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aigan
April 13, 2024 08:39 PM
Health in games

The concept of health points comes from old tabletop games such as Dungeons and Dragons. It's a simple abstraction of the real world complexities. With computers keeping track of the game, it should be possible to do something much more interesting.

Health bar as user interface

For a typical action …

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