MASARYK UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF INFORMATICS
Game UI based on procedural
techniques
MASTER'S THESIS
Marek Bařinka
Brno, Spring 2021
MASARYK UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF INFORMATICS
Game UI based on procedural
techniques
MASTER'S THESIS
Marek Bařinka
Brno, Spring 2021
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Student: Bc. Marek Bařinka
Program: Vizuální informatika
Specializace: Vývoj počítačových her
Garant oboru:
Vedoucí práce: Mgr. Jiří Chmelík, Ph.D.
Katedra: Katedra vizuální informatiky
Název práce: Game Ul based on procedural techniques
Název práce anglicky: Game Ul based on procedural techniques
Zadání: Prostudujte a popište oblast procedurálního generování herního obsahu. Soustředte se na
možnosti využitelné pro procedurální úpravy herního charakteru (např. změna geometrie,
změny v materiálech, generování textur, procedurální animace) a využitelnost procedurálního
obsahu pro uživatelské rozhraní.
V rámci praktické části navrhněte a vytvořte herní charakter, na kterém budete demonstrovat
popsané principy. Implementujte procedurální techniky tak, aby se vzhled charakteru
měnil v reálném čase dle aktuálních hodnot vlastností charakteru (např. zdraví, výdrž, teplota,
atd.) a tyto vlastnosti nebylo nutné zobrazovat pomocí běžného rozhraní typu HUD.
Využijte alespoň:
• změnu geometrie,
• změnu materiálů pomocí shaderů.
Vytvořte jednoduchou herní scénu, na které budete herní charakter změny v závislosti na
podmínkách demonstrovat. V rámci práce provedte také uživatelskou studii (např. formou
dotazníkového šetření) zaměřující se na „čitelnost" a pochopitelnost navrženého řešení
v porovnání se zobrazování vlastností charakteru pomocí HUD.
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Declaration
Hereby I declare that this paper is my original authorial work, which
I have worked out on my own. A l l sources, references, and literature
used or excerpted during elaboration of this work are properly cited
and listed in complete reference to the due source.
Marek Bafinka
Advisor: Mgr. Jiří Chmelík, Ph.D.
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank my advisor Jiří Chmelík for guidance during
creation of this work.
I would like to thank my friends which gave me some interesting
ideas and feedback on some visuals of the implemented character.
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Abstract
The graphic user interface in games is categorized into four categories.
Most used is non-diegetic because it is easy to create, on the other side,
diegetic is hard to implement properly.
Procedural Content Generation for games is well categorized and
explored in a general way but not concerning diegetic UI. I made a
definition of P C G for diegetic UI and did a subjective survey about
implementation in games.
Then I proposed and implemented character with diegetic UI using
only procedural techniques for a game in genre which normally doesn't
use diegetic UI.
Lastly, I surveyed players what they think about implemented
character in the prepared test scene and the results of the survey were
rather positive.
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Keywords
diegetic, user interface, UI, procedural techniques, procedural content
generation, P C G
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Contents
Introduction 1
1 User Interface 2
1.1 Graphic user interface 2
2 Procedural Content Generation 7
3 Usage of procedural techniques within diegetic UI 11
3.1 Morphie's Law 11
3.2 Dead Space 12
3.3 Metro 12
3.4 Star Wars: Republic Commando 13
3.5 Trespasser: Jurassic Park 15
3.6 Far Cry 15
3.7 Minecraft 16
3.8 Fallout 4 17
3.9 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes 17
3.10 Space Engineers 19
3.11 Halo 4 19
3.12 Stranded Deep 20
3.13 Green Hell 20
3.14 A story about my Uncle 21
3.15 Strategies 21
3.16 Racing games 23
3.17 Summary 23
4 Implementation 25
4.1 Main inspiration 25
4.2 Used mechanics and implementation 26
5 Readability survey 30
5.1 Results 30
6 Conclusion 43
Bibliography 44
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Index 50
A Appendix - List of attachments 50
B Appendix - Full survey 51
C Appendix - All survey answers 58
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List of Tables
1.1 Types of the user interface in the game industry. 3
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List of Figures
1.1 Dead Space - inventory [10] 4
1.2 Wolfenstein 3D [11] 5
1.3 Forza Motorsport - virtual information about customization
[4] 6
1.4 GTA V - accessing mobile phone [12] 6
2.1 Types of game content that can be procedurally generated
[2] 8
2.2 Linear spectrum of game content creation 9
3.1 Morphie's Law 12
3.2 Dead space - inventory [10] 13
3.3 Metro 2033 - lighter and tabletfor help with navigation
[20] 14
3.4 Star Wars: Republic Commando - DC-17m with a blaster rifle
attachment [20] 14
3.5 Trespasser: Jurassic Park - health bar tattoo [20] 15
3.6 Far Cry 2 - Map and GPS [26] 16
3.7 Minecraft - map in different looking angles [26] 17
3.8 Fallou 4 - Pip-boy [28] 18
3.9 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes - Bomb [33] 18
3.10 Space Engineers - Connector [34] 19
3.11 Halo - MA37 [35] 20
3.12 Stranded Deep - Smartwatches showing different statistics
about player [36] 21
3.13 Green Hell - Different health information and wounds [37, 42,
43] 22
3.14 A story about my Uncle - slinging [44] 22
3.15 Forza Horizon 4 - driver view [45] 23
4.1 Created character 29
5.1 How big a player are you ? 31
5.2 How much knowledge of souls genre do you have? 32
5.3 Health and stamina - readability 32
5.4 Health and stamina - compare to common HUD bar 33
5.5 Rust - readability 34
5.6 Rust - edge values readability 34
5.7 Rust - compare to common HUD bar 35
5.8 Heat - readability 36
5.9 Heat - change readability 36
5.10 Heat - edge values readability 37
5.11 Heat - compare to common HUD bar 38
5.12 Heal - amount readability 39
5.13 Heal - strength readability 39
5.14 Heal - used amount readability 40
5.15 Boost - readability 41
5.16 Boost - compare to common HUD bar 42
Introduction
The user interface is an important part of the game. Fagerholt and
Lorentzon [1] created the definition of four main categories - diegetic,
meta, spatial, non-diegetic - and part of their work is still cited in
different works and topics.
Procedural content generation in games is well documented and
explored topic, Hendrix Et al. [2] created one big definition and categorization
in this topic. The amount of procedural content generation
in games is increasing for different reasons, mainly for improving replayability,
getting a better ratio for quality, world size and size of the
resulting game, and helping with development (world generation).
But proposed techniques are not for creating diegetic UI.
Because lack of works on topic procedural diegetic UI I will do
subjective analysis of different games which can contain diegetic UI
elements.
I will propose and implement character with a game world which
will work nicely with only diegetic elements and will use procedural
mesh and materials.
Lastly, I will make a survey for players to get more opinions how
good implemented solution is for future use, possibly making a whole
game.
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1 User Interface
In computing, an interface defines possible ways of communication
and information transmission between two components, e.g. user code
using a library, available parameters for calling shell command, etc.
Game User Interface (UI) describes how players can communicate
with the game. We can split this communication into three main
categories: Audio, Haptic, and Graphic.
Fagerholt and Lorenzon in their work [1, p. 4] use the next categories
of the user interface.
Audio category contains mainly communication from the game
to the player in form of voice-overs and audio effects, e.g. footsteps,
gunshots, etc. Some games also allow for communication the other
way. For example game In Verbis Victus where the player has to say
the magic formula to cast spells, it had pretty much degree of freedom
in regards of formula accuracy.
