Design Eye-catching UI in Unity
Course info
Course info
Description
User Interfaces are the glue between the player and the game that often go overlooked. In this course, Design Eye-catching UI in Unity, you will learn how to create an immersive UI in the Unity game engine that will take your game to the next level.
First, you will learn the basics of designing your digital aesthetics.
Next, you will explore how to put together UI components that every game needs, including life bars, dialogue systems, and maps.
Finally, you will discover how to customize these components to fit your game theme and give your players that extra wow factor.
By the end of the course, you’ll have a foundational understanding of the UI components that turn good games into great games.
Course FAQ
The User Interface (UI) is the means by which the user and a program interact, and Unity UI is a specific toolkit for developing User Interfaces for games and applications.
This Unity game engine tutorial will help you to create a UI that looks and feels amazing. Topics covered include:
- Digital aesthetics in UI
- Creating transitions - loading screens, fade in/out, etc.
- Adding a life bar
- Creating a dialogue system
- Developing maps and mini-maps
- Drag and drop elements
- Rich User Interface design
- Much more
This course is perfect for anyone who wants to learn how to make an effective and pleasant UI in Unity game engine. If you work in game development then this course will be especially useful to you.
This course focuses primarily on developing UI in Unity, but it is not a general tutorial of the Unity game engine, so it does assume prior experience within Unity itself.
About the author
Armed with a degree in computer science and design, along with a love of video games, Lisa Walkosz-Migliacio has the perfect combination to bring digital works of art to life.
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Course Overview
Hi everyone. I'm Lisa Walkosz-Migliacio, and this is Designing Eye-catching UI in Unity. User interfaces are the glue of the player and the game that go often overlooked. This course will help you along your path of creating amazing looking and feeling UI and take your game to the next level by giving your players the tools they need to immerse themselves even further. You'll learn how to put together UI components many games need, as well as customize them to fit your theme, then you can give your players that extra wow factor. By the end of the course, you'll be able to add a mini map, dialog, inventory system, animated panels, loading screen, fading in and out, life bars, level map, and card decks. Not only will you be able to make those UI widgets, but will able to understand basic principles of UI and how to make them look more professional and more polished.