🐾 Loyal Companions – Injury System, HUD Rework & New Icons

This update expands Loyal Companions with new injury and status mechanics while also reworking major parts of the Pet HUD, user interface, and bandage icons.

🩸 New Status Effects

Companions can now suffer from different injuries and negative conditions during combat.

🩸 Bleeding

Stronger hits can now cause Bleeding.

• Multiple bleeding levels are possible
• Deals additional damage over time
• Visually displayed on the companion
• Has its own indicator in the Pet HUD
• Can be treated with suitable bandages

The stronger the hit, the more dangerous the resulting bleeding can become.

🦠 Infection

If injuries are left untreated for too long, the companion's condition can become worse.

An Infection:

• Is displayed as its own status effect
• Can develop from untreated injuries
• Can be treated with suitable bandages

❤️‍🩹 Wounded / Downed

Severely injured companions can now enter a critical Wounded state.

This gives the healing and bandage system much more importance and makes combat with your companion more meaningful.

🩹 Bandages Reworked

The existing bandages have been expanded to work with the new injury system.

🔵 Small Bandage

• Designed for minor injuries
• Heals the companion
• Can treat light bleeding

🟢 Medium Bandage

• Provides stronger healing
• Can treat more serious bleeding
• Can also help with infections

🟠 Large Bandage

• Provides the strongest healing effect
• Can stop severe bleeding
• Can treat infections
• Can be used to stabilize a Wounded companion

🎨 Completely New Bandage Icons

All three bandages received new item textures.

The new icons were specifically designed to better match the existing visual style of Loyal Companions.

• 🔵 Small Bandage – blue design
• 🟢 Medium Bandage – emerald-green design
• 🟠 Large Bandage – premium golden design

The previous, much simpler bandage icons have been completely replaced.

🖥️ Pet HUD Rework

The companion HUD has been heavily redesigned and made significantly more compact.

✨ Improvements

• Significantly reduced HUD height
• 🐾 Companion name properly positioned inside the frame
• ❤️ Clear health display
• ⭐ Compact XP display
• 📐 Improved spacing
• Less screen space is covered during gameplay

🩸 New Status Icons

Long status texts have been removed from the HUD.

Important conditions are now displayed using small status icons in the upper-right area of the Pet HUD:

• 🩸 Bleeding
• 🦠 Infection
• ❤️‍🩹 Wounded

Healthy companions do not require an additional status indicator, keeping the HUD clean and compact during normal gameplay.

🐾 Companion Selection Reworked

The Companion Selection screen has also been improved.

• More compact layout
• Less unnecessary empty space
• Improved display for empty companion slots
• Selected companion is easier to identify
• Dynamic sizing depending on available slots
• More consistent visual design

🎨 HUD Settings Improved

The Pet HUD settings menu has also been redesigned.

• Cleaner position controls
• Improved directional controls
• Better color scheme layout
• More consistent buttons
• Improved spacing
• More compact overall layout

📝 UI & Text Improvements

Several smaller interface issues have also been fixed.

• Improved translations
• More consistent terminology
• Fewer clipped texts
• Improved spacing
• Better positioning of names and labels
• Reduced unnecessary empty space
• More consistent Loyal Companions menu design

✨ Summary

This update includes:

• 🩸 Bleeding System
• 🦠 Infections
• ❤️‍🩹 Wounded / Downed System
• 🩹 Expanded Bandage System
• 🎨 Completely New Bandage Icons
• 🖥️ More Compact Pet HUD
• ⚠️ New Status Icons
• 🐾 Reworked Companion Selection
• 🎨 Improved HUD Settings
• 📝 Various UI and Text Improvements

Loyal Companions now feels much more alive both mechanically and visually. 💙🐾

Thank you for playing Loyal Companions!