So You Wanna Make Games?? | Episode 9: User Interface Design

[@hikazeyattis3828]

*Game Developer gets introduced" Music: ~~~DUBSTEP BASE~~~

[@wowa810]

I made some facepalms but the video was so interesting I forgave them

[@RazDorNV]

"The real art is knowing which mistakes to keep."

[@softtiger592]

Such a good thought.

[@tobyconoley5511]

Although it's better not do or keep any mistakes if you can

[@frederikferguson2571]

@@tobyconoley5511 but what if somthing which starts out as a mistake actually makes the game work or simply look better

[@SrSeed]

Thats why my mom kept me

[@sweeren3619]

@@SrSeed LMFAO

[@mohinator3341]

This content it's so high quality, why there are so few people?

[@Finalshadic]

Well, for the whole series, they have got almost 50 people. I think that is a lot of effort already :D

[@sebastiansoler4180]

@@Finalshadic I think he means that the video isn't recieving a lot of atention. Like, there aren't even 40 comments in this video

[@dallassegno]

it's a diversity profile. believe ever it or not

[@amurika6336]

Bc this industry is very competitive and designing is getting easier and easier.

[@EvilNinjaPokerBunny]

cant trust videos that use fortnite as an example.

[@guiguiregismercer5720]

as a graphic designer student artist I found this sooo amazing

[@jessicarichardson8661]

If graphic design students find this video useful no wonder UIs are so bad in games these days.

[@Soupbat]

@@jessicarichardson8661 dude for reals, they been lazy with alot of games

[@Balloonbot]

@@jessicarichardson8661 Huh? Graphic design is the fundamentals of UI my friend, not sure what you're talking about.

[@vi_cupcait]

​@@Balloonbot because a lot of graphic designers think they can just make UI and call it a day. you have to consider both UI and UX

[@Anonymous-b6l]

@@jessicarichardson8661 actually I find this video helpful and I'm an indie game dev, I find it useful because I get to learn about good and bad menu design what people like and don't like. So you're wrong it.

[@RW_Soft]

I loved this - "Trying is half the battle. You should never be afraid of trying. Cause once you've done it, you've taken the biggest step. And from that point on, it's just a matter of polishing it."

[@vancitysyd]

The advice at the end brought me so much comfort I can’t even explain

[@hazelmaltasanti7037]

Why isn't KZbin flooded with more content like this?!

[@prezadent1]

You want to sit around a watch how it's done or do you want to open up the software and get it done?

[@NUKELEDGE]

@@prezadent1 both are valid, you can't get into a program and start doing UI if you don't even know what UI is

[@razor191919]

Doesn't make people angry, happy, or sells a product.

[@mancamiatipoola]

YT is flooded with every content in the world. The trick is knowing what to look for and grabbing that.

[@darkreaper4990]

@@prezadent1 I don't care if it's a 2 year old comment. I am just sick of seeing comments like this. I used to 100% believe in the diving blind philosophy but not anymore. As I dabbled into a lot of completely different unrelated subjects, I found that there were always better ways of doing things rather than just going in blind. a thorough research, getting the basics right and internalizing them before diving in saves you from a lot of headache and, most importantly, time down the line.

[@lowhp_comic]

UI design looks sooo cool and fun to do, the UI in Persona 5 was so f*cking fantastical and eye catchy and I've always loved the HP bar shape in Kingdom Hearts

[@arsenyprokhorenko8649]

Three years have passed, and it is still freaking useful!

[@SKinSKorea]

Sonia here, from 홍익대 (Hongik University) in South Korea, one of the top schools here for Art and Design. This semester I was given a class (that I didn't ask for) outside of my knowledge base-- English for Games Graphics Design Majors. I reached out to some of the major professors before the semester started, and several responded by sending me their syllabi and course content (and interesting articles). Of course, I also did a lot of internet searching on my own so that I could get a basic understanding of (and appreciation for) GGD and teach in some context. (I am a 50-something year old woman whose gaming career started with Pong and ended with Ms. PacMan). I have found this series to be life-saving (OK, maybe not, but let's say class-saving!). SYWMG is basically my textbook! The subtitles are on-spot, so students with lower level listening abilities can read along. The graphics are helpful for visual learners (also, for teachers like me who need to connect the words to their concepts), and the length is perfect. I cannot thank you enough for creating these and putting them out there for me to find and use!

[@faithli9719]

I'm a graphic designer trying to get into the game industry. Though I found this video two years later, still gained a lot of useful knowledge from it. Thank you so much for this amazing video!

[@StevenOggVIDEOS]

I just found this series a couple days ago and I love it so much. I want to get into the games industry but had a hard time pinpointing exactly what I'd like to do and this series gives a great overview of a bunch of different roles and advice. Thanks riot!

