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2D game engine for UI - suggestion needed

I am planning on making a simple real-time strategy game from the series Stargate Universe. For those who don't know, in the series' center is a spaceship called Destiny. It has a nice control room, ...
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Is it possible to make calculations in a Quake 3/Live hud?

I would like to add a new field to a Quake 3/Quake Live HUD that shows the following number: min(health + armour, health * 3) * (1.5 if guard_rune else 1) This is the amount of damage you can take ...
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How do you approach resolution independence in raster based graphics content?

Those games that are not fortunate enough to run on a locked platform spec, like handhelds, need to run across various resolution formats and aspect ratios. In a 3D game you might have a HUD or menu ...