HUDs & Design

The ANATY Counterstrike HUD Collection

SINCE DAY ONE


we've believed that a unique HUD and overlay are essential to showcasing a tournament's identity by displaying key game data in a visually appealing way that aligns with the stream design. That's why we developed our own HUD technology and controller, allowing us to seamlessly integrate our partners' event designs into the game. Using ROSS XPression to also create HUDs for other games like FORTS and broadcasts like Final Fantasy XIV.

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Here you can find all our currently available HUDs. You can rent them as they are, collaborate with us to adjust colors to match your stream design, or have us create an entirely new HUD based on available designs or your own concept to help your brand truly stand out!

ANATY HUD 4.0

The ANATY HUD 4.0 represents a completely new and modern design approach. By moving the player slots to the bottom and featuring larger player pictures (or in-game agents), it frees up more screen space on the sides. Despite these changes, we’ve maintained compatibility for social media use in a 9:16 aspect ratio. With its unique rearrangement of elements, it truly highlights the players and stands out visually.

MINIMAL HUD 3.0

The MINIMAL HUD 3.0 features a more minimalist design with a black-and-white color scheme. With innovative icon usage, it’s not only suitable for colorblind viewers, but also optimized for subsequent content use in portrait mode (9:16 aspect ratio) on platforms like Instagram, TikTok, and other social media, without losing any crucial information. Player cameras are, of course, supported. Additionally, we implemented a complete overhaul of the HUD management system.

ANATY HUD 2.0

The ANATY HUD 2.0 marked our first complete redesign for our ANATY Invitational tournament in 2022 and laid the foundation for its corporate identity. It prominently features augmented reality elements and was the first HUD to include an integrated cinematic-style replay HUD, displaying only the essential information. In addition to a full framework overhaul with new animations, it also introduced player pictures and player cameras.

ANATY HUD 1.0

As the name suggests, this was our first HUD creation. Based on an old ESL HUD, it was featured in all of our early broadcasts and smaller productions. The version shown in the picture is a slightly darker variant, modified to fit the ESL DACH league design.

Its sleek, two-line layout is clean and leaves plenty of screen space for gameplay to shine, while still displaying all the essential information.

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ANATY HUD CONTROLLER

All of our HUDs come with the ANATY HUD Controler - the management software. It offers a comprehensive range of capabilities and features, including:

  • Playercam Integration

  • Automatic Match Import

  • Selection of different HUD designs

  • Executing Ingame Commands

  • Player Picture & Name Changes

  • Managing our Observer Tools


ANATY Design Selection

Final Fantasy XIV

In early 2023, we collaborated with MOGTALK, the world’s largest Final Fantasy XIV creator, to produce a 6-day charity stream for Extra Life, featuring the “Race to World’s First - Omega Protocol” finish. As the production leads, we also designed the entire stream.

The design featured a striking L-frame layout that integrated the casters, a custom scoreboard, and all animated elements using ROSS XPression. The scoreboard in the top right corner was crafted to replicate its in-game equivalent in FFXIV, designed in Adobe Illustrator.

FORTS

For a German FORTS tournament, we were tasked with overseeing the entire production and had the opportunity to design a fully customized HUD using XPression.

The HUD was created from the ground up in Adobe Illustrator and was loosely inspired by the game’s in-game overlay, which highlights the most important data. This concept was then brought to life with Ross XPression. Additionally, we designed custom transitions to showcase the selected commanders for each player, along with all the other broadcast-relevant scenes.

ROSS XPRESSION

Enabling all of our real-time broadcast animations and graphics is ROSS XPression. This real-time graphics program is used around the world for the biggest sporting events and enables the operator to show live data in complex animations and graphics. Since January 2023 we’ve got it in our ANATY studio using it for selective broadcasts since. 

ESL Pro League Conference January 2023

During the playoffs of the early-2023 season of Pro League Conference, we got to use XPression for the first time. Animating the  map selection process and the tournament tree/ shedule adding additional value to the whole production. 

ANATY Invitational II Salzburg

During the second iteration of the ANATY Invitational, we utilized a wide range of dynamic, keyframe-animated graphics throughout the production. For example, our custom animated map veto process, Additionally, we animated dynamic segments-graphics such as team rosters, tournament brackets, and daily schedules making the entire presentation feel more modern and professional.

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