Here's an example i threw up really quickly for an older thread. (yes i know the CO2 part makes no sense)
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Here's a small mockup i did to give an idea of a possible GUI design.
This takes away the whole transparent-10-blocks-gui and makes it a whole new screen instead. This screen lets you see basic information about what has happened to you (nothing more than the average person could know), and implements a humanoid figure that represents 9341.
Different parts of 9341 will highlight in different colours depending on what has happened to him, for example, if he was shot in the leg, his leg will turn red, with a bullet decal being placed in the leg area. At first it will be a pale red and it will worsen as time passes/more hits are received.
Things like memetic effects can be represented too, by using a pale dark purple colour on the head, boosts in green, and diseases in yellow.
This GUI design also incorporates representing status effects, for example our Class D was shot a few minutes ago and had to go through a lockroom without a gas mask to escape the MTF, small squares will appear saying exactly what's wrong right now, bleeding (due to being shot), crippled (limping from the shot), coughing and low stamina (from staying too long in the gas), and quick blinking (due to staying in the gas.)
Also things like being able to read documents on the spot and equipping items is represented, equipping the radio on the left hand and keycard on the right would let you listen to whats going on while still being able to open keycard doors, or doing something like equipping a SCP-500 pill on the left hand would make 9341 be able to take the pill just by clicking the right click.
Healing must be done by dragging the first aid kid to an affected body part, after the process is done the red colour will slowly fade from the limb. (Depending if healing is succesful or not)
I can make a few more of these representing various situations like being hit by 106, being affected by a memetic effect, or having drunk a cup of life.Other things i'd like to aim for in such a mod:
- The inventory screen informing the player of his health status, not a specific bar, but simply a word somewhere. Pherpaps there could be a few more effects to be noticed from this, like a unstable camera when he's out of the inventory screen, red, bloodshot screen corners (like 008's effect), etc etc.
- The status effect icons appearing in the in-game view, in this way:
(The player takes damage that causes heavy bleeding, a small icon will appear somewhere on the screen and quickly fade out or zoom out + fade out of view.)
- Spreading 106 goo effect, if the player is hit by 106 or stands in a patch of 106goo he will receive the status effect "corroding", which makes the player slowly receive damage and slow down, along with messages appearing onscreen, the effects extend over time and the only way to take the goo off is by using cloths, bandages, or towels to clean it off. Or bathroom sinks.
- Item dropping mechanic changed, instead of dragging the item out of the inventory, it is changed with a trash bin icon (or a human figure running, with his hand throwing something away), if the player wants to drop an item away, he must drag the wanted item to this icon, once he gets out of the inventory screen, the items will be dropped.
- Yet to decide if i want to make this screen pause the game or not, in old horror games it used to pause the game (but not the music), a few rebalances would be needed with some items.
- Health kits work in the same loading bar way, making the player get out of the inventory screen instantly and leading to the usual healing action.
- Using any consumables (eyedrops for example) makes the player get out of the inventory screen.
- 513 being able to be used agaisn't the MTF (?)
I am also willing to write all the item descriptions and status effect descriptions.
EDIT: Oh, and this would be great too:
Omniary wrote:This also loosely has to do with the GUI but could you perhaps see to improving the computer screens, and making them somewhat interactable, like a mini menu? It'd be more interesting to be able to read and open multiple documents or emails on a computer.
