Learn 2D game user interface design with a free vector software!
A good game needs great graphics, nice music and cool characters
- and of course a well designed game user interface!
I created this course to help the indie developer community to create clean and engaging UI designs for their games. Even if you are not a designer, you can just download this free software, and follow my course! :)
During the course we will use the amazing open-source software Inkscape. Inkscape is a vector graphical software, which makes it perfect for 2D game element design.
During the course we will learn the theory of game UI design, and we will create:
several icons and icon sets
buttons and menus in various styles
2 versions of UI design for a fantasy game,
2 versions of UI for a space shooter,
and one version for a casual gem stone game
We will also draw an icon set for a ninja game - that lesson is a free preview, check it out!
Although this is a beginner game UI course, a basic Inkscape knowledge is good to have. I stop and explain every single step I make, but you have to work on your own confidence and skill level in Inkscape.
Important: We will create all the buttons and icons during the course, however, recreating the game screens shown in the preview and used as a base to design on during the lectures are NOT part of this course!
Also, this is a UI course, we are not working on the UX part of he design.
Create fresh User Interface for 2D video games with Inkscape
Create several types of icons and buttons for your game UI
Use Inkscape on a higher level to create what you need for your game (i.e. menu items, buttons, icons)
6 Lectures
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I'm a graphic designer, illustrator and design teacher for more than 10 years. I create clever logos and cute illustrations, I like to inspire, share my knowledge and make people think and laugh! I use Inkscape, an open source graphic design program in most of my design, and I was teaching this to my students too in a college in...
Really nice course! Everything is well explained and has an in depth detailing! Examples are amazing!
Awesome. Teacher moves at a bit of a fast pace, but thank God I can step and rewind and replay. Some more detailed explanation is needed at time, like editing and object by nodes. But otherwise everything is great.
The Video and Audio are not sync in entire course and you can clearly see that the instructor recorded his voice separately. So the video is like 5 seconds ahead of the Audio and the explanation.
I really got stress by watching this.
I think this is good for beginners and someone who wants to know more techniques. Everything in the lessons looks simple and practical. each lesson is not too long. I can watch again and again, and catch what I missed in the previous time of watching. The new version of Inkscape looks slightly different but all steps of works shown in the videos can be followed as always. Love that the instructor shows how to make shadow for the text. Wonderful course.
Great examples how to create UI elements in the game
Pretty good.
Good course. Gave me a lot of insights to do UI in my game, how to combine my game art with the UI. Recommeded!
I really like this course. The instructor gives a lot of examples and you can learn the potential of inkscape.
no resources. quite useless
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Benjamin M.
I enjoyed the instructor's pace and clear explanations. The only thing I wish from this course is to have downloadable graphic files so I could easily follow along. I had to go to the web and search for comparable images and characters.