Match HUD: Prisoners at The Penitentiary, first to 5 goals

About this game

Developer: Excellent Rectangle · Publisher: Excellent Rectangle · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Comic & cartoon · Screen type: HUD & Gameplay UI

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What to study

In play, Tape to Tape borrows television's grammar wholesale: a single score bug at bottom centre carries score, period, clock and even the win condition (first to 5 goals), while the only other persistent element is the controlled skater's portrait chevron at top-left with its two ability icons. Control is marked twice, chevron and an on-ice face marker, and everything thematic is delegated to the rink art, so the HUD never competes with a very busy cartoon match. Frame at about 1:15 in the Official 1.0 release trailer video (Steam), a pipeline scene-change survivor (candidates/v0_0026.png at 74.6s).

Patterns

How the screen is arranged.

minimal-hud status-row hud-overlay

Components

Parts on screen.

Portrait Marker Clock

Screen inventory

• bottom centre: a broadcast score bug, team crests and abbreviations (PRI 0, 1 GM), period and clock (1st, 1:51), and the match rule itself printed on the bug: FIRST TO 5 GOALS
• top-left: the controlled skater's chevron holds their portrait and two ability icons, one lit and one greyed, the active player and their cooldown state without a separate player frame
• the controlled skater on the ice carries a blue marker with their face icon, matching the chevron; everyone else is unmarked, so possession and control read instantly at speed
• the rink itself is the away team's identity: The Penitentiary's mugshot logo at centre ice, a prisoner in ball-and-chain at the blue line, the HUD stays neutral broadcast chrome while the ice does the theming

Top 3 colors

#d2d7d8 26%#76675e 20%#c4c5c5 17%

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

Source and credit

© Excellent Rectangle, Tape to Tape screenshot: Official 1.0 release trailer video (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by Excellent Rectangle.

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

Source details

Fetched 2026-10-23. verified 2026-10-23: pipeline scene-change frame (candidates/v0_0026.png, 74.6s) inspected visually at full resolution (1920x1080 native), settled match frame, score bug, control chevron and on-ice marker sharp and legible

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