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Improve viewer UX by moving stats near cursor #1500

@SrZorro

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@SrZorro

Problem

Viewers (and new players) struggle to correlate on-map actions with context info shown in the top-right corner (player-info-overlay). Especially as a viewer it's difficult to keep track of where the mouse is and the top right overlay info to understand what its hovering.

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Proposed Solution

Mirror or relocate the contents of player-info-overlay next to the mouse position.

chrome_jVJ4T14SOL.mp4

A simple dynamic HUD under the cursor can:

  • Instantly show stats using clear visual emojis
  • Visually link context data to the cursor position
  • Improve UX with a simple UI change
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Try it now

If any youtuber (plis Ultimus_Rex) want to try it now, here is the user script I did for the demo.

Just copy and paste it to the dev tools (F12) at any point while playing to get the HUD.

https://gist.github.com/SrZorro/0d77e96d60faa5e5654da26e497e258f

Benefits

  • Greatly improves accessibility and clarity in videos and streams
  • Helps players make faster decisions during gameplay

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Feature - FrontendAn entirely new feature, or changes to existing feature. User facing.good first issueGood for new contributors.

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