Giant Health Visualization (Prototype Update 0.0.18P) (Patreon)

Hey folks! Another small update to the prototypes incoming.

We're working on ways to visualize the giant's health with something other than a health bar. One of our goals with Davigo is to keep much of the UI physical. You can see this with the warrior's armor, which effectively represents the warrior's health.

For the VR player, we're experimenting with representing the giant's health with damage on the giant's head. The warrior's attacks will damage the giant's head, shattering pieces of it off. More damage means less health.

This works to show the giant's health to the PC player, but how does the VR player know how much health they have?

For this, we're trying a combination of ideas. For one, there is a red, pulsing vignette when on the VR player's display when the giant is at low health.

In this update, there is also a reflection that's shown on the giant's hand shields. The VR player can use the shield as a mirror to see the current state of their face. This will give them an idea of where their health is.

This prototype is still very much a work-in-progress. Currently, the damage shown on the giant's head doesn't actually match their health, so we've kept the health bar UI to make the giant's health clear. Also, the reflection doesn't really reflect, but just shows the giant's head straight-on. We'd want it to be more of an accurate reflection in the future.

You'll also notice that the warrior's shield is now equipped on their hip. This is part of a system that we're implementing where the shield can be picked up and destroyed.

Until next time,
Davigo Team

Full Changelog:

• New feature: Giant head shattering. When Giant health is being used, damage taken by the Giant will break off pieces of their head.
• To allow the Giant to view the state of their own head, the shields on the back of their hands are now "reflective", displaying an image of the Giant's head.
• When in VR, the scoreboard will always display directly in front of the VR player (previously it was in a fixed position in the map).
• Warrior's shield is now carried on their hip when not in use.