88.png)
Opinions still welcome.