You guys will argue about anything.
it should be blue, there is no arguing
Whatever fits the rest of the UI
Whatever fits best with the rest of the HUD and isn't taken by anything else.
#FB3939!
Whatever color fits the rest of the UI
>>343586919
No, mana is blue
Red, but green is also an acceptable answer.
>>343586919
>>343586951
>>343587043
It has begun...
No healthbar
Captcha unrelated
>>343587043
>mana
>not MP
>>343586954
This.
Face is my preferred color
Anything other than red is illogical
Red is the color of blood and health, its an organic color
>>343586919
No blue is for the Mtn. Dew Voltage meter
Only acceptable answer you plebs.
>>343587043
>Mana is blue
>not green
:^)
green for allies
red for enemies
Red like blood. Lose blood lose health. Unless it's a robot, then it's green.
Red: Health
Blue: Mana / magic
Green: Gameplay-related skills
>>343587229
>red is the color of health
How does one isolate health
>>343586816
R E D
E
D
>>343586816
I like my health bar to be sounds of agony
>>343587229
>blood and health are the same thing
>>343587261
Absolutely disgusting.
>>343587116
>not realizing that MP stands for mana points
>>343587291
>>343587229
Then why the fuck are my veins, which transport blood btw, fucking blue, retards
Blue is the logical answer
red bitches
>>343587305
Everyone related to health uses red, like the Red Cross.
>>343586816
Best healthbar is no healthbar.
Get hit, die.
>>343587408
Magic points.
If the game has floating health bars, it's green as to be distinguished from enemy health bars and be consistent on your hud. If the only health bar is your own, it's red. MP/mana is blue, stamina/energy/etc is yellow, XP is purple.
>>343587408
magic power!
>health bars
SUPERIOR LIMB BASED COMBAT
>>343586816
whatever, but if you have more than one resource like health + mana or somethinhg preferably red
>>343586816
Completely depends on the game. What a stupid question.
>>343587408
>>343587473
>>343587556
MEME POWERS
>>343587435
Yeah, and Blue Cross... oh wait
If I had to pick a color, I'd go with red. But I'm fine with anything as long as I can make out how much life I have.
>>343587104
HIS NAME IS RALF
BUT WE KNOW HIM AS THE 'ROL
>>343587493
But what about your RAGE bar? RAGE can't be yellow because yellow is a coward's color. RAGE has to be red because red is the color of RAGE.
>>343587298
>making Health red
Red is to show loss of health though, unless you're an idiot that thinks a darker red would suffice
There shouldn't be a health bar, you should be able to gauge how injured your character is by hooking up a series of electrodes to your body that simulate the pain your character is feeling.
>>343587410
>veins
>blue
LMAO just look at this retard.
>>343587261
Which color is my current health?
>>343586816
how bout green that changes to yellow and then red depending on how much health is left?
Red to Black.
As Mana should be Blue to Black
and Stamina green to Black.
You only put a second color that is not black if your bar has two instances. (eg. Orange to Red then Red to Black)
Yellow for health, red for recoverable lost health, and transparent for lost health
>>343586816
Green, red, or something that passively fits with other ui elements
>>343586816
It should bea number
>>343586816
Blue->Green->Yellow->Orange->Red
the color changes as you lose health
>>343587721
When does your health drain in an direction other than to the left (or down for Diablo-clones)
>>343587826
There has never been a good game with blue health bars
>>343586816
>Healthbar: Red
>Magic Points: Blue
>Special points: Green
>Stamina: Yellow
This is the only answer
It doesn't fucking matter so long as I can see numbers for some objective data
>>343587912
thanks doc
>>343586816
White blocks
>>343587872
Fighting games
Games where health bars appear over the opponent
>>343587817
cumpletely agree
Blood is red. When you lose too much of it, you die.
Ergo, red.
>>343588016
Fair point. But by default, 1P is always on the left.
Red - health
Blue - mana
Green - stamina
Why even change it.
>>343586816
Green against red upon depletion. Anything else is retarded
>>343587952
>>343587826
>>343587721
Green is for current health, red is for missing health. Gosh you casual, you should know this.
