Game Development Reference
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A context-sensitive overlay
The developers of
Fallout
(developed by Interplay Entertainment) took a slightly different
approach, taking a similar style to that of
Baldur's Gate
; it opted for an onscreen approach
but were a bit more clever about the use of it.
In the preceding screenshot, we see a smaller overlay screen at the bottom of the screen,
taking up a lot less real estate. In this game, it was possible to change the overlay based on
what was selected, allowing the selection of a character of the player's party to be dis-
played on the screen; this helped to change the details shown to that character.
