Ooh, this looks really cool. Maybe you could implement it as a sort of item like the Pokedex from Pokemon and have a quest where you retrieve it before being able to see these stats. Maybe the thing could be broken and it'll only get more information as you encounter new things and input it in the Pokedex.
That's pretty close to what I want to do.
You will get a PDA like device at the start of the game, which will pretty much explain all of the hud elements in the game. This is an old picture the wip main screen.
Also, the bestiary added in 0.29 already works like that. You get an empty list of enemies that gets filled as you encounter them and fight them.
I'm still not decided on what it's actualy going to be . It might be strapped to your arm like fallout pipboy, or it might be a slightly bigger phone you keep in you pocket. I might also scrap it and give the main character bionic eye that shows you the UI like in deus ex. I'm still experimenting with all of that since all options sound nice to some degree.
It was just an idea. While the major plot points are set and I won't be changing them, minor details might be changed.
I have an intro section pre-planned. You start in Russia. You wake up, eat your breakfast and go play with your friends. Police then shows up and arrests you and your parents. You spend few days in a cell and then get put onto a ship with your parents. Before the ship arives at Sinathir, the prisoners rebel and try to escape. They all die, your parents included, but you stay alive. You get a letter some other prisoner was supposed to get and your task is to give it to Mr. White. If you do so, you will be set free.
What I wrote is set in stone and I won't be changing that. However, I will be adding and changing minor details.
Maybe you got a high-tech contact lense as a birthday gift the morning you got arrested,
Maybe you got cought in the crossfire on that ship and your eye got damaged and since you are a child, they took pitty on you and gave you cheap bionic eye.
Maybe when the prisoners were fighting, you managed to steal the PDA from some dead soldier. Or maybe you got it together with the letter.