>>343588083
How about when your face turns blue when you suffocate?
It should be blue. Checkmate atheists.
>>343587678
>not using a lighter/faded red that drains into the remaining reserve while the rest of the bar is silver/transparent
recoverable health is for pussys
Should be based on human instinctual response to color. Green when full or high. Yellow when mid. Red when low.
>>343588210
When you jerk off too much, your dick turns red. Ergo, red. Checkmate christfags.
>>343588210
That's just because of the excess buildup of MP in your system since you can't expend it anymore
Alright /v/
HP=health points
MP=mana prism
Prove me wrong
>>343588210
That's why your air meter is blue
>>343588103
Okay...?
>>343588256
You are what you eat you dick.
>>343588309
Burning to death chars your skin black. It should be black, atheismo.
>>343588345 = fag
There you go
>>343588113
This, always this.
Going against this just makes you a contrarian faggot and you should fuck off and die.
It should be whatever color the devs decide fits the game and UI elements.
>>343587648
Rage isn't a bar. It's flames.
Get it right.
>>343588345
HP = Hit Points
MP = Magic Power
how are you this dumb
Green for proper levels of health with minor missing health being represented by a fainter green, flashing red for low health.
Blue when full
Green until 50%
Yellow until 20%
Red 19% and below.
>>343588345
Health pips and mana pool you mong
>implying Health should be anything else than a number instead of a health"""""""""bar"""""""""
![Player_killing[1].gif](https://i.imgur.com/QlLnLLW.gif "Player_killing[1].gif")
>>343587261
>>343587410
>>343587617
>>343587435
Barber's poles are pretty much the model for anything health-related: the blue is water (medicine / procedure), the red is blood (purging / healing).
You could easily use either color to represent the notion of health in a company's logo, but from a video game character's perspective, red is pretty typical since the UI is measuring the amount of life / blood left in them. In the same way, blue is a typical "magic" or "energy" color, since that represents the character's ability to perform (procedures).
PvE
Player versus Environment
Player versus Enemy
Player versus Engine
???
>>343588561
HP = Health Ping
MP = Magic Profusion
Green for friendly, red for enemy
there is no debategrey for neutrals
>>343586816
god-to-shit tier list inbound.
red with numbers overlaying bar that turns transparent with dark hud behind>green with numbers overlaying bar that turns transparent with dark hud behind>numbers>yellow/green (depending on game) with red for possible recoverable and dark transparent for permanently lost>red>green>animated representation of health bar with numbers>animated representation of health bar>white>dumb circle>red borders on screen>obscure edgyness originality.
BLUE OR YELLOW WORKS TOO!
If it's just a health bar and nothing else, then red, green, or blue.
Health and MP, it should be red.
>>343588345
Its hit points and magic points
>>343588345
HP = Harry Potter
MP = Monster Penis
Health is Red
Secondary is Blue
And Stamina is green, anyone who thinks otherwise should go fuck themselves.
It should be red because thats the color of blood
HP = Red
Stamina = Green
Magic = Blue
If you disagree you're a dumb troll and no one is going to believe you so just stfu.
>>343587374
>health deals with your biological status
>blood is biological
You're a fucking idiot
>>343588650
>wanting a toothpaste health bar
>>343588797
What if "secondary" and stamina is melded into the same stat?
>>343588345
HP=her pussy
MP=my penis
>>343586816
>Health bar
>Not Health number
>>343588797
This is right everything else is wrong, fuck off if you disagree.
>>343586816
Whatever matches with the colorscheme of the game/developer preference
It could be fucking cyan and pink for all I care if it managed to work well with the game's aesthetic
>>343588816
HP = Yellow
Stamina = Red
Mana = Green
If you disagree you're a dumb troll and no one is going to believe you so just stfu.
>>343588682
PvE = Player vs. Environment
Terrain, traps, mobs, or any objects not controlled by another player are called "environmental hazards".
When a player controls them and uses them to attack another player, it becomes a PvP situation.
>>343588345
HP = Health
MP = Magic
The P is silent.