Haptic is mainly about feedback from games. As this category
requires hardware to support it. Haptic is mainly used on consoles
where controllers have different possibilities for haptic feedback. Sony
in the current generation of their console Playstation 5 pushed haptic
feedback to a new level of detail. A n example in computer gaming is
steering wheel setup. (Nintendo Switch and game One-Two-Switch,
"marble balls")
1.1 Graphic user interface
One possible definition from [3]:
A video game user interface is a system of visual components
that allows players to interact with the game story
(narrative) and break into the game space (the fourth
wall). There are four classes of UI in video games: Nondiegetic,
Diegetic, Meta, and Spatial.
If you interpret the part about breaking into game space as a possibility
to get into game space then the whole game can be UI.
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If you hide everything except things usually considered as UI, then
the player is not able to properly interact with the game story and
can't get into game space.
If you interpret it as breaking the fourth wall, then some things
we usually consider as UI are not part of interface by definition, e.g.
pip-boy from Fallout because it is part of the fictional world and would
be there even if no game exists.
For this thesis, I will consider as UI items that are commonly expected
as UI without any exact definition, because drawing a line
between UI and game is probably impossible as you can find an example
which will break the proposed definition.
Fagerholt and Lorentzon in 2009 Beyond the HUD: User Interfaces
for Increased Player Immersion in FPS Games: Master of Science Thesis
[1] defined four main types of the user interface based on the source
of information and view location: Diegetic, Non-diegetic, Spatial and
Meta. See table 1.1.
Their work is now commonly used in the works of others. [4, 5, 6,
7,8,9]
Table 1.1: Types of the user interface in the game industry.
Is it part of the fictional world?
Yes No
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Yes
No
Diegetic Spatial
Meta Non-Diegetic
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Figure 1.1: Dead Space - inventory [10]
Diegetic
Information presented using diegetic interface are part of the fictional
world - characters are aware of this information - and in the world
space - characters are aware of this information.
One of the most knowledgeable representatives is the game series
Dead Space. They used a suit with a health bar on the spine and
different items like a map or inventory use holographic projection in
front of the character, see figure 1.1.
A badly designed or implemented interface can be distracting or
frustrating for gamers which may make players unwilling to play.
Non-diegetic
The presented information is not part of the fictional world, characters
don't know about them and they are in the 2D window space of the
monitor, only the player knows about them.
This is the oldest and most commonly used user interface in the
game industry, see figure 1.2, where you can see a strict division
between game and UI elements. First It is mostly used for displaying
different statistics and eliminates immersion the most, so some games
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Figure 1.2: Wolfenstein 3D [11]
show parts of the interface only when they are needed to improve
immersion, e.g. show ammunition information only when a gun is
drawn.
Spatial
Information is part of the world scene but characters are unaware of
this information. This interface is mostly used for highlighting important
things in the world scene, e.g. items which could be collected or
they are interact-able, or in sports game for showing help information,
e.g. road guidelines or customization details which we can see in
figure 1.3.
Meta
Game characters know about information, the source is in a fictional
world but for displaying to the player they are transformed do 2D monitor
space. Game characters are unaware of displaying transformed information,
e.g. colored overlay representing damage in shooter games
like Call of Duty or mobile phone from Grand Theft Auto V, see figure
1.4.
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2 Procedural Content Generation
In literature, we can find different definitions of procedural content
generation. Few definitions follow.
Hendrikx et. al refers to PCG-G in this way: [2]
Procedural Content Generation for Games (PCG-G) is
the application of computers to generate game content,
distinguish interesting instances among the ones generated,
and select entertaining instances on behalf of the
players.
Freiknecht and Effelsberg defines P C G as: [13]
Procedural content generation is the automatic creation
of digital assets for games, simulations or movies based
on predefined algorithms and patterns that require a minimal
user input.
Smith in his work says that it doesn't matter if the result is created
by computer or human, the only required condition is, that created
asset must be a result of following exact procedure: [14]
Procedurally generated content can be created by a human,
if that human is following a clearly defined proce-
dure.
For purpose of this thesis, I will use the following definition of
PCG: Procedural content generation for the game is any kind of automatically
generated asset based on a limited set of user-defined input
parameters.
Hendrikx et. al [2] defines 6 types of game content that can be
generated using procedural algorithms, see 2.1
These types are:
• Game Bits - elementary assets of the game, Hendrikx defines six
types: Textures, Sound, Vegetation, Buildings, Behavior and
Fire, Water, Stone and Clouds
• Game Spaces - is the game environment, contains three subclasses:
Indoor maps, Outdoor maps, and Bodies of water
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• Game Systems - makes the game more believable and immersive:
Ecosystems, Road networks, Urban environments and Entity
behavior
• Game Scenarios - describes the way order in which game events
evolve, we recognize Puzzles, Storyboards, Story and Levels
• Game Design - rules (what can a player do?) and goals (what
is a player supposed to achieve?) of game, consists of two parts:
System design - mathematical background for game and rules,
World design - game setting, story, and theme
• Derived Content - defined as "content that is created as a sideproduct
of the game world"[2]. It includes News, Broadcasts
and Leader boards
Hendrikx identifies six groups of fundamental methods usable in
PCG-G:
1. Pseudo-Random Number Generator
2. Generative Grammars - Lindenmayer-systems, Split Grammars,
Wall Grammars and Shape Grammars
3. Image Filtering - Binary Morphology, Convolution Filters
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• • •
Handcrafted Assisted Not-assisted
Figure 2.2: Linear spectrum of game content creation
4. Spatial Algorithms - Tiling and Layering, Grid Subdivision,
Fractals, Voronoi Diagrams
5. Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems - Cellular Automata,
Tensor Fields, Agent-based Simulation, Other Complex
Systems and Theories
6. Artificial Intelligence - Genetic Algorithms, Artificial Neural
Networks, Constraint Satisfaction and Planning
In regards to creating assets for the game, we can make a linear
spectrum showing a proportional amount of user work on the asset.
From pure manual work to not-assisted computer creation. Between
them, we have assisted procedural techniques. 2.2
Current games with open-world are getting bigger and the whole
world needs to be filled with nice-looking content and avoids repetitive
patterns, unrealistic transitions between sections of the world,
otherwise players will notice it and won't be happy.
Game companies have two main possibilities to solve these require-
ments:
1. Get more level designers to make the game in time but this is
costly.
2. Find or create usable procedural generation tools, assisted or
not-assisted which may not be of the same quality as manually
created but close enough.
For procedurally generated worlds we can distinguish two main
categories, fully procedural - landscape and surface is created by
algorithm - and procedural surface populating where the landscape
is created manually and only items like trees, water, road, etc. are
generated procedurally.
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Fully procedural worlds are mainly used in the Rogue-like genre
which is built on a procedurally generated world but I will use a
different example.
Minecraft (2009) is a sandbox game, where everything is built
from different cubes with an edge size of 1 meter. The whole world is
generated based on one input seed field, which is random if not supplied.
In a later version, more options for world generation like allowed
biomes in the generator were added. Based on this one seed game
generates biomes, caves, ores, dungeons, villages, treasure places, etc.
As an example of procedural surface populating I chose Horizon:
Zero Dawn (2017). They created a tool for populating the game world
with vegetation, roads, stones, etc. The landscape is fixed and level designers
using different brushes (hiding grass, trees, stones, road, small
bushes, etc.) paints underlying data for world populator. Changes
were applied in real-time and this system is used in the game. [15]
For procedural techniques in regards to diegetic UI we can define
three categories based on used data:
• Mesh - Real-time modification of vertices locations
• Material - Procedural materials are probably the easiest and
most used category because of easy usage in game engines, e. g.
Unreal Engine.
• Animation - Procedural changes to rig (skeleton, rig) used for
animating. A commonly used example is Inverse Kinematic.
