Is a statistics "panel" possible and graphics question?

Started by topdown, May 25, 2015, 02:44:50 PM

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I don't know what to call it.  I was looking here:

http://gameslikefinder.com/across-age/

On the bottom they have the "panel."



Also, Are the graphics ability of the program able to handle something like this look?  Are the graphics more about the artist or will the system slow down, etc.?

edit:  Another one,

http://gameslikefinder.com/zenonia/





The Binding of Isaac has the panel up top,


Thanks.

I like to think anything is possible with lua. :) I'm sure that a status HUD like in the pictures would work. If you play Mystery of Solarus DX you will see the standard Zelda stuff - health, keys, rupees, etc.

And a game can look like anything you want as long as you have the assets. The only problem right now is that the hero is a set size and you can't make it any larger. Which means no real high resolutions graphics just yet. Unless that changed in 1.4 and I'm unaware of it...

HUDs like the first 3 screenshots can be done without problem. But the one of The Binding of Isaac is different: the map area does not occupy the whole screen. You would have to make maps that fit the whole screen, and the upper part of the map would be unused (and always covered by the HUD). But if you want maps higher than the screen, this is not possible in 1.5 I think.
There is already an issue for that feature (in French, sorry): https://github.com/christopho/solarus/issues/531