[@hattrickster33]

Just wanted to say thanks for making this. As a web developer (and gamer), I found this really useful.

[@MrFarkasOfficial]

You offer the world gold content and the algorithm gives you dirt. Very underrated channel.

[@BobbyBrixx]

My favorite episode so far, thank you Riot Games.

[@franckdinoia2060]

Hi, i just want to say "thank you so much for these videos". I'm a french student in a video game school and your videos are so helpfull. I'm working on my last project with my team to finalize our studies, but with the covid we are currently alone without help , so we do our best to learn and skillup for our student game. Your stuff helped me to make my decision to start without any art skills 4 years ago, and now your stuff helps me to finalize my studies and maybe start to work in this industry. So you're right, you should never be afraid about trying, if you want to get in, start working on it now, it's only time and efforts. Thank You Riot

[@abdullahbinjs2236]

Fantastic video. I always liked topography and UI design, and your video really opened the doors for me to explore visual arts now that I have a much better understanding of it in such a familiar context. Great job, you're gonna blow up someday (hypothetically, of course).

[@shangoat2008]

I can't get the image of the Indian guy with super big eyes telling me 'go work on something, right NOW' out of my head...

[@nuklearboysymbiote]

JUST DO IT! MAKE YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE!!

[@mancamiatipoola]

I know, it's like an alien poorly disguised as a human giving you better advice on human things than any human ever did. He is truly a cool alien guy. :)

[@janelchang7196]

Thank you for uploading this information! It is easy and straight forward about the UI design. Before that, I thought that the UI designer create the interactive interface page, after that the UX designer will test on it to see if the UI is functional or not.

[@cptray-steam]

Yo what? A great game developer making free tutorials on KZbin? That's awesome! Thanks for this video.

[@tonlimcmu]

thank you for the last part that make me feel alive.

[@adudeontheinterweb6571]

singlehandedly made a better and higher quality video that ACTUAL Game engine companies

[@marcagdon6446]

searched for "Game Design Mockups" WHILE launching Valorant. Didn't Know rito is posting these kind of videos beside the vlogs i've read about TFT, LoL and WR. Thanks for your games and awesome videos!

[@marianafranco5508]

this series should share theirs designers and artists' portfolios in the description, im dying to see their work

[@bobans]

OMG, OMG, OMG, I am having an interview tomorrow for the role of UI Visual Designer, just passed the creative test! I'm so pumped because I love gaming, art, and UI, it will be my dream job.

[@age9502]

What happened next mate?

[@bobans]

@@age9502 They said they wanted someone with more experience.

[@Cauks1]

The video starts with MECHA TARGETING SYSTEMS. Instant subscribe

[@ahmerwaqar.artist1673]

This video is fantastic - it’s answered all my burning questions in a fun and engaging way. Thanks so much!

[@marcdandoy9841]

One of my dreams as a teen was to be a UX/UI designer for Riot

[@riddick1168]

10:33 Good artists copy and great artists steal PICASSO ✍️

[@Elesnouman]

I believe that on a non techical level this videos are great. Especially for those programmers that are not familiar with design.

[@secretcode7]

The drawings in this are A+ superb

[@marijhayaa8268]

Thanks for this! I’ve been trying to get work as a UI Artist for soo long. Been getting interviews, passing art tests, but I think I failed every time I got asked ‘what I think’ UI is 😂, I don’t think I understood UI properly. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼 thanks again

[@michaelodetola]

Great video. I don't usually comment but this was pretty solid advice.

[@DreamRice]

Loved it! Will we be getting a video to the topic of UX as well? Would love to watch it!

[@dee_sgusting]

Sadly they never made an episode on that...

[@katielingham5385]

This is so insightful! Im an artist who is trying to find their nishe in games. I think UI is looking like it!

[@peterking8085]

*niche

[@suhee-bae]

I am currently a Junior UI/UX Designer with a video production background, and this video with all the advice at the end really inspired me to never give up on getting into my dream company - Riot! :) As an international, I know I need to take a step further than US citizens, and I know it's a long way to go. But I hope that one day I will be at Riot and come back to see my comment! To Future Me: How's working with Riot? LOL :D

[@christianbrenner984]