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3 Usage of procedural techniques within diegetic
UI
Since I could not find publications or articles on the use of procedural
techniques within the UI, I decided to subjectively analyse various
games that somehow use procedural techniques within the UI, even
indirectly.
Because I wasn't able to find any information about implementation
details of presented examples, everything is my opinion how it could
be created and work.
I will present only some example from the games, it is possible
that game contains more procedural diegetic elements.
A list of games was created based on my personal experience, a list
of games with interesting UI found online [16] and tips from friends.
From mentioned games, I found better examples listed below, the
rest doesn't have good enough procedural diegetic elements or I wasn't
able to find any example in them.
3.1 Morphie's Law
It is a team multiplayer shooter from the third person. The main difference
from other games is a unique mechanic of transferring mass
between players. The Game character is divided into sections, e. g.
head, torso, hands, etc. On a successful hit, some amount of character
mass from hitted section is transferred from the shooted character to
shooters. It is working also in a team that allows creating interesting
strategies because body size influences movement capabilities. With
big legs, you can jump higher, with a small body you can squeeze in
small places. Another benefit of this mechanic is some kind of balancing
between skilled and new players. Skilled players are bigger and
easier to hit and new players are small and harder to hit. [17]
Although this mechanic wasn't created to be diegetic UI it fulfills
its definition and thus we can use this as an example of diegetic UI
where the procedural mesh is used.
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Figure 3.1: Morphie's Law
3.2 Dead Space
Dead Space is survival horror game series in the third person. The
first game was released in 2008 and belongs to the first games with
diegetic UI which is clear, legible, and immersive. From my research,
it is the most cited example of well-designed diegetic UI.
In image 3.2 you can see the health bar on the character's spine,
next to it is the "stasis" meter, which is similar to mana. The main part
is inventory as holographic projection ahead of the player.
3.3 Metro
Metro series is a single-player shooter from the first person with stealth
elements and survival horror. The First game was released in 2010 and
is set in the post-apocalyptic Russian metro. Series combines diegetic
and non-diegetic UI, a ratio of individual elements is based on game
difficulty, on hardest non-diegetic elements are disabled and they are
shown when opening inventory.
Diegetic elements are in all difficulties, they are used e.g. for showing
tasks and help which direction to continue 3.3. Metro also uses
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Figure 3.2: Dead space - inventory [10]
diegetic sound for presenting a state of the air filter which is mandatory
for some parts of the game.
Some weapons like Bastard [18] has moving magazine which allows
to see the remaining ammo count in the current magazine.
Lighter and tablet 3.3 was replaced with map in third game Metro:
Exodus [19]
3.4 Star Wars: Republic Commando
Star Wars: Republic Commando is a tactical first-person shooter video
game released in 2005. Example of mesh editing in procedural UI.
The player's primary weapon is the DC-17m Interchangeable Weapon
System, which has rifle, sniper, and grenade launcher attachments. [21]
In 3.4 you can see a number representing total ammo count and
the blue part under it is ammunition count in the current magazine.
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Figure 3.4: Star Wars: Republic Commando - DC-17m with a blaster
rifle attachment [20]
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Figure 3.5: Trespasser: Jurassic Park - health bar tattoo [20]
3.5 Trespasser: Jurassic Park
The action-adventure game was released in 1998 and is played in the
first person. It has a diegetic health bar as a heart-shaped tattoo on the
chest.
Some say that it is one of the best health bar in games[22, 23], but
it can be caused by the main character being a woman[24].
From my point of view, it has a problem with execution that if the
player wants to check health, he has to look down on the chest and in
this time he can't see surrounding and the main time to check health
is in combat where is little spare time to check it.
Based on the Trivia section of the wiki page [25] authors wanted
to move the tattoo to the arm but didn't make it due to problems in
development.
The heart in 3.5 has better graphics when a player took more damage.
Full health is just a heart outline.
3.6 Far Cry
Far Cry is a franchise of shooter games from the first person, in later
games co-op mode was added. I will focus on the second game because
for the first part, I wasn't able to find good sources and later sequels
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Figure 3.6: Far Cry 2 - Map and GPS [26]
changed the target audience and I wasn't able to find any examples of
diegetic U I in them.
Far Cry 2 from 2008 uses a physical map and GPS for navigation
which is held by the main character.
3.7 Minecraft
Minecraft (2009) is a sandbox game containing exploration, mining
resources, crafting items, and building.
A player can create an empty map, when held in hand and used,
a map is bind to the specific square of the world and starts to be
procedurally generated around the player position. On 3.7 map is held
in hand and partially generated.
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Figure 3.7: Minecraft - map in different looking angles [26]
A map can be locked so it is no more actualized and it is also
possible to add markers on the map. [27]
3.8 Fallout 4
Fallout 4 is an action role-playing game played from a third-person
view.
To decrease the amount of non-diegetic and increase diegetic elements,
the world of Fallout contains Personal Information Process
o r ^ ] , in Fallout 4 main version is Pip-boy 3000 Mark IV[29]
Pip-boy is used for accessing statistics about character, inventory
and upgrades, map, etc. 3.8
3.9 Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes
Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes (2015) is a co-op game for at least
two players. One player is Defuser and his task is to defuse the bomb
[30], rest of the players are Experts and they have to help Defuser
defuse the bomb [31] using the Bomb Defusal Manual [32]. Defuser
can't look into manual, Experts can't look on the bomb.
The bomb 3.9 is composed of different modules, each module is
procedurally generated based on some rules and for showing exact
configuration of modules authors probably use several procedural
materials.
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Figure 3.10: Space Engineers - Connector [34]
3.10 Space Engineers
Space Engineers (2013) is a sandbox game focused on mining and
building. In earlier versions only space was available, in the current
version also different planets are in the game. For unlocking everything
a user has to build space ships to get materials not available on the
planet.
A connector is the main way for automatic transport of resources
between two separate structures, mostly station and vehicle/ship. The
connector has several states [34] which are represented by the color
code on the connector.
In 3.10 we can see three connectors, two white are ready for connection
and middle green is locked and items can be transferred.
3.11 Halo 4
Halo 4 (2012) is a first-person shooter game set in a fictional future.
Some of the weapons have information about the weapon on an
in-built display. In 3.11 we can see MA37 Individual Combat Weapon
System [35]
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Figure 3.11: Halo - MA37 [35]
3.12 Stranded Deep
Stranded deep (2015) is a survival from the first person. Games take
place in the middle of the ocean with few tropic islands.
For viewing different statistics about character, a player uses smartwatches
3.12 where he can found health information (health, saturation,
hydration, sleep), skill information (hunting, cooking, harvesting,
...), and effects (poisoning, broken bones, ...).[36]
3.13 Green Hell
Green Hell (2018) is survival in extreme conditions of the Amazon
rainforest.
The player has a solar-powered smartwatch[37] which shows time
information (hours, days, months,...), GPS to help working with the
map[38] and nutritional needs.
The game has complex health and disease system[39], most problems
show icons in H U D , but for identifying the proper location and
healing the disease, a player has to inspect the body. [40]
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More detailed overview of different character statistics and list of
diseases can be found at [41]
Example of different aspects can be seen in 3.13
3.14 A story about my Uncle
A story about my Uncle (2014) is a puzzle-platformer game played
from first person.
A player is looking for his Uncle and during this task, he is using a
slinging mechanic. On the glove 3.14 is a circular counter of available
sling mid-air before depleting and requiring recharge near crystals.
3.15 Strategies
I checked different strategies - Banished, Stronghold, Foundation - and
I found few common possibilities for procedurally generated diegetic
UI elements.
