Camera viewfinder: framing a carved relief, zoom at 50

About this game

Developer: MachineGames · Publisher: Bethesda Softworks · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Realistic 3D · Screen type: HUD & Gameplay UI

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What to study

Photography is a core mechanic here, and its HUD is almost nothing: a focus frame, a vignette, and a three-step zoom readout (35/50/75) driven by RB/LB. The restraint is the lesson: by stripping every standard HUD element, the game makes the act of framing the puzzle, and the zoom steps double as a difficulty dial for photographing distant carvings. Frame captured at 1:07 in the Steam Launch Trailer.

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

hud-overlay

Components

Parts on screen.

Crosshair Stepper Button prompts

Screen inventory

• first-person camera viewfinder: a rounded viewfinder frame over a dark jungle relief wall, with a heavy vignette outside the frame
• centre focus brackets (four corner marks) framing a carved panel of figures and glyphs
• right-edge vertical zoom control: RB + at top, then 75, 50 (selected, marked), 35, then LB - at bottom
• small circular icon at top right of the viewfinder area
• no health bar, minimap or objective text: the whole HUD is the camera tool

Top 3 colors

#000000 26%#121211 21%#010101 20%

Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.

Source and credit

© MachineGames / Bethesda Softworks, Indiana Jones and the Great Circle screenshot: Launch Trailer EN (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Bethesda Softworks.

Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page

Source details

Fetched 2026-10-31. verified 2026-10-31: manual timed extraction at 67s from the verified-clean Steam Launch Trailer download (1920x1080, full decode to null exit 0, zero error lines); inspected visually at full resolution; focus brackets, viewfinder vignette and 75/50/35 zoom control all legible; closest scene-candidate hash match (17/128 to DLC frame v1_0005) inspected visually and confirmed a false positive (torch-lit statue scene, no UI).

no published policy found (Bethesda precedent in manifest: Prey record, checked 2026-10-21); fair-use study use, takedown honored within 48h

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