Create Engaging 2D Game Ui With Inkscape!

Learn 2D game user interface design with a free vector software!

What you'll learn
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)
Requirements
You need the free software Inkscape
Inkscape knowledge is not obligatory, but a very basic knowledge helps!
Description
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 setsbuttons and menus in various styles2 versions of UI design for a fantasy game, 2 versions of UI for a space shooter, and one version for a casual gem stone gameWe 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.

Overview

Section 1: Start with the basics

Lecture 1 Welcome to Game UI design with Inkscape!

Lecture 2 The 3 Cs of good game UI design

Lecture 3 What is HUD?

Lecture 4 Before you draw: SKETCH!

Lecture 5 Basic Button Bases

Lecture 6 Aligning buttons

Section 2: Creating general game icons

Lecture 7 What makes a good icon?

Lecture 8 Very simple icons

Lecture 9 More complex icons and drawing methods

Lecture 10 Complex icons for a fantasy game

Lecture 11 Creating an icon set for a ninja game

Section 3: Drawing UI for a Space shooter game with Inkscape!

Lecture 12 Space shooter UI design - Part #1

Lecture 13 Space shooter UI design - Part #2

Section 4: Drawing a fantasy game UI

Lecture 14 Fantasy game UI - Part #1

Lecture 15 Fantasy game UI - Part #2

Lecture 16 Fantasy game UI - Part #3

Lecture 17 Fantasy game UI - Part #4

Section 5: Drawing UI for a cartoon style candy or gem matching game

Lecture 18 Gemstone game UI - Part #1

Lecture 19 Gemstone game UI - Part #2

Developers, who want to design their own games,Designers, who want to learn more about Game UI Design,This course is NOT for you if you are a seasoned UI designer. This is a beginner course!