You can find storage building which adjusts their visualization
based on current content. In checked cases, it is not the primary way
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Figure 3.13: Green Hell - Different health information and wounds
[37,42,43]
Figure 3.14: A story about my Uncle - slinging [44]
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Figure 3.15: Forza Horizon 4 - driver view [45]
to convey information about the number of different resources but it
is possible to get some idea of available resources.
Different production buildings, mainly fields and orchards have a
visual representation of their progress. Again it is not the primary way
to transfer information but it is enough to have a rough approximation.
Because these items support different sizes and content, I think it
uses procedural mesh.
3.16 Racing games
If a racing game has a view from the cockpit with a working tachometer
then it has diegetic UI using procedural material.
In 3.15 we can see an example from Forza Horizon 4 (2018) with
H U D tachometer on the right side, navigation on the left side, and
diegetic tachometer in the middle.
3.17 Summary
Many games use more types of UI and it is hard to balance the immersion
and readability of UI. More games than expected have some
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elements which can be considered diegetic. The most common type
uses procedural materials to create these elements.
More common diegetic elements in first-person shooters are weapon
statistics on it.
Specific kind of survival games uses smartwatches to show information
about player.
Strategies contain supportive diegetic elements for showing an
approximation on some progress or available resources.
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4 Implementation
In this chapter, I will first describe the design of the game for which
I will make a character using diegetic UI. Then I will describe how I
implemented individual mechanics.
Making a game without UI idea and after that try to create a
diegetic UI is very hard because of limited possibilities in information
transmission through diegetic UI.
For this reason, I created game design and possible mechanics with
diegetic UI in mind.
I implemented it using Unreal Engine 4.26[46].
4.1 Main inspiration
I chose to use the souls-like or sometimes called soulsborne genre because
I wanted to try if it is possible to create a game in this genre with
diegetic UI. It doesn't have an exact definition [47,48] but it contains
games inspired by games Demon's Souls (2009, From Software), Dark
Souls (2011, From Software), and Bloodborne (2015, From Software).
The main characteristics are:
• Stamina - many actions like attacking, rolling, defending, etc.
requires stamina and its management is an important part of
the game.
• Healing - in most games you can heal only using quantity limited
item. You can replenish it on specific locations but it will
also re-spawn all common enemies.
• Status effect - e.g. poisoning, bleeding which causes damage
over time after the status bar is filled, or curse which instantly
kills the player when the status bar is filled.
• Skill-based combat - Souls games are possible to finish without
leveling or using any equipment if you are skilled enough.
• Unlocked world - Only locks you find in the mandatory part
of the game are killing bosses.
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Not all characteristics are implemented exactly in all games, e. g.
Dark Souls II has also a slower healing item without limit.
4.2 Used mechanics and implementation
For easier integration to the game world and some mechanics I used
a robot as the main protagonist, all characters in the game should be
robotic.
The main inspiration for the player character was the robot Atlas
from Boston Dynamics. [49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55]
Health and stamina
I decided to use common health and stamina system with just different
placement. Instead of a common bar in the corner of the screen, I used
tubes on the back of the character, red for health and green is stamina,
see 4.1
Tube uses procedural material which transforms percentage value
to respective color which was supplied to the material.
Energy
Main commodity of game, inspired by souls. Energy is meant to be
used as a price for upgrading character, shooting from range weapons,
and for boosting some statistics. When you die all your energy will be
transferred to the closest living enemy.
I created the boosting mechanic to distinguish from other soulslike
games and also to bring another strategic element into the game.
In many souls games I know, souls are only used to buy upgrades or
consumable items and from some point of the game, a player no more
care about losing collected souls because a player doesn't need more
upgrades and it doesn't have any disadvantage for the player.
In the presented demo only boosting attack damage is implemented.
Boost multiplier is calculated based on the sigmoidal function
with parameters to adjust the curve.
On 4.1 it is the third tube with blue color.
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Heat
A game character has some default working heat value and heater/cooler
which is trying to get temperature to a default value. Heat
is increasing/decreasing based on the environment which gives the
possibility in the game to make soft locks for some location.
Because of problems with showing end values - overheat/freeze I
made heat similar to poison[56] or bleeding mechanic in souls-like
games instead of instant kill.
For shape and location, I used transparent pipes around the character,
for showing current value I used procedural material which
transforms value from interval < 0; 1 > to color representing heat.
Neutral temperature maps to value 0.5.
In image 4.1 you can see heat pipes with slight red color.
Rust
Because this mechanic is shown as a change of texture on the majority
of character it is easier to distinguish critical end value and thus I
choose to make it similar to curse in Dark Souls [57].
Most complex material in the presented demo. It is using Perlin
noise as the base for rust texturing. The range of noise texture is then
scaled to get visually better rust coverage on interval < 0; 1 >. At 0 no
rust, at 1 fully rusted, step from unrusted to some rust was near 0 and
visually fully rusted become slightly under 1 to give the player a little
bit of time before an instant kill.
Character is almost fully rusted in 4.1
Heal
Direct inspiration is Estus Flask from Dark Souls [58].
I decided to use procedural mesh in cylindrical shape and material
for showing multiple information.
The count of vertices around the edge represents the strength of
the healing item, in 4.1 you can see 4 vertices. Minimum is 3 and
maximum doesn't exist in the presented version.
The color and position of the cylinder top define if the heal is still
available or already used. In 4.1 you can see 2 available and 1 used
heal item.
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When using heal, the last available cylinder will start to retract
using procedurally calculated change of vertices position, the top color
goes from yellow to red color and health is slowly replenished.
The number of healing items in the presented version is from 1 to
15, in 4.1 you can see 3 healing items.
Animation
Most of the animations were done in 3D modelling software Blender
[59] but one part is modified procedurally at run-time. Walking animation
is created only in a forward way and I calculate movement
direction and adjust legs rotation accordingly to move direction.
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5 Readability survey
For reviewing usability of created diegetic UI character I made a survey
focused on information readability because nice unreadable diegetic
UI is useless.
I focused on the general readability of each element and for some
also more specific parts. A full survey is available in appendix B
The survey was repeatedly posted to bigger Czech Discord servers
focused on games (upper hundreds to thousands online users) - Indiantvcz
and Sterakdaryho Šupáci - some smaller servers (up to lower
hundreds of users), mainly Patrik Kořenář, for about one month.
Even I shared it many times only 15 people answered it. I think
that combination of longer time required, PC with Windows and the
requirement to download an application from the Internet with a
combination of other communication on these servers caused it.
5.1 Results
Despite a small number of participants, we can find some trends. A l l
responses can be found in appendix C
Information about participant
The first section of the questions was about getting participant infor­
mation.
The first question was about information, how wide range of games
participant plays and for how long in hours they play on average
during the week.
In this question two, participants didn't read the task properly and
choose one answer in each category. One fault answer contained 25+
in each category, the other one was 0-5, 5-10,0-5. Even with these two
fault answers, we can get some idea about participants.
From the results in chart 5.1, we can see that participants were
mostly average players in a played portfolio and above average in term
of time spent playing games.
The second question was about the knowledge of souls genre.
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How big a player are you?
4
2
0
Little genres and small amount of games Many genres or big amount of games Many genres and big amount of games
Figure 5.1: How big a player are you?
All participants at least heard about the genre, more than half tried
some game from the genre, one-third of participants were fans of this
genre and played several games from souls genre, see chart 5.2
Health and stamina
This section of the survey was about health and stamina.
Chart 5.3 shows how readable is the health and stamina from Bad
to Good. We can see that most participants found it over average.
Chart 5.4 shows participant opinion if common H U D bar or presented
way is better, from Common HUD bar is much better to Presented
variation is much better. One-third thinks that the presented
version is slightly better than the common H U D bar, almost a third
thinks it is the same.
Selected additional feedback responses.
I have no idea which bar does what
This problem should be solved by a proper in-game tutorial.
