Game Development Reference
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ton slots to hold items, spells, abilities, and so on. What each of the buttons does
can be customized by the player so that they can get full control over and access to
their favorite or most used items without having to use a menu to access them.
Organizing an inventory
The items within an inventory can be organized in a few ways depending on the
physical size, item type, slot size, or alphabetical order. Organization by physical size
can be either lightest to heaviest or heaviest to lightest. When organizing by item
type, healing items should be kept separate from weapons and armor. These separ-
ate item types can be split up into multiple submenus: one each for weapons, armor,
healing items, and so on.
Organization by slot size can be seen in games such as the
Diablo
series, where the
items vary in slot size both vertically and horizontally. The player must move items
around in their inventory to make room for other items. The last method of organiz-
ing items in the inventory, as mentioned previously, is alphabetically. This will show
items by names from the beginning of the alphabet or from the end.