>>343588979
>not green to red
>>343588979
what if you lose health?
>>343589024
Green+red looks fucking disgusting, kill yourself.
>>343586919
Only correct answer. It should be blue and turn red as you take damage. As your blue blood turns red as it is spilled. But red works too.
>>343588682
Players versus Everything In Existence
PvEIE
>>343588840
>toothpaste
it's just two bars wrapped around a pole
unwrap them, you dense plebe
>>343589080
Wow, what kind of sick person hates Christmas?
>>343586816
here
>>343588345
What does Magic Prism even mean
>>343587952
>Healthbar
Health bars are too video game-y. They break immersion. The screen should get scattered with blood.
I mean, come on. It's 2016.
>>343589174
Red = cool
Green = rad
Red + Green = complementary
Red MIXED with Green = vomit
>>343589192
>good game
>>343589243
Thanks, doc.
>>343587280
No, green is for technique points.
Green or Red are acceptable.
Blue is for mana or other shit, but not health.
>>343589268
looks like shit and doesnt work as well as a solid color, kill yourself
>>343586816
>HP
RED
>SHIELDS
GREEN
>MANA/MAGIC
BLUE
>STAMINA
YELLOW
>>343587229
>Cough red, pee red, poo red
>Wife tells me to see a doctor
NO YOU DONT UNDERTSAND WOMAN RED IS THE COLOR OF HEALTH AND BLOOD, MORE BLOOD MORE HEALTH
>>343589327
>not red
:^)
>>343589175
Metroidvanias blue bar
>>343586816
>You guys will argue about anything
No we won't.
>>343589435
You're losing that health, bro. You want the red INSIDE you.
>>343589435
Her humors are clearly misaligned. Perhaps she needs more yellow bile and less black?
>>343589395
No, it shields would also be blue because you can't have shields and magic points at the same time.
>>343589502
Name literally one thing that every single person on /v/ can agree upon, that is not a fact.
Static Health, Rechargable shield, Life Counter/Medkit count/Status of some super dope ability/etc. (if applicable; it's where the 5 is)
>>343589395
Sorry, bud. Shields are ALWAYS blue. No other way. Mana can be purple, yellow, or whatever other color you want.
>>343589505
Acceptable, too. Depends on the game.
>>343589359
>Anime picture
Opinion discarded
>>343589435
if anything you should see a doctor because coughing, peeing and pooping red means you are losing health
>>343589542
Maybe I have excess health and its pouring out, did you think about that Doctor House?
>>343589629
>shit opinion
opinion discarded
>>343589751
Oh, you little fuck
Red makes the most sense.
It should be whatever color it wants to be, the important part is that it has numbers showing me how much health i have because knowing excatly how much is far more efficient than an abstract slider
>>343589505
Lame
Do you also present data as tables
>>343586816
>health displayed as a bar
>not a simple number showing health percentage out of 100, turning red when low
>>343589671
You're right. This time it really is Lupus.
![4X2bzA2[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Bdjj1hM.jpg "4X2bzA2[1].jpg")
>>343589174
Christmas a shit.
>>343589124
bait
>>343590030
One of the last things gearbox ever did right
>>343587952
Just bling my health bar up
GOD TIER: Red
OKAY TIER: Green
ONLY IF IT WORKS WITH THE REST OF THE UI TIER: Blue, Yellow
WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU TIER: anything else
IT SHOULD BE A BIG GREEN SPIRAL!
this is what GOOD "health "bars" should look like. get out of here with your outdated, shitty bars and numbers grandpas.
>>343586816
>needing a health bar
GIT
U
D
>>343588628
I'm sorru but I'm not an autist who masturbates to numbers and fucks numbers and has a number waifu
I have a defect that doesn't let me see colors. Can somebody describe what colors look like?
>>343590216
>
>>343586816
Instead of a health bar it should be represented by an integer number
>>343588345
>mana prism
I want you to know that I laughed
>>343589268
literally game maker tier solution
Healthbar?
Why not just turn the screen red when you are taking damage?
>>343586816
It should be yellow, using any other colour is shit tier.
