{"id":14175,"date":"2025-08-19T10:08:57","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T17:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14175"},"modified":"2025-08-19T14:52:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T21:52:40","slug":"fascinating-gaming-ui","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattfife.com\/?p=14175","title":{"rendered":"Fascinating gaming UI"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Danish indie studio Ultra Ultra released their sci-fi stealth horror game Echo back in 2017. It never got the acclaim of Dead Space, but it had some unique visual feedback elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first is it’s use of flashing and cycling lighting in beautiful white marble world. The lights cycle and turn on\/off in flows and waves through the environment to help you find your way along in the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The more interesting dynamic is it’s “hudsphere”. The player has a color-coded radar-like interface that hovers around her body like a ball. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

During combat, a blue fractalized shimmer along the surface of the sphere indicates the presence of another humanoid entity. A yellow shimmer indicates the player is about to be noticed. A red fractal shimmer means the player is being targeted by an attacker. When attacked, a quick-time prompt appears so she can break free. Red spikes will appear inside the sphere, signaling that character is vulnerable to death.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The sphere can emit an area scan that sends out a pulse that tags all the elements in your vicinity. The sphere becomes the guns reticle and you can tag enemies by hovering over an enemy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Give it a look (skip to 49:49 for example of the hud):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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