The only game from Riot Games that I tried to play was Valorant. After some minutes in the tutorial, I was kicked out of it and the game displayed a modal dialog with a numerical error code and no further explanation. The only option was to click the button, which caused the game to close. This was reproducible consistently. There was a list with error codes on the web pages of Riot Games, but the one that I got wasn't even listed. I found the error code in some web forums and found out that there can be a number of reasons that lead to the same code (!). The issue was probably related to their anti-cheat solution and might be caused by unsigned drivers or other software installed on the PC. I tried a number of solutions proposed by users on the internet and then gave up after some hours. I later retried with a newer version of Valorant, where the only change was that it displayed a different error code. Regarding UX, I would have expected the dialog to show a human-readable text that explains the exact cause of the issue, including the specific software that "causes" the problem (while the actual cause of the problem is the anti-cheating program misidentifying a driver as some kind of cheating software). In case the specific "suspicious" software can't be known by Valorant (which I doubt), I would have expected at least a human-readable text identifying the anti-cheat technology as the cause of the issue. While I don't see why you wouldn't display a human readable text at least in addition to the error code, the code should at least be specific and not be the same code for several possible problems. Obviously, the code should be documented on the web pages.

[@thespontaneoustomato2676]

'-'

[@skydyleyw0037]

oh my god the perfect informational video, i praise you my good sir and everyone that was included in this vidso!

[@paramitacdewi]

This is so well explained even for me who just wants to know about UI in general

[@morganlak4337]

Shout outs to people who actually enjoy UI design, I absolutely hate working on that shit 🙌 but boy do I appreciate good ones made by people who care

[@phantomslayer9714]

Good artist copy Great artist steal . I have learnt a lot .

[@MH-lr6ue]

Thank you for taking the time to let us know what games you referenced cuz I definitely looked a few of them up and thank you for this awesome content I'm learning so much

[@konichiwatanabi]

"real art is knowing which mistakes to keep" niiice

[@DrewCreativeIRL]

Great video and content. Answered a lot of questions I had and opened doors to new avenues I plan to pursue.

[@zenitaly]

The UI of this video is very good. Thanks for yhe great UX i had watching the video. 😆

[@Enorday]

thank you for the advise, but the problem i have is that i cannot decide which specialziation i wanna take, animation, modeling, coding, level design, ui, texturing, etc.. is all interesting

[@ErinTheGameDev]

Thanks for this! I really needed some help with the UI on my sloth MMORPG

[@valia]

Crazily informative. Love this vid. Thanks!

[@igorthelight]

8:17 - Great name for an Elder God :-)

[@iamthegateandthekey2711]

Haha!

[@araeswhiteflag]

3:46 - thank you for using stellaris. this game is so, so good ; ;

[@jaytakajeremiahtisdale2042]

11:35 that’s the part that resonated with me the most

[@tahiryaqubov3548]

Bro Riot is helping people to become their rival someday.. i appreciate that and i am coming just wait for me

[@artsubby]

This is the video for the UI designers to refer to.

[@ebezza3349]

lol as the guy said "I started by recreating my favorite game UI and HUDS" I am doing it.

[@mancamiatipoola]

GG mate. Im doing the same. Trying to build a portfolio using PS. Remember that you can even do small animations in PS, if you want to animate some buttons or UI transitions.

[@MrRuslanbykov]

What an amazing people! Thank you guys!!!

[@count505]

What is the song @8:24 ?

[@Juan-lj4pi]

I don't know if that dubstep drop was sarcasm but it was fucking hilarious

[@TheAlnitak10]

I chosen move from printings graphic design to UI/UX in this year. I really anxiety to intro in game industrie. I almost 30 yo now, everything seems big to me but I want to try, I want this because I love games!

[@DesignedByTaz]

We need more content like this!!!

[@nocultist7050]

Their reson for animations = Responsivnes. My UX = WHY I HAVE TO WAIT AND WATCH THIS ANIMATION 1000 TIMES!!!.

[@PaElRa]

I want to be a designer at Riot!

[@jonathantylerdesign]

I use this video to explain to my family what I do for work. LOL

[@epicvillain8308]

Using two loading bars to convey health and XP-that rely solely on text (such as XP) does not ‘mean’ it’s referring to XP simply because it’s a bar. It’s literally because player familiarity. There are a handful of better ways to show health and XP than reusing Window’s loader bars for everything in every game ever. Gaming industries are just unwilling to break way into contemporary UI thinking and think about what it’s actually conveying.

[@carhively7]

Where do you practice this? What tools do you use? Do you just recreate the screens on something like Figma or is there a specific tool needed?

[@ilijaaaaaaa]

I just got hired as Ui/Ux designer with no experience, eventho i said im not an Ui designer.. i got a month to finish the whole thing(visual design, animation, function and all problems UI comes with myself..) Im a one man working on a whole UI and deadline is in 27 days. Applied as an illustrator, not really sure how to do this. And whatever i do it doesnt look good to myself im a perfectionist so that doesnt help. This is a struggle i have to push through somehow.. not sure how yet. shits depressing

[@austencourpet]

Thanks for the great interviews

[@moldyloaf774]

You made it easy to understand. Thank you.