>>343590582
>>343587912
this looks like p2's health is getting drained by poison
>>343590582
naww too simple
needs blood splatters and heavy breathing noises
>>343586816
Health should be green
Mana should be red
Armor should be blue
>>343588345
>MP=mana prism
>>343590516
>shows HP/MP
>doesn't show max HP/MP
Fucking piece of shit garbage fuck. How the hell is this even a thing in IX? Never played IX but VI didn't show max while VII already did.
>>343587280
Stamina is green
>>343588345
>mana prism
Yeah not everyone uses your stupid heretical technology, nerd. Some of us channel it the old fashioned way.
>>343588345
HP= Heart Points
MP= Magic Points
Jesus guys it isnt hard.
>>343590770
What about no noise but make the controller vibrate instead?
Im sure this wont negatively impact the pc version.
>>343590735
OH and if it's a turn based game there should be numbers above mana too.
>>343590962
You mean yellow
>>343590735
This. Anything else is retarded.
>>343589124
>blue blood turns red as it is spilled
ayyyyyyyyyy lmmmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
>>343590494
They look like chunks of condensed feelings.
Grey, like the rest of the HUD should be.
>>343590786
Are you serious?
>>343590735
>number and bar
Hard mode.
Green red
>>343590417
I never realized how crowded the hud is in CoD.
>>343591439
>white bar against light grey bar
The fuck is wrong with you?
>>343589268
>the gradient stretches with the bar
You're wasting my time
>>343591403
>>343591147
I mean green you triple ultra super gay nigger retard faggot
Transitional green to yellow to red as the bar depletes
>>343590735
>>343591608
whoops here you go
>>343591696
>22KB, 491x107
>>343591961
Literally shitty compression
>>343590495
>gimmick mode
>>343592039
Health bars are for the simple minded, a number display practically tells you the percentage of health remaining.
>>343586920
>>343586943
Why are people ignoring these sensible replies?
>>343591879
this is awful
>>343591390
HP is the stat that determines if you gameover, so it's nice to have an exact number on top of visuals to know how much you're exactly getting hit for as you progress through leveling.
Most games usually don't call for exact measurements in MP or ST unless it's turned based, so they don't really need the extra clutter of numbers above them unless the game's mechanics really call for it.
>>343591879
Still ugly ass sin, but at least more functional now.
Health - Red
Mana - Blue
Stamina - Green
Half the people here are pretending to be autistic.
One quarter are actually autistic.
>HP meter is orange at max health
NAME THAT G A M E
What percentage of health should an average health potion heal?
>>343592639
none. It should heal a flat number
>>343590735
Number display next to each bar in a matching color.
Then you're good.
>>343592639
10% of your current health, not max
>>343592867
So basically nothing.
HEALTH IS GREEN YOU STUPID FUCKS
>>343588345
HP=Heart Performance
MP=Magical Potence
>>343592639
25%. For a basic potion, less is not enough and more is too much.
>>343592727
Only if stat growth makes it worth using cheap potions in the lategame.
>>343588840
>blood is not biological
Are you retarded or something
>>343592928
FUCK YOU YOU DEGENERATE COCKSUCKING MONGOLOID. HEALTH IS FUCKING RED. BLOOD IS RED. HEALTH IS RED.
>>343590487
Don't you ever talk shit about number waifus faggot.
>>343593217
RED IS FOR WHEN YOU TAKE DAMAGE STUPID
GREEN = GOOD
RED = BAD
ITS ALWAYS BEEN THAT WAY
I've seen it done literally every way. There is no consistency.
>>343593291
This is a fine post and I like you son
>>343593139
With flat numbers you just need more or a bigger potion. I just think of it as a set amount of fluid to undo a set amount of damage. If you have more mass to repair your going to need more potion to do it.
>>343588345
HP : Heart Pressure, if you get hit and lose blood it goes down, makes perfect sense.
MP : Magic Pretense, the lower it goes the more you realize magic is not real and lose your ability to perform it.
This is common knowledge guys, don't you have schools in yurop?
