The danger meter serves the player by alerting them whenever prisoners are angry or upset about the way things are being handled in the prison. Danger Meter For more information, see Danger. It can be dragged and moved, if you want it to be somewhere else.ġ. The top info bar contains useful information that the player can use to quickly gauge the overall status of their prison. (Not to be seen on the screenshot above). Some more serious events, like riots going on, will be announced with text overlays for bigger parts of the screen.(The screenshot indicates that someone might have found an escape tunnel to the right.) Several events in the game (like contraband being found or a guard calling for assistance) will produce alarm symbols on the screen pointing you to where the action is.(The screenshot features some paramedics and riot guards apparently being on site.) Emergency units have some special control elements on the screen, if present.(The screenshot also shows the janitor's tooltip with his current job.) You will get information about your staff and prisoners by hovering the mouse over them.(The screenshot above shows a janitor's entity options.) You can interact with all staff and objects by clicking them to open their Entity Options, or the Prisoner Profile for prisoners.Additional controls and information will be displayed depending on the current situation: In the upper left corner of the screen, the To-do List will display what is currently to be done or expected to happen in the near future.īetween these sections, your prison with all its prisoners will be displayed.In the upper right corner of the screen, The Clock displays the current time and prison regime, and game speed can be adjusted.On the bottom of the screen, the Bottom Menu Bar offers the main control element: menus to build rooms and object, hire staff, toggle overlay views with detailed information, open menus for advanced logistics, call emergency units and actions, open reports with detailed information and policy settings.On the top of the screen, the Top Info Bar permanently displays important information like the Danger level, the current balance or the number of prisoners.The game screen permanently contains four sections of control elements: