UI DESIGNING | RESOURCES & TOOLS
Directory:
- Welcoming.
- UI Explanation.
- UI Colors & Modern UI Colors
- Resources (Shapes, Fonts, etc.)
- 3rd Party Applications.
Welcoming
Hey, UI Designers my name is castizasowner or you can call me Elijah. I’ve been UI Designing for around 2+ years now and over those 2 years, I’ve learned multiple tips & tricks workarounds, etc when creating your user-interface and I wanted to share them. This small tutorial will go in semi-detail into UI Designing this also very friendly for advanced designers as well and not just starters.
UI Explanation
UI (User-Interface) are visual elements it is basically what you see on all the games you play for example the website you are on currently DevForum is all a “UI”.
Using UIS for your game is very useful as it makes the game more functional if you want to promote game passes, game rules, in-game items, etc.
[Examples]
This would be promoting who has contributed to the game that this UI is in.
For simple terms having UIS in your game makes it more pleasurable to the player that is playing the game.
UI Colors
Color schemes are very important when you are creating your UI. It’s important it matches the game theme.
Why?
Having a good color scheme in the UI and it matches the game theme can attract more players as it gives the eyes pleasure. (Depending on what you are going for.)
Modern UI Colors Topic
I’ve created a model for the people who are interested basically showing off the modern UI colors that a lot of other UI Designers use. (as I prefer using a modern theme for every UI)
Resources
I’ve put together a model of an old UI I made that you can play around with and create your own stuff with it or even use it for a game you are making.
- You don’t have to give me credit
3rd Party Applications.
A lot of designers I know use 3rd Party Applications to design UIS either prototype it or fully import it into studio. ( I don’t recommend importing if you use this tactic. )
Designers use 3rd Party Apps as it’s much easier (depending on the application you use) to create UIS or have a prototype.
Opinion
Personally, I think this is a horrible idea. Prototyping a design that is pretty smart but I’d never import it into studio. It’s basically wasting time.
Free Applications
- Adobe XD - https://www.adobe.com/products/xd.html
- lunacy - Lunacy – Free Design Software for Win, Mac, Linux
- figma - https://www.figma.com/
- fluidui - https://www.fluidui.com/
Paid Applications (that I use)
- Photoshop - https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop.html
Have a nice day hope this helped