>>343592639
If it has to be percentage rather than a flat number:
Weak 20%
Average 30%
Strong 50%
Ultra 75%
Full heal 100%
Also make average a slightly rare commodity, strong & ultra cost a lot on market, and Full heal only found rarley in chests or cost so much money you wouldn't even think about buying it unless you were absolutely fucking loaded.
This is just my general idea though, but it can change a lot depending on the game.
>>343588373
retard
>>343593363
GREEN=GO
RED=STOP
YOU WANT TO STOP LOSING BLOOD WHICH IS RED. HEALTH IS RED. ALSO, BLUE IS GOOD. GREEN IS FOR FAGGOTS WHO AREN'T GOOD ENOUGH TO BE BLUE.
>>343592936
HP = Her(your mums) pussy
MP = My penis
>>343593547
What if you are playing as a skeleton, a vampire or any other undead?
Check your privilege, you living scum.
>>343593858
Get that Rastafarian shit outta my face
>>343593717
>GREEN = GO
>RED = STOP
EXACTLY MY POINT YOU SCROTUM LICKER
GREEN MEANS "GO YOU FOR NOT TAKING DAMAGE"
RED MEANS "STOP TAKING DAMAGE YOU STUPID FUCK HOLY SHIT"
>>343593972
Then the names get flipped for health and magic
Mp is marrow potency
Hp is horror power
>>343593858
I will accept this most definitely if there is only an HP bar.
I don't care is you change the color pallet on the other bars to something different, it's too much if there isn't only an HP bar.
>>343586816
Red is objectively the only right answer.
Health bars represent health or hit points, and for ages IRL life/health is represented by blood, which is red.
It should also be red IRREGARDLESS of whether the character you are playing is human or not. In theory, of course, you could argue that a robot character doesn't have red blood, but you as a human player do.
And in the end, the player is always human and the one that has to be able to relate to the information being sent to them.
THUS, THEREFORE, VIS-A-VIS, ERGO, healthbars should ALWAYS be Red, NO EXCEPTIONS.
>>343591403
Red
Green
Blue
Yellow
>>343586816
HEALTH BAR SHOULD BE RED IF THERE ARE TWO SECONDARY BARS. IF THIS IS THE CASE, STAMINA MUST BE GREEN.
HEALTH BAR SHOULD BE GREEN IF THERE IS ONLY ONE SECONDARY BAR.
FIGHT ME
>>343594130
DON'T TWIST THIS WITH YOUR WORDS YOU FILTHY WORD WIZARD
THIS MAN PROVED YOU WRONG >>343594460
HE IS A PROFESSOR SO HIS WORDS MUST BE TRUE. THEREFORE, YOURS ARE BLACK MAGIC.
>Bar
>not globe
Everyone here is a fucking pleb.
>>343595028
>he thinks thats not just a bar that's got a little fat
The middle bits don't even represent more
>>343588345
HP = Health Percentage
MP = Magic Potential
>>343592928
Dumb frog poster.
They should change color based on how much you have left. Blue if full, green if most is filled, yellow if it is past the halfway mark, red if it is under 20%. This is objectively correct.
>>343588345
>mana prism
I spat my water all over myself. Thanks for that.
>>343587116
>MP
>not SP
>>343590004
DELETE THIS
Green, because its the most visible to the human eye. Green health bar makes it easier to see how much health you have left without moving your eyes off the center of the screen.
>>343588139
Thanks TJ, you're the real friend in this lonely, hostile world
>>343590417
Gee I never realized that when I get hurt or shot IRL my screen turns red with blood splattered all over my sight
It just needs to be clear and quick to read, especially if there are multiple.
>>343591403
I like the notches on the exp bar.
It gives you more of a sense of progression.
The numbers above the exp bar are really only needed if the game relies extremely heavily on leveling. I personally like having it there so I don't have to look in my menu after an encounter too see how much exp I need to level.
And the stamina & mana bars might need numbers too depending on how exact the game mechanics require you to be with those stats.
>>343595641
Actually, chartreuse is the most visible so it should be chartreuse.
>>343596157
Fuck, forgot pic.
>>343589327
TECHNIQUE IS YELLOW YOU FUCKER
