#ui stuff

[losergames]

Just found this WIP today. I'm absolutely in awe with the aesthetics and designs of your game, and your blog. If you ever wrote/did any kind of crash course in UI design for Twine, I would pay serious money for it. I feel like it's really hard to get such a professional, clean, and unique look for a game!

thank you so much that is so incredibly kind!!!

honestly my best advice is reference! reference your butt off!!! so much of design is looking at other designs first before attempting your own. chop shop's twine build came from a lot of places. i looked at the need for speed series, forza, GTA, saints row and hitman from the top of my head.

in fact chop shop's main console was inspired by the menu from need for speed underground 2:

i highly recommend checking out Game UI Database - it categorises games by genre, style, themes and more! i'm always looking at stuff on there for ideas to improve my own ui! i 100% recommend looking at the cyberpunk 2077 ui page, it is so incredibly detailed and has so many stills of the different menus.

twine can be intimidating for sure. sugarcube 2 is basically limitless since it's html, css, and javascript. but again i say, use as much reference as you can! the best ideas are not usually your first and it's always easier to build something when you've already got a base to look at y'know?

i hope that's a little helpful! please let me know if you wanna talk more about ui and design! <3

[dualogical]

Well this isn't normal

[vayle]

Updated itch.io theme for The Night That Feeds!

[blanc-ci]

Dental checkup, that’s one of the captain’s responsibilities right? No? Well…

[araneapeixes]

playing around in krita teeheehee

[umblrspectrum]

i love this brand of image so much

[aaphra]

Skyrim Scenery 64/∞

[otherwindow]

Marvel Rivals HUD that shows who is healing you.

[sunshinepixels]

WIP - Bachelor Hall

[starbiology]

Some UI mockups c:!! The claws on the book will open when hovered over (and the buttons inside turn dark red when hovered over)

[losergames]

OH MY GOSH... I never knew UI database was a thing!! I'm so incredibly grateful you responded to my ask with that link, it's a game changer for sure. I've been referencing some of my favorite games when thinking through UI for my own game (Cyberpunk 2077, my beloved) but I never knew there was a site like that for more cohesive referencing. Thank you!!!!

hi!! i am so incredibly sorry i am late answering these. life! you know how it goes.

i recommend w3schools for html, css and javascript! they have a lot of beginner tutorials for things you might be interested in, as well good explanations alongside examples.

i also watched a lot of dan cox's tutorials on youtube. he has a bunch of stuff on his page for sugarcube 2. as far as i know he has a few video for the new 2.37 version, where as i'm using 2.36 but that's up to you! super SUPER helpful to watching someone actively using the programme and talk through it.

idrellegames' coding in twine tag is also super helpful! i was scrolling through it all the time when i got started with twine lol

my best advice for coming up with a design that is unique is to not go straight into the coding first! i mocked up all of chop shops designs in photoshop before i started building it in twine. here are some old mock ups. it doesn't have to be photoshop, that's just the tool i have on hand, but something like canva would definitely work just as well! or, if you don't have access to anything digital, just using a pen and paper would work just as well. it's much easier to draw out a design than start coding it when you're not sure how it's even supposed to look yet.

i hope that helps a little! <3

[candy8448]

I LOVE it when art or fics or anything include the UI of the game in them like, it just tickles my brain in a meta sort of way like

Art that includes someone siging a song and it have the little arrows from OoT

Fics that either blatantly or subtly include the "you got an item!" Pose

Fics that use quote references "its dangerous to go alone" "its a secret to everyone" "terrible fate"

Art that uses a textbox style like the game

Art that uses the fighting style and moves that you can do in game

Etc

[nyancrimew]

you should put " i bought checkmarks " in your bio, we still remember.

wow what a great memory you have of something that never happened, all the checkmarks i had were gifted to me (as is the case with many big blog) i too wish i had like a hundred dollars to just throw away on this website rather than being horribly in debt

[jumped-for-the-yaoi]

Odyssey duo my beloved

odyssey duo hehe i lovre them too 🫶

[alexiaatheducc]

vine boom sound effect

help pol has dug his way into my brain and won't get out :(

@thatrandomgrunt @anactualdump (mamaboyu on youtube) thank you for introducing me to our lord and savior toh kay

i dooodle these fellas like. 5/7. 5 times a day. thank you yummy art yummy story thank youuuuu :) :) :)

you (and all the artists here!) are an inspiration :D

[rabbitinthemeadow]

[A moment of respite] // Part 5

July 3, 2022