Rust
This section of the survey was about the rusting mechanic.
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How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) do you have?
1 5 odpovedf
9 Never heard of it
0 Know it but never played
Tried some game from it but dropped it
fast
0 Finished one and never played more
0 Finished several games and will play
more
Figure 5.2: How much knowledge of souls genre do you have?
Health and stamina readability
1 5 odpovědí
6
4
2
0
1 2 3 4 5
Figure 5.3: Health and stamina - readability
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Comparism to common HUD bar.
1 5 odpovědí
1 2 3 4 5
Figure 5.4: Health and stamina - compare to common H U D bar
Chart 5.5 shows how readable is the amount of rust from Bad to
Good. We can see that most participants found it over average.
Chart 5.6 shows how hard for participants was recognizing edge
values - the time when a player is fully rusted and die. Chart goes
from Very hard to Very easy. We can see that one-third of participants
have small problems with identifying edge cases which could cause
unnecessary deaths. Only for one-fifth of participants, it was really
easy to know when they will die.
Chart 5.7 shows participant opinion if common H U D bar or presented
way is better, from Common HUD bar is much better to Presented
variation is much better. Slightly over half of participants
think that it is better than the common H U D bar, one-fifth think that
it is on the same level, for rest it was slightly worse the common H U D
bar.
Selected additional feedback responses.
Does not feel like knowing exactly how much more can take.
Some tweaking about rust progress and noise texture configuration
should improve this problem.
Small spots are hard to see
Same as previous.
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Rust readability
1 5 odpovědí
Figure 5.5: Rust - readability
Edge values readability
1 5 odpovědí
4
2
Figure 5.6: Rust - edge values readability
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Figure 5.7: Rust - compare to common H U D bar
I haven't noticed some big changes in movement or anything
when I was rusty.
Move modification when rusted was not in the plan but could be an
interesting test for the future.
I think haveing an option for an HUD would be nice, but it's
pretty good to see these changes on the character
Participant prefers common H U D but can work with this system.
Heat
This section of the survey was about heat mechanic.
Chart 5.8 shows how readable is the amount of rust from Bad to
Good. We can see that most participants found it over average and
nobody found it really bad.
Chart 5.9 shows how hard for participants was recognizing change.
Chart goes from Very hard to Very easy. We can see that half of
the participants found it easy, approximately one-fifth has a neutral
opinion.
Chart 5.10 shows how hard for participants was recognizing edge
values - the time when a player starts getting damage from overheating
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Heat readability
1 5 odpovědí
Figure 5.8: Heat - readability
Heat change
1 5 odpovědí
Figure 5.9: Heat - change readability
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Edge values readability
1 5 odpovědí
1 2 3 4 5
Figure 5.10: Heat - edge values readability
or freezing. Chart goes from Very hard to Very easy. For one-third it
was average in difficulty, one-third found it very easy.
Chart 5.11 shows participant opinion if common H U D bar or presented
way is better, from Common HUD bar is much better to Presented
variation is much better. Almost half of the participants think
that it is the same as the common H U D bar, one-third think that the
common H U D bar is better.
Selected additional feedback responses.
Pulsing near and at the edges would make it much more clear.
A combination of pulse strength and speed when reaching edge values
could improve the readability of edge cases.
its hard to read it
Because the only worse value was in question about edge cases, I
will assume that it is problem regarding this. Other solutions would
probably solve it.
A bloom effectfor emissive edge cases could help draw attention
to the change in heat values.
Did some small experiment with emission near edge cases but wasn't
with the result so I removed it. Based on these answer, more testing
with emission should be done.
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With comparism to common HUD bar.
1 5 odpovědí
8
1 2 3 4 5
Figure 5.11: Heat - compare to common H U D bar
It is very hard to discern changes in amall amounts of heat
The main idea is to show the player that he is outside of the temperature
range which upgrades can negate. When is outside of the range,
then the player needs to recognize edge cases. Recognizing small
changes could be problematic with an approximation of remaining
time, but this could be solved by previous ideas.
Heal
This section of the survey was about healing.
Chart 5.12 shows how readable is the amount of heal from Bad to
Good. We can see that almost half of the participants found it good,
only one-fifth was under average.
Chart 5.13 shows how readable is the strength of healing item from
Bad to Good. Slightly over one-fifth of participants found it under
average, slightly over one-third found it over average.
Chart 5.14 shows how readable is the amount of used and remaining
healing from Bad to Good. Slightly over half of participants found
it better than average, for one-fifth it was really good.
Selected additional feedback responses.
Pentagon or hexagon should be maximum. Anything more is
really hard to distinguish.
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Amount readability
1 5 odpovědí
8
Figure 5.12: Heal - amount readability
Strength readability
1 5 odpovědí
Figure 5.13: Heal - strength readability
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Used / available readability
1 5 odpovědí
Figure 5.14: Heal - used amount readability
For purpose of the game, it would be nice to have more than two
upgrades. This problem requires improvement of this part.
I dont know what I was doing
Hopefully slower unlocking during a game would improve this prob­
lem.
The difference in shapes of the healing tubes may not be very
noticeable on smaller screens or lower resolutions (had to double
checkfor changes on 15.6" screen at 1080p)
Same as the first response.
Very confusing as to what it does
Same as the second response.
Boost
This section of the survey was about boosting mechanic.
Chart 5.15 shows how readable is the strength of boost from Bad
to Good. Slightly over half of the participants found in good, only
one-fifth chose below average.
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Damage boost readability
1 5 odpovědí
1 2 3 4 5
Figure 5.15: Boost - readability
Chart 5.16 shows participant opinion if common H U D bar or presented
way is better, from Common HUD bar is much better to Presented
variation is much better. Almost one-quarter of participants
didn't find any difference between presented and common H U D , the
same amount found the presented version slightly better than common
H U D . One-fifth would prefer a common H U D bar.
Selected additional feedback responses.
I dont know what that was suppose to do
Probably lack of my explanation and missing example of underlying
mathematics caused this problem.
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With comparism to common HUD bar.
1 5 odpovědí
Figure 5.16: Boost - compare to common H U D bar
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6 Conclusion
I described different definitions of UI and made another definition for
purpose of this thesis, then I described commonly used categories in
user interface for games.
I provided an overview of Procedural Content Generation for the
game industry, give some examples for clarification. I made a definition
of PCG for this thesis and created categories usable for generating UI
with a focus on the diegetic category.
I made subjective analysis of several games across different genres,
settings, and mechanics analysing possible approach of authors to
creating procedurally generated diegetic UI elements.
Based on previous experience I design game mechanics and main
character using only procedural diegetic UI, mainly materials and
mesh. I implemented it using Unreal Engine 4 and created a small
testing area for the user survey.
I created a survey to test the readability and usability of implemented
character and shared it in different Czech gaming communities.
Despite posting the survey several times for about a month I
was able to get only 15 answers, but I tried to conclude them. The
limited amount of answers give me mostly positive feedback so created
combination of the game world, character, and diegetic UI looks
plausible.
Before making a better conclusion it is needed to get more answers.
For future, it is possible to implement improvements suggested by
participants of the survey and make another round of user testing with
more participants or use properly prepared eye-tracking laboratory
and prepare implementation with pure non-diegetic UI and make
timed comparison of tasks in both approaches.
I improved my knowledge of game UI, learned broad definitions
of P C G and their categories with some statistics about their usage,
learned how Unreal Engine handles parallelism.
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54. N O O B Q O O U . Evolution Of Boston Dynamics Since 2012 \ HIGHLIGHTS
[online]. 2019 [visited on 2021-01-18]. Available from:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR32ULxbjYc.
