I''d say: Don''t show too much! No sense in numbers etc. Doing the math to survive isn''t good gameplay IMHO. Make players guess about their health but do give some pointers toward it.

The best healthmeter I have seen so far is the picture of your head in Wolfenstein (old one) and Doom. The less health, the more beat-up you looked. You could also see the various powerups (like invurnability) on it as well as a few other things.

All in all a very small indicator with just enough info to give an indication about a lot of things. Great work.


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I''m quite fond of the health bars in Myth III.

Each of your men has a green 3D cylinder standing vertically beside them, which acts as the health bar.

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