mini-map
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thumb|A mini-map (bottom right corner) as seen in Warzone 2100 A mini-map or minimap is a miniature map HUD element that is often placed at a screen corner in video games to help players in orienting themselves within the game world. They are often only a small portion of the screen and must be selective in what details they display. Elements included on mini-maps vary by video game genre, but most minimaps feature at least one or more of the following: the position of the player character, allied units, structures, enemies, objectives, and surrounding terrain.
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Features
- Fog of war
- Layers
- Rotation and zoom
- Automap
- Code minimap in text editors and IDEs
- See also
- References
thumb|A mini-map (bottom right corner) as seen in Warzone 2100 A mini-map or minimap is a miniature map HUD element that is often placed at a screen corner in video games to help players in orienting themselves within the game world. They are often only a small portion of the screen and must be selective in what details they display. Elements included on mini-maps vary by video game genre, but most minimaps feature at least one or more of the following: the position of the player character, allied units, structures, enemies, objectives, and surrounding terrain.
Mini-maps have become common in real-time strategy and MMORPG video games because they serve as an indication of where the current screen lies within the scope of the game world. Most first-person shooter games also have some version or variant of the mini-map, often showing enemy and teammates locations in real-time.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “mini-map” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.