55. BOSTON DYNAMICS. What's new, Atlas? [Online]. 2017 [visited
on 2021-01-18]. Available from: https : //www . youtube . com/
watch?v=fRj 34o4hN4I.
56. Poison (Dark Souls) [Dark Souls Wiki] [online] [visited on 2021-
04-11]. Available from: https: //darksouls .f andom. com/wiki/
Poison_(Dark_Souls).
57. Curse (Dark Souls) [Dark Souls Wiki] [online] [visited on 2021-
04-11]. Available from: https: //darksouls .f andom. com/wiki/
Curse_(Dark_Souls).
58. Estus Flask - Dark Souls [Dark Souls Wiki] [online] [visited on
2021-04-11]. Available from: https: //darksouls .wiki . f e x t r a l i f e.
com/Estus+Flask.
59. FOUNDATION, Blender, blender.org - Home of the Blender project Free
and Open 3D Creation Software [blender.org] [online] [visited
on 2021-04-11]. Available from: https: //www.blender. org/.
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A Appendix - List of attachments
1. Character.zip - Blender projects from different stages of development
with reference pictures and animation exports
2. Source.zip - Unreal Engine project containing all assets I created
and few from project template
3. Build.zip - Runnable build for Windows operating system. The
game is meant to be played based on information in survey.
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B Appendix - Full survey
51
B. APPENDIX - FULL SURVEY
Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl MU Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural
techniques. All gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't
be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on
your speed this will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download:
https://drive.aooale.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpv79Uq5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharing
*Povinne pole
1. How big a player are you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average
count of hours per week.
Označte jen jednu elipsu na každém řádku.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres and small amount of
games O o O O O
Many genres or big amount of games o o o o o
Many genres and big amount of
games o o o o o
2. How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) do you have? *
Označte jen jednu elipsu.
( ) Never heard of it
( ) Know it but never played
( ) Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
( ) Finished one and never played more
( ) Finished several games and will play more
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General
WASD to move, SHIFT to sprint, SPACE to roll, jump when sprinting. Try different movement situation.
3. Health and stamina readability *
Označte jen jednu elipsu.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O > Gc-c-d
4. Comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
Označte jen jednu elipsu.
Common HUD bar is much better ( Presented variation is much better
5. Additional feedback
Rust
Brownish plate will increase amount of rust, white will decrease.
6. Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
Označte jen jednu elipsu.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad , ) Good
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7. Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
Označte jen jednu elipsu.
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard Very easy
8. With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in tile edge of tile screen.
Označte jen jednu elipsu.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better ( Presented variation is much better
9. Additional feedback
Heat
Red plate will increase heat, blue will decrease.
10. Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizing current heat.
Označte jen jednu elipsu.
Bad Good
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11. Heat change*
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
Označte jen jednu elipsu.
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ( ^ ) ( ^ ) ( ^ ) ( ^ ) ( ^ ) Very easy
12. Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
Označte jen jednu elipsu.
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard Very easy
13. With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
Označte jen jednu elipsu.
Common HUD bar is much better ( Presented variation is much better
14. Additional feedback
Healing
E to use heal, I and J to change strength, P and L to change amount
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15. Amount readability *
Označte jen jednu elipsu.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad Good
16. Strength readability *
Označte jen jednu elipsu.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad , Good
17. Used / available readability *
Označte jen jednu elipsu.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad C G o o d
18. Additional feedback
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds
on start to see difference.
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19. Damage boost readability *
Označte jen jednu elipsu.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad , Good
20. With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
Označte jen jednu elipsu.
Common HUD bar is much better ( Presented variation is much better
21. Additional feedback
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
57
C Appendix - All survey answers
58
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl ML) Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural techniques. All
gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on your speed this
will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download: https://drive.qooqle.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpv79Uq5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharinq
/ >
How b i g a player a r e you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average count of hours
per week.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres
and small
amount of
games
o o o o o
Many genres or
big amount of
games
o ® o o o
Many genres
and big amount
of games
o o o o o
59
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How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) d o you have?
Q Never heard of it
(J) Know it but never played
Q Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
Q Finished one and never played more
Q Finished several games and will play more
General
WASD to move, SHIFT to sprint, SPACE to roll, jump when sprinting. Try different movement situation.
Comparism to c o m m o n HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o ® o Presented variation is much better
60
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/
Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O ® O O o Good
V
*
Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ® o o Very easy
v >
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o ® o o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
Does not feel like knowing exactly how much more can take.
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Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizing current heat.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O
*
® o Good
Heat change *
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ®
^
o o Very easy
<
/
\
Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ®
*
o o Very easy
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better O O ® o o Presented variation is much better
>
Additional feedback
Pulsing near and at the edges would make it much more clear.
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Amount readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o o ® Good
Strength readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad
I
® o o o Good
Used / available readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o o ® Good
^ >
Additional feedback
Pentagon or hexagon should be maximum. Anything more is really hard to distinguish.
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds on
start to see difference.
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Damage boost readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O
I
O ® Good
)
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better O O O ® O Presented variation is much better
*
Additional feedback
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
64
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl MU Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural techniques. All
gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on your speed this
will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download: https://drive.aooale.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpv79Ug5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharina
How big a player are you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average count of hours
per week.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres
and small
amount of
games
o o o o o
Many genres or
big amount of
games
o o o o ®
Many genres
and big amount
of games
o o o o o
65
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) do you have?
Q Never heard of it
Q Know it but never played
Q Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
(5) Finished one and never played more
Q Finished several games and will play more
Health and stamina readability
Bad O O O O ® Good
Comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o o ® Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
Its nice to see original way to show HUD
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/
Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O ® O o Good
V
*
Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ® o o Very easy
v >
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o ® o o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
It was hard to read
Heat
Red plate will increase heat, blue will decrease.
67
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Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizing current heat.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O
*
o ® Good
Heat change *
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard
^
o ® Very easy
/
\
Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ®
*
o o Very easy
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better O O ® o o Presented variation is much better
>
Additional feedback
its hard to read it
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Amount readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad ® o o o o Good
Strength readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad ®
I
o o o o Good
Used / available readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad ® o o o o Good
^ >
Additional feedback
I dont know what I was doing
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds on
start to see difference.
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With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better ® o o o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
I dont know what that was suppose to do
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
70
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl ML) Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural techniques. All
gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on your speed this
will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download: https://drive.aooale.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpv79Ug5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharina
How big a player are you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average count of hours
per week.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres
and small
amount of
games
o o ® o o
Many genres or
big amount of
games
o o o o o
Many genres
and big amount
of games
o o o o o
71
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) do you have?
Q Never heard of it
(J) Know it but never played
Q Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
Q Finished one and never played more
Q Finished several games and will play more
Health and stamina readability
Bad O O O ® O Good
Comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o ® o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
72
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/
Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O o ® Good
V
•
Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard o ® Very easy
v >
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o ® o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
Heat
Red plate will increase heat, blue will decrease.
73
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Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizing current heat.
Bad O O O ® O Good
Heat change *
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
Very hard o o ® o o Very easy
Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard o o o o ® Very easy
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o ® o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
A bloom effect for emissive edge cases could help draw attention to the change in heat values.
74
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Amount readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o o ® Good
Strength readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad
I
o ® o o Good
Used / available readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o ® o Good
^ >
Additional feedback
The difference in shapes of the healing tubes may not be very noticeable on smaller screens or lower
resolutions (had to double check for changes on 15.6" screen at 1080p)
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds on
start to see difference.
75
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Damage boost readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O
I
® Good
)
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better O O ® O O Presented variation is much better
V *
Additional feedback
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
76
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl ML) Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural techniques. All
gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on your speed this
will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download: https://drive.aooale.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpv79Ug5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharina
How big a player are you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average count of hours
per week.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres
and small
amount of
games
o o o o o
Many genres or
big amount of
games
o o o o ®
Many genres
and big amount
of games
o o o o o
77
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) do you have?
