Developer Insight—Upcoming UI Improvements – Hunt: Showdown

Hunters,

Thank you all for your feedback since the release of Hunt: Showdown 1896, especially regarding the UI changes. Your insights have been invaluable. We recognize that some of our recent redesigns fell short of delivering the functionality and usability you came to expect.

Many of the changes were initially aimed at improving the console player experience, but we understand now that some of the new screens sacrificed functionality that was key to the PC experience.

The current Team Details screen presents a lot of icons and colors while only showing a few teams at once. Our redesign aims to simplify and enhance this experience via the improvements below:

This color-based icon system aims to make actions and interactions clearer and more consistent.

While our goal was to modernize the post-Mission summary, we’ve realized the removal of Accolade Cards and their animations detracted from the game’s identity. Here’s how we’re addressing that:

We’ve prioritized context and quick access to critical information in multiplayer Missions:

After implementing these updates, our focus will shift
toward refining other planned Quality of Life improvements. Along the way,
we’ll also identify and introduce smaller adjustments to further enhance your
overall experience

We’ve heard your feedback about the inconvenience of navigating to a separate
menu to select Skins for your equipment. To address this, we’ve brought Skin
selection directly to the Equipment Grid.

We’ve heard your concerns about the difficulty of comparing recruits effectively. To address this, we’re reverting to an older design:

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All four Hunters and their loadouts will now be visible simultaneously, reducing memory strain and back-and-forth navigation.

PC players have often felt that the Hunter Details screen was redundant, since they could interact with all widgets present directly from the previous screen. The primary concern was having to navigate to a separate screen for actions that felt too similar. To address this, we are removing the distinction between the two screens, creating a more seamless experience. We aim to make Hunter Details a focused view of the active roster while retaining access to your other Hunters.

To improve the flow between the Battle Pass rewards screen and the rest of the UI, we are streamlining navigation and functionality.

Feedback about our rarity backgrounds indicated that they felt out of place, being overly colorful compared to the rest of the UI. Our team has worked to ensure these elements align better with the overall aesthetic while enhancing the focus on equipment and Hunters.

These changes focus on enhancing the console experience and will not affect PC players.

We’ve heard your feedback on the Home screen and Lobby, and will share our progress in an upcoming update. Our goal is to unify Lobbies into a single screen while also improving party management with these much-requested features:

We’re committed to making Hunt: Showdown 1896 the best experience it can be. These updates reflect our dedication to listening, learning, and improving based on your feedback. We look forward to bringing these improvements to you throughout 2025. Thank you for your continued support—we couldn’t do this without you.

NOTE:
All the images featured in this post are not
final and are subject to change before the final product is released.

– Your Hunt: Showdown 1896 team

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