health bar
Americannoun
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He spends it fixing tiny things that the original game developers seemingly neglected, like making sure a character’s health bar actually appears over their head instead of at some arbitrary point in space.
From The Verge ● Jul. 1, 2022
Besides, I don’t think love works like a health bar in a video game, fluctuating in measurable amounts and capped at a certain level.
From Slate ● Sep. 2, 2020
But Bloodborne packs its zoo with deft, spontaneous enemies who make it incredibly difficult to land reciprocal blows before the regain timer runs out and the damage to your health bar becomes permanent.
From Time ● Mar. 23, 2015
Instead of merely hitting an opponent until its health bar depletes, in Smash you have to knock it off the stage.
From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2014
Turns out a health bar has a lot of funny-sounding stuff in it that actually seems kind of weird.
From "Sunny" by Jason Reynolds
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