Comments on: Which HUD is better?

By: Weapon HUD | Graduate Games Blog

Weapon HUD | Graduate Games Blog — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 21:09:47 +0000

[...] off, thank you to everyone who responded to the “Which HUD is Better Post.” I, the lowly programmer, spent some time this week laying out nearly all of the HUD information and [...]

By: mike

mike — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:32:54 +0000

Game will run the same with either HUD. It’s a completely aesthetic thing.

By: DEITRIX

DEITRIX — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 14:37:46 +0000

I like the faded one best, but the metroid style would look better than the one on the screenshot once you have it on the actual game and the colors matched up better..

Will the game run the same with either one..?

By: mike

mike — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:30:09 +0000

I think the Super Metroid HUD may be outdated. As an FYI, The game’s resolution will be 1024×768. Currently we’ve just been using the top 64 pixels of the screen to work on our HUD. I just did this out of ease though and I’m not sure we’ll have enough stuff to even fill up a whole bar at the top.

By: Kyle

Kyle — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:01:28 +0000

I prefer the Shadow Complex styled hud. Take a look at the current Metroid Prime series and their hud

By: JeremyOLED

JeremyOLED — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:00:38 +0000

Well it all depends on the look of the game, I suppose. Both of those HUDs fit very will with their respective games. One thing I dislike about the Metroid HUD is that it takes up a lot of screenspace, but on the other hand today’s average screen resolution is so high that you could still go for it without it taking too much screenspace away.

Some kind of combo would be nice too, perhaps.