--- key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-diegetic-ammo-display type: mechanic id: game-mechanics--gm-diegetic-ammo-display lang: en title: Diegetic ammo display summary: >- A display built into the weapon shows remaining ammunition, keeping resource information within the scene of the action. updatedAt: '2026-10-21' status: active url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-diegetic-ammo-display/ jsonUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/api/v1/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-diegetic-ammo-display.json markdownUrl: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/content/knowledge/en/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-diegetic-ammo-display.md aliases: - Ammo displayed on the weapon tags: - Game design techniques - Gunplay - Diegetic sourceIds: - source-efee64316d9bb7d6 - source-49faaedd9eb936e1 - source-c21400eac2095ad2 - source-e3983d6dac3afe48 - source-f8f5d242c7a0458a - source-9bbcbdad6b5d5bb9 - source-7391adcb27af1af0 - source-0a031a39aeeef0d8 sources: - id: source-efee64316d9bb7d6 title: 'Game Mechanics: Diegetic ammo display' url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/diegetic-ammo-display' verifiedAt: null - id: source-49faaedd9eb936e1 title: Doom 3 (2004) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/diegetic-ammo-display/game/doom-3' verifiedAt: null - id: source-c21400eac2095ad2 title: 'Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/diegetic-ammo-display/game/condemned-criminal-origins verifiedAt: null - id: source-e3983d6dac3afe48 title: Dead Space (2008) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/diegetic-ammo-display/game/dead-space' verifiedAt: null - id: source-f8f5d242c7a0458a title: Apex Legends (2019) url: 'https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/diegetic-ammo-display/game/apex-legends' verifiedAt: null - id: source-9bbcbdad6b5d5bb9 title: Halo Infinite (2021) url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/diegetic-ammo-display/game/halo-infinite verifiedAt: null - id: source-7391adcb27af1af0 title: 'Amnesia: The Bunker (2023)' url: >- https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/diegetic-ammo-display/game/amnesia-the-bunker verifiedAt: null - id: source-0a031a39aeeef0d8 title: Deep Rock Galactic url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/' verifiedAt: null relations: [] placements: - catalogId: game-mechanics id: gm-diegetic-ammo-display title: Game design techniques url: >- https://gamemechanics.pro/en/mechanics/game-mechanics/#gm-diegetic-ammo-display categoryIds: - gm-category-diegetic - gm-category-gunplay supersededBy: [] attributes: preview: updatedAt: '2026-10-21' title: Ammo displayed on the weapon description: >- A display built into the weapon shows remaining ammunition, keeping resource information within the scene of the action. image: src: images/mechanics/drg-autocannon.webp width: 1440 height: 810 game: Deep Rock Galactic sourceUrl: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/' originalUrl: >- https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/548430/ss_e6e1d97ee0a5fc8b82c5a9a1aacba178206e3522.1920x1080.jpg?t=1792497307 credit: Ghost Ship Games / Coffee Stain Publishing rights: © Ghost Ship Games / Coffee Stain Publishing. All rights reserved. caption: A display built into the autocannon alt: >- Deep Rock Galactic: the numbers 73 and 330 appear on a display built into the weapon in front of the player’s hands. markers: - x: 84 'y': 70 label: Numbers displayed on the weapon tips: - Keep the display legible during weapon motion and bright effects. - Do not communicate low ammunition through color alone. examples: - title: Deep Rock Galactic url: 'https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/' endsAt: null provenance: >- Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. license: CC-BY-4.0 codeLicense: MIT attribution: gamemechanics.pro contributors catalogKey: catalog/game-mechanics --- # Diegetic ammo display id: game-mechanics--gm-diegetic-ammo-display type: mechanic key: mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-diegetic-ammo-display lang: en status: active url: https://gamemechanics.pro/en/knowledge/mechanic/game-mechanics--gm-diegetic-ammo-display/ A display built into the weapon shows remaining ammunition, keeping resource information within the scene of the action. ## At a glance ![Deep Rock Galactic: the numbers 73 and 330 appear on a display built into the weapon in front of the player’s hands.](https://gamemechanics.pro/images/mechanics/drg-autocannon.webp) [Deep Rock Galactic](https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/) · © Ghost Ship Games / Coffee Stain Publishing. All rights reserved. 1. Numbers displayed on the weapon - Keep the display legible during weapon motion and bright effects. - Do not communicate low ammunition through color alone. - [Deep Rock Galactic](https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/) ## How it works An in-world weapon or device displays remaining ammunition. ## Variants ### How the technique works - An in-world weapon or device displays remaining ammunition. ## Context and limits All 199 Game Mechanics entries at the check date: player actions, systems, presentation techniques and contested patterns. Entries are grouped by their first source-card category; all categories appear in their descriptions. Definitions use original wording. References link to game-specific galleries; images and videos remain at the source. ## Connected materials ## Sources and provenance Editorial reference index based on the 199 public Game Mechanics pattern pages checked on 2026-10-20. Original concise RU/EN definitions by gamemechanics.pro; pattern names, category associations and game-reference URLs retained from gamemechanics.org. The source gallery includes a film analogy. Linked materials retain their original rights; references are upstream attributions, not independent verification. - [Game Mechanics: Diegetic ammo display](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/diegetic-ammo-display) (id: source-efee64316d9bb7d6) - [Doom 3 (2004)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/diegetic-ammo-display/game/doom-3) (id: source-49faaedd9eb936e1) - [Condemned: Criminal Origins (2006)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/diegetic-ammo-display/game/condemned-criminal-origins) (id: source-c21400eac2095ad2) - [Dead Space (2008)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/diegetic-ammo-display/game/dead-space) (id: source-e3983d6dac3afe48) - [Apex Legends (2019)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/diegetic-ammo-display/game/apex-legends) (id: source-f8f5d242c7a0458a) - [Halo Infinite (2021)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/diegetic-ammo-display/game/halo-infinite) (id: source-9bbcbdad6b5d5bb9) - [Amnesia: The Bunker (2023)](https://gamemechanics.org/patterns/diegetic-ammo-display/game/amnesia-the-bunker) (id: source-7391adcb27af1af0) - [Deep Rock Galactic](https://store.steampowered.com/app/548430/) (id: source-0a031a39aeeef0d8) CC-BY-4.0 · gamemechanics.pro contributors