Q Never heard of it
Q Know it but never played
Q Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
Q Finished one and never played more
(5) Finished several games and will play more
Health and stamina readability
Bad O O O O ® Good
Comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o ® o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
78
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
/
Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O ® o Good
V
*
Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ® o o Very easy
v >
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o ® o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
Heat
Red plate will increase heat, blue will decrease.
79
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Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizing current heat.
Bad O O O ® O Good
Heat change *
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
Very hard o o o ® o Very easy
Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard o o ® o o Very easy
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o ® o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
80
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Amount readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o o ® Good
Strength readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad
I
o ® o o Good
Used / available readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o ® o Good
^ >
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds on
start to see difference.
81
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With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o ® o Presented variation is much better
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
82
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl MU Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural techniques. All
gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on your speed this
will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download: https://drive.aooale.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpv79Ug5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharina
How big a player are you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average count of hours
per week.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres
and small
amount of
games
o o o o o
Many genres or
big amount of
games
o o ® o o
Many genres
and big amount
of games
o o o o o
83
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) do you have?
Q Never heard of it
(J) Know it but never played
Q Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
Q Finished one and never played more
Q Finished several games and will play more
Health and stamina readability
Bad O ® O O O Good
Comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o ® o o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
I have no idea which bar does what
84
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/
Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O O ® Good
V
•
Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ® o o Very easy
v >
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o ® o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
Small spots are hard to see
Heat
Red plate will increase heat, blue will decrease.
85
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Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizing current heat.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad ®
*
o o Good
Heat change *
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ®
^
o o Very easy
<
/
\
Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ®
*
o o Very easy
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better O ® O o o Presented variation is much better
>
Additional feedback
It is very hard to discern changes in amall amounts of heat
86
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Amount readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad ® o o o o Good
Strength readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad ®
I
o o o o Good
Used / available readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad ® o o o o Good
^ >
Additional feedback
Very confusing as to what it does
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds on
start to see difference.
87
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With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better ® o o o o Presented variation is much better
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
88
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl ML) Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural techniques. All
gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on your speed this
will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download: https://drive.aooale.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpv79Ug5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharina
How big a player are you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average count of hours
per week.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres
and small
amount of
games
o o ® o o
Many genres or
big amount of
games
o o o o o
Many genres
and big amount
of games
o o o o o
89
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How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) do you have?
Q Never heard of it
Q Know it but never played
(5) Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
Q Finished one and never played more
Q Finished several games and will play more
Health and stamina readability
Bad O O O ® O Good
Comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o ® o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
90
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/
Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O O ® Good
V
•
Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ® O Very easy
v >
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o ® o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
Heat
Red plate will increase heat, blue will decrease.
J
91
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Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizing current heat.
Bad O O O O ® Good
Heat change *
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
Very hard O O O O ® Very easy
Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard o o o ® o Very easy
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o ® o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
92
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Amount readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o o ® Good
Strength readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad
I
o o ® o Good
Used / available readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o ® o Good
^ >
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds on
start to see difference.
93
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Damage boost readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O
I
O ® Good
)
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better O O ® O O Presented variation is much better
V *
Additional feedback
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
94
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Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl ML) Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural techniques. All
gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on your speed this
will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download: https://drive.aooale.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpv79Ug5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharina
How big a player are you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average count of hours
per week.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres
and small
amount of
games
o o o o ®
Many genres or
big amount of
games
o o o o ®
Many genres
and big amount
of games
o o o o ®
95
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How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) do you have?
Q Never heard of it
Q Know it but never played
Q Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
Q Finished one and never played more
(5) Finished several games and will play more
Health and stamina readability
Bad O O O ® O Good
Comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o o ® Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
96
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
/
Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O ® O o Good
V
•
Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ® o o Very easy
v >
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o o ® Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
Heat
Red plate will increase heat, blue will decrease.
97
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizing current heat.
Bad O O ® O O Good
Heat change *
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
Very hard o o ® o o Very easy
Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard o o ® o o Very easy
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better ® o o o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
98
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Amount readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o o ® Good
Strength readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad
I
o o o ® Good
Used / available readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o o ® Good
^ >
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds on
start to see difference.
99
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Damage boost readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O
I
O ® Good
)
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better O O O O ® Presented variation is much better
^ >
Additional feedback
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
100
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl ML) Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural techniques. All
gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on your speed this
will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download: https://drive.aooale.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpv79Ug5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharina
How big a player are you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average count of hours
per week.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres
and small
amount of
games
o o o o o
Many genres or
big amount of
games
o o o ® o
Many genres
and big amount
of games
o o o o o
101
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) do you have?
Q Never heard of it
Q Know it but never played
(5) Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
Q Finished one and never played more
Q Finished several games and will play more
Health and stamina readability
Bad O O ® O O Good
Comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o ® o o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
102
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
/
Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O o ® Good
V
•
Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard o ® Very easy
v >
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o ® o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
Heat
Red plate will increase heat, blue will decrease.
103
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizing current heat.
Bad O O O ® O Good
Heat change *
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
Very hard o o ® o o Very easy
Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard o o ® o o Very easy
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o ® o o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
104
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Amount readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o ® o o Good
Strength readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad
I
O ® o o Good
Used / available readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad ® o o o Good
v. >
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds on
start to see difference.
105
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Damage boost readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O ®
I
O Good
)
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better O ® O O O Presented variation is much better
^ >
Additional feedback
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
106
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl MU Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural techniques. All
gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on your speed this
will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download: https://drive.aooale.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpv79Ug5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharina
How b i g a player are you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average count of hours
per week.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres
and small
amount of
games
o o ® o o
Many genres or
big amount of
games
o o o o o
Many genres
and big amount
of games
o o o o o
107
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How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) do you have?
Q Never heard of it
Q Know it but never played
Q Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
Q Finished one and never played more
(J) Finished several games and will play more
Health and stamina readability
Bad O O O O ® Good
Comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o ® o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
108
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
/
Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O ® O o o Good
V
•
Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ® o Very easy
v >
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o ® o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
I haven't noticed some big changes in movement or anything when I was rusty.
Heat
Red plate will increase heat, blue will decrease.
109
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizing current heat.
Bad O O O O ® Good
Heat change *
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
Very hard o o o ® o Very easy
Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard o o o o ® Very easy
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o o ® Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
110
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Amount readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o o ® Good
Strength readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad
I
o o ® o Good
Used / available readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o ® o Good
^ >
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds on
start to see difference.
I l l
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Damage boost readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O ®
I
O Good
)
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better O O O ® O Presented variation is much better
^ >
Additional feedback
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
112
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl ML) Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural techniques. All
gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on your speed this
will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download: https://drive.aooale.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpv79Ug5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharina
How b i g a player are you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average count of hours
per week.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres
and small
amount of
games
® o o o o
Many genres or
big amount of
games
o ® o o o
Many genres
and big amount
of games
® o o o o
113
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How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) do you have?
Q Never heard of it
Q Know it but never played
Q Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
Q Finished one and never played more
(5) Finished several games and will play more
Health and stamina readability
Bad O O O O ® Good
Comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o ® o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
I frickin love that Dark Fantasy and Lovecraftian Feel
114
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/
Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O ® O O o Good
V
•
Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ® o o Very easy
v >
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o ® o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
Heat
Red plate will increase heat, blue will decrease.
115
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizing current heat.
Bad O O ® O O Good
Heat change *
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
Very hard o o o ® o Very easy
Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard o o o o ® Very easy
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o ® o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
116
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Amount readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o ® o o Good
Strength readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad
I
o o ® o Good
Used / available readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o ® o Good
^ >
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds on
start to see difference.
