Create Your Own 2D Game Assets With Inkscape For Free!

Design vector 2D game assets: animations, platforms, characters, backgrounds, buttons! 2D game design for beginners!

What you'll learn
create characters, platforms, buttons and simple animations for your mobile game!
Create quality game graphics, that can sell on online marketplaces!
create 2d game graphics suitable for Yoyo games Game Maker, Gamesalad, unity 2d or any other program!
use the free design tool Inkscape and create much more than just game art
Requirements
You will need Inkscape (download it for free!)
Description
While there are ample game assets available for download, you may still have trouble finding ones that fit the game you’re building. That’s when Inkscape, a free vectors graphic program, truly earns its stripes. Dive into this quick 4.5-hour course, and learn to create scalable, highly versatile game assets usable in 2D mobile games and much more.All the assets created in the videos are yours with the course!  That means 30+ unique elements to use in games or experiment with!  What will we create?Create custom 2D game art in Inkscape w/ 4.5 hours of contentCraft art for animations, platforms, characters & moreEnsure your assets are scalable & versatile, usable on any device & at any resolutionHave stunning graphics on hand for use in any gamesImprove your general game design skills with real life examples  And remember: I am here to teach and help you! If you have any question, just ask! I will add new courses and resources time-to-time!  

Overview

Section 1: Welcome to Inkscape

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 The user interface

Section 2: Drawing in Inkscape

Lecture 3 Drawing your first object

Lecture 4 Working with multiple objects

Lecture 5 Colors in Inkscape

Lecture 6 Path operations - creating simple shapes

Lecture 7 Gradients and groups

Lecture 8 Modify path - the best way refine your objects

Lecture 9 Use what you learned: draw a bomb in Inkscape

Lecture 10 Inkscape HOTKEYS list!

Section 3: Exporting

Lecture 11 Export bitmap image

Lecture 12 How and why to save to SVG?

Section 4: GUI elements - creating buttons

Lecture 13 First step - learn the text tool

Lecture 14 Align and distribute

Lecture 15 Button states

Lecture 16 Buton variations

Section 5: Creating platforms

Lecture 17 Design a basic platform

Lecture 18 Tiling platforms

Lecture 19 Platform mutations

Section 6: Design and animate game characters

Lecture 20 Draw and move a character for a top down shooter

Lecture 21 Design a a game hero!

Lecture 22 Character poses

Lecture 23 Practice animation: The blob!

Lecture 24 Set up and understand a more complex walk cycle

Lecture 25 Finish the walk cycle

Section 7: Backgrounds for your game

Lecture 26 Understanding backgrounds

Lecture 27 Tiling backgrounds

Lecture 28 Add foreground elements

Lecture 29 Background variations

Section 8: More tips and tricks and real life case studies

Lecture 30 Modularity - be more creative and efficient

Lecture 31 Real game case study - how we made Trash Wars with Inkscape!

Lecture 32 A tip about different screen sizes and proportions!

This course is for you, if you want to create your own game and keep a low budget.,This course will help you create all 2d game graphics you might need!,This course is not about 3d and won't help you develop and build your game. But it will help you make some awesome graphics with a free program!