[@mygamedev9735]

Really Great Work, Thank you

[@design_with_dana]

So inspiring and informative!😍 Thx!

[@notashw1n]

wtf finally found a great and hidden series

[@drljubica1]

These videos are gold!

[@artempantarov9304]

Can I become a game ux ui designer if I can't draw? I understand that a UI designer in the game industry is more about drawing and icons, not just creating the interface.

[@MrObsvenchilde]

what software do you use

[@Starmanstriker]

04:38 derp face #1 08:20 derp face #2

[@mancamiatipoola]

OMG bro, i feel the same way. I thought, this woman looks like every default character in an RPG before you start making changes to it and making something presentable. She is the total antithesis of her job: visual design. Her appearance is totally blank. Also i really don;t get what sort of trauma these people had experienced in their lives that they DONT know how to smile... When you ask them to smile they give you the cringe face. WHY? What happened to them that they think a smile looks like that? ._. I honestly could not hear a thing she was saying because in my mind all these questions were racing and i was thinking how DEFAULT she looks (no make-up, no jewelry, no tattoos, no interesting hairdo, nothing). Also that cringe face... oof. Sry about the rant i just had to get that off my chest. XD

[@RaulVillalobos]

why is the dude in the bro fist tee peeling his eyes so hard

[@hamdan-hoa]

Tyy for sharing this great content!

[@plagues90]

Love it. I keep watching it

[@WhiteNorthStar1]

Superb training!

[@DaiTrader]

Dear Riot Games, I want to wireframe a 2D top-down MMO (like The Escapists 1/2). Do you have any recommendation which Wireframe tool to use in that particular case (Sketcher, Figma, Balsamiq, inVision, ...)? In the end, the game should look something between the games you showed in this video min. 0:08 - 0:09 and 8:46 - 8:53. PS: Could you please tell me the names of these two games? Thx a lot, keep up the fantastic work. And thank you for this series of videos.

[@arbykov]

Great videos, thanks for making them!

[@WalterHMay]

Thank you for the inspiration.

[@jordancampbell875]

I'm really interested in this but I have know idea where to start or where to go to school

[@strangeworld7100]

Incredible video, it will help a lot!!! Thanks

[@attilaramirez3147]

this video is amazing, well explained

[@slumberstudio4757]

I wish riot could make less flashier or even not flashy at all client. option in client doesnt allow player to do so. so many player still play league on laptop released on 2010 or older maybe

[@Finkaisar]

And the client is so buggy and laggy even with good pc

[@zayon0170]

wtf you bot talking about hahah set it to low quality or just save 200 euro in a whole year and buy new pc

[@Finkaisar]

@@zayon0170 wow you never played league? I have 1200euro pc 2years old and always had problems with the client

[@jarred4005]

Yea an option to take it out would be nice. I play on a high end PC and it still glitches out and loads slowly even though I can play any game on ultra settings LOL

[@goukigod]

User Experience (UX): The overall experience of a person using a product, especially in terms of how easy or pleasing it is to use.

[@timeforgamesYT]

Hello there! :)

[@goukigod]

@@timeforgamesYT Hey hey!

[@geeksindesign]

Which tool used for gaming UI design?

[@DankChi66]

So where are UIs created and designed? Is it done in the game engine? Or are the graphics and VFX created in other software and imported into the game engine?

[@bayusa8961]

The music intros was terribly jarring but the content is preeeemo😌👌🏼

[@TheNerdArmory]

The thing I didn't fully get was if "Visual Design" is the same as a "UI Artist" as it seems like in other companies, these are separate?

[@Balloonbot]

At Riot its pretty much the same thing. Because they split the team beyond in-game UI they use the "Visual designer" title

[@merren2306]

8:32 Riot should maybe follow their own advice lmfao

[@johnphillips8600]

I thought the same thing xD! Nothing has changed!

[@Tenenx69]

True

[@romaingerard3661]

Anybody knows the name of the game at 0:08 - 0:09 please ? :)

[@bakunincervantes4372]

Good stuff in here!

[@_sparrowhawk]

Great video, wow your team rocks

[@omegablast2002]

Wonderful talk!!!

[@gabrielegrioli1414]

This is so good!

[@yahlimendler2898]

Love these!

[@ahriko]

wanna know more about game UE design, plz .....

[@thenooticer7392]

4:40 bruh it's clear her eyes are on different levels, the camera man could have asked her to turn a bit, so it wouldn't been as noticeable Feel bad for her 😭

[@Aanaartu]

What am I looking at 7:18? It calls me to try it out like siren's of Ilia

[@rvst504]

Opus Magnum

[@Aanaartu]

@@rvst504 Thank you!