Exploration HUD: Castle Cousland street patrol
Dragon Age: Origins · HUD & Gameplay UI
Art style Realistic 3D
About this game
Developer: BioWare · Publisher: Electronic Arts · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: HUD & Gameplay UI
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What to study
Out of combat the same HUD relaxes into an exploration mode: portraits report Moving instead of orders, the minimap names the district (Castle Cousland), and the quickbar idles with Elissa's abilities ready. The party column itself is the notable detail, a dog companion portrait sitting alongside the human ones, which tells a new player without a word that non-human members are full party citizens, not pets on the side. No caption burn-in on this frame. Frame at about 3:40 in the GamePlay video (Steam).
Patterns
How the screen is arranged.
hud-overlay top-bar status-row
Components
Parts on screen.
Portrait Minimap Action bar Toolbar
Screen inventory
- party portraits left with Moving states, including the dog companion portrait
- circular minimap top right labeled Castle Cousland
- Elissa quickbar along the bottom with ability icons
- top icon bar
- third-person street view with the party following the leader
Top 3 colors
#00000d 22%#19102f 21%#3d2d4b 16%
Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.
Source and credit
© BioWare / Electronic Arts, Dragon Age: Origins screenshot: GamePlay (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Electronic Arts.
Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page
Source details
Fetched 2026-11-01. verified 2026-11-01: frame extracted from the official GamePlay video (Steam) and inspected visually at full resolution; real exploration HUD (party portraits with Moving states including dog companion, Castle Cousland minimap, quickbar) confirmed visible
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