117
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Damage boost readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O ®
I
O Good
)
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better O O ® O O Presented variation is much better
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
118
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl ML) Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural techniques. All
gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on your speed this
will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download: https://drive.aooale.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpv79Ug5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharina
How big a player are you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average count of hours
per week.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres
and small
amount of
games
o o o o o
Many genres or
big amount of
games
o o o o ®
Many genres
and big amount
of games
o o o o o
119
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How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) do you have?
Q Never heard of it
Q Know it but never played
(5) Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
Q Finished one and never played more
Q Finished several games and will play more
Health and stamina readability
Bad O O ® O O Good
Comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
1
Common HUD bar is much better ® o o o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
When I want to really immerse myself into a game, I'd rather have no HUD at all and know my stamina
just from lets say heavy breathing of my character or blood on screen like in RE7 for example. If I want
to know exactly how much health/stamina or let's say mana I have common HUD is much better imo.
120
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
/
Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O ® o Good
V
•
Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ® o o Very easy
v >
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o ® o o o Presented variation is much better
121
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizing current heat.
Bad O O O ® O Good
Heat change *
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
Very hard o o o ® o Very easy
Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard o o o ® o Very easy
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o ® o o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
122
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Amount readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o ® o Good
Strength readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad
I
o ® o o Good
Used / available readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o o ® Good
^ >
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds on
start to see difference.
123
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Damage boost readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O
I
® Good
)
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better ® O O O O Presented variation is much better
^ >
Additional feedback
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
124
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl ML) Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural techniques. All
gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on your speed this
will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download: https://drive.aooale.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpv79Ua5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharina
How b i g a player are you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average count of hours
per week.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres
and small
amount of o ® o o o
games
Many genres or
big amount of
games
o o o o o
Many genres
and big amount
of games
o o o o o
125
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How m u c h k n o w l e d g e of s o u l g e n r e (dark s o u l s , b l o o d b o r n e , . . . ) do y o u h a v e ?
Q Never heard of it
(J) Know it but never played
Q Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
Q Finished one and never played more
Q Finished several games and will play more
Health and stamina readability
Bad O O O ® O Good
Comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o ® o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
126
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O ® O Good
/
Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard
v
o ® Very easy
>
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better O ® O o o Presented variation is much better
Heat
Red plate will increase heat, blue will decrease.
127
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizing current heat.
Bad O O ® O O Good
Heat change *
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
Very hard o o o ® o Very easy
Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard o ® o o o Very easy
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o ® o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
128
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Amount readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o ® o o Good
Strength readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad
I
o o ® o Good
Used / available readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o ® o Good
^ >
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds on
start to see difference.
129
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Damage boost readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O
I
O ® Good
)
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better O O O ® O Presented variation is much better
^ >
Additional feedback
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
130
C . APPENDIX - A L L SURVEY ANSWERS
Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl MU Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural techniques. All
gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on your speed this
will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download: https://drive.qooqle.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpy79Uq5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharinq
How b i g a player a r e you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average count of hours
per week.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres
and small
amount of
games
o o o o o
Many genres or
big amount of
games
o o o o o
Many genres
and big amount
of games
o o ® o o
131
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How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) do you have?
Q Never heard of it
(J) Know it but never played
Q Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
Q Finished one and never played more
Q Finished several games and will play more
Health and stamina readability
Bad O ® O O O Good
Comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o ® o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
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/
Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O ® o Good
V
•
Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ® o Very easy
v >
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o o ® Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
Heat
Red plate will increase heat, blue will decrease.
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Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizing current heat.
Bad O O O ® O Good
Heat change *
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
Very hard o o ® o o Very easy
Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard o o o o ® Very easy
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o ® o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
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Amount readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad ® o o o Good
Strength readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad
I
® o o o Good
Used / available readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad ® o o o Good
s >
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds on
start to see difference.
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With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o ® o o o Presented variation is much better
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
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Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl ML) Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural techniques. All
gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on your speed this
will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download: https://drive.aooale.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpv79Ug5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharina
How big a player are you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average count of hours
per week.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres
and small
amount of o o o o o
games
Many genres or
big amount of
games
o ® o o o
Many genres
and big amount
of games
o o o o o
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How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) do you have?
Q Never heard of it
Q Know it but never played
Q Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
Q Finished one and never played more
(J) Finished several games and will play more
Health and stamina readability
Bad O O O ® O Good
Comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o ® o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
138
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/
Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O o ® Good
V
•
Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ® o Very easy
v >
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o o ® o Presented variation is much better
Heat
Red plate will increase heat, blue will decrease.
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Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizing current heat.
Bad O O O O ® Good
Heat change *
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
Very hard o o o ® o Very easy
Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard o o ® o o Very easy
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o ® o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
140
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Amount readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o o ® Good
Strength readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad
I
o o ® o Good
Used / available readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o ® o Good
^ >
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds on
start to see difference.
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Damage boost readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O ®
I
O Good
)
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better O O O O ® Presented variation is much better
V
•
Additional feedback
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
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Readability of diegetic Ul
This form is part of diploma thesis at Fl MU Brno on topic Game Ul based on procedural techniques. All
gathered data are anonymized and will be used only in the thesis and won't be available anywhere else.
Your task will be to play short demo, try possibilities and fill the questionaire. Based on your speed this
will take you aproximatelly 15 - 30 minutes.
Questionaire aims on players, you should have some experience with games.
Character should be used in game inspired by souls genre.
Works only on Windows.
Demo download: https://drive.qooqle.eom/file/d/1AX8eVOKwpv79Uq5NZ1Jtcn5dBObA9MN6/view?
usp=sharinq
How b i g a player a r e you?
Select exactly one in whole grid which represents most suitable combination for you. Time is average count of hours
per week.
0-5 5-10 10-20 20-25 25+
Little genres
and small
amount of o o o o o
games
Many genres or
big amount of
games
o o ® o o
Many genres
and big amount
of games
o o o o o
143
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How much knowledge of soul genre (dark souls, bloodborne,...) do you have?
Q Never heard of it
(J) Know it but never played
Q Tried some game from it but dropped it fast
Q Finished one and never played more
Q Finished several games and will play more
Health and stamina readability
Bad O O O O ® Good
Comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the corner of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o ® o o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
I just prefer the look of common hud
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/
Rust readability *
Focus on regnognizing that something is happening.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O O ® Good
V
•
Edge values readability *
How complicated is to identifying edge value - absolute rust
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard ® O O Very easy
v
^
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better o o ® o o Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
I think haveing an option for an HUD would be nice, but it's pretty good to see these changes on the
character
Heat
Red plate will increase heat, blue will decrease.
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Heat readability *
How bad or good is recognizinc current heat.
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o ® o Good
Heat change *
How easy is to recognize change in heat.
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard o ® o Very easy
Edge values readability *
How complicated is identifying edge values - "freezing" and "overheating"
1 2 3 4 5
Very hard o o o o ® Very easy
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better O ® O o O Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
146
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Amount readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o ® o o Good
Strength readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad
I
o o ® o Good
Used / available readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad o o ® o Good
^ >
Additional feedback
It's readable, but I don't really like, how it looks
Damage boost
Try attacking the monolit with left mouse button. The boost curve is not linear so you need to wait few seconds on
start to see difference.
147
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Damage boost readability *
1 2 3 4 5
Bad O O O
I
O ® Good
)
With comparism to common HUD bar. *
When you imagine common HUD bar in the edge of the screen.
1 2 3 4 5
Common HUD bar is much better O O ® O O Presented variation is much better
Additional feedback
I am not a fan of these three pipes on the character, but I can't realy say why
Obsah není vytvořen ani schválen Googlem.
Google Formuláře
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