Exploration HUD: hearts, companion meter and shell icons
The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster · HUD & Gameplay UI
Art style Hand-drawn & ink
About this game
Developer: Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. · Publisher: NIS America, Inc. · Platform: PC (Steam) · Art style: Hand-drawn & ink · Screen type: HUD & Gameplay UI
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What to study
The exploration HUD stays tiny against the hand-drawn room: five red hearts for health, a companion portrait with a segmented meter, and three shell icons, all pinned to the top left so the checkerboard floor and the red thorn patches stay readable. The vignette and torn-paper edges are the game's picture-book framing, not a menu, and the HUD never competes with them. Frame at about 22.6s in the RDA Trailer (Steam).
Patterns
How the screen is arranged.
hud-overlay top-bar status-row
Components
Parts on screen.
Screen inventory
- five red heart health icons at top left
- companion portrait with a segmented meter bar
- three shell-shaped icons beside the meter
- top-down checkerboard room with red thorn patches as hazards
Top 3 colors
#0a0806 24%#9c7964 20%#c2af97 17%
Top three palette colors by share. The remaining colors make up the rest.
Source and credit
© Nippon Ichi Software, Inc. / NIS America, Inc., The Grimm Reapress and the Drearytale Monster screenshot: RDA Trailer and Announcement Trailer (Steam), shown for design study and commentary. PlayCraft is an unofficial fan project, not affiliated with or endorsed by NIS America, Inc..
Source tier 2 (publisher-released) · screenshot: Steam store page · Steam page
Source details
Fetched 2026-10-29. verified 2026-10-29: frame inspected visually at full resolution; hearts, companion meter, shell icons and thorn patches all legible; frame from the official RDA Trailer on Steam
no published policy found (checked 2026-10-29); fair-use study use, takedown honored within 48h
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