UI graphics?

Elisabet.YA

Does anyone know of any websites or tutorials or general material just for UI graphic design? Some places with challenges around UI for games/other things? Are there such challenges ever within Polycount itself? I searched a bit but I couldn't find anything.

So let's talk about UI!

imyj

Every time one of these topics come up I always kick myself because I said I'd take the time to put some more information together! Haha.

I put some things on the Polycount wiki a while ago which might be worth having a look at: http://wiki.polycount.com/CategoryUserInterface

As far as tutorials go; you'll find loads of stuff on general UI design mostly related to Apps and web-design but hardly any on games.

There are of course engine-specific forums like UDK/Unity where you'll be able to find some loose topics on the area of UI for games but in comparison to what has been documented for 3D/Concept etc, there's hardly any information - which is a shame.

Elisabet.YA

Thanks imyj! That's great stuff there. Too bad there isn't much on UI design for games. I've found loads on websites etc. but info on games seems scarce.

imyj

If you have any specific questions then feel free to get in touch and I can do my best to help

Justin Meisse

Lucas Hardi has a cool post on his blog about the design of the Warhammer Online UI: LINK

Elisabet.YA

Thanks imyj I'll make sure to do that I appreciate it!

Justin Meisse: thanks! This is excellent.

If anyone has any more links/words of wisdom, please share!

ZacD

UI design is a mix of graphic design and web design, udk has some scaleform UI tutorials. http://udn.epicgames.com/Three/Scaleform.html

Noia

This isn't a tutorial, but the Games Industry Mentor podcast had some decent advice on setting up a UI portfolio.

http://gim.acanaday.com/?p=162

Muzzoid

Do a search for "iphone design patterns" or "mobile design patterns"

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=iphone+design+patterns&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Mobile design is a great resource to look at for ui design, as its about getting as much data usable in the smallest space possible, so it is a good place to do research.

jerry

imyj wrote: »

...http://wiki.polycount.com/CategoryUserInterface...

This is pure gold :thumbup:

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imyj

jerry wrote: »

This is pure gold :thumbup:

Thanks!

I've updated the Wiki with the links mentioned here and added a few more. I'll do another pass on the wiki today

Out of curiosity... if there were video tutorials or something similar, what would people find interesting? What kinda topics related to Graphic Design / UI for games?

Elisabet.YA

You guys are awesome, thanks for all of this