I spend most of my time writing a perfect collision algorithm for the game that I'm designing. I've been at it all summer, and it provides entertainment when it isn't frustrating.
Oh, crazy. Aren't there already a ton of really good collision detection algorithms out there? Will it be a plugin for an existing engine or is it for your own engine?
I've never looked at the animations in UIs but you're totally right! It's very satisfying and gives us a good feeling. I will definitely look at the UI the next time I will play a game.
Number one reason why the time needed for UI is almost always underestimated. Making everything animated in a cohesive yet non-repetitive way is just a lot of work.
I really treasure your breakdown videos! TH=hey are full of highly useful knowledge and you make easy to learn about these subconscious aspects of design
video game UI is so good that OS & App makers polish even their non-game UIs in a similar way (even if the effect is toned down compared to in some video games, it's still there making everything much better to use). if you use your phone or computer, you'll notice video-game-like UI polishing details in apps and even the operating system itself, even in unexpected places like the settings.
I think you should do a part two cuz you only really talked about the animations and not the real design of the ui. Maybe what makes a good, clean and clear Ui.
In books, movies, and music, people tend to prefer a slow descent into chaos and madness followed by a quick resolution. 7 chords resolve to 1. Tension builds in Incredibles 2 for an hour in a half and is fixed in a few minutes. I was a bit surprised that this works the opposite way: starting off with disorder and (relatively) slowly putting things 'back.'
Good point. It's true, we usually like it if the resolution gets delayed, but in the case of UI it's just a matter of practicality. You don't want to wait two minutes just for the UI animation to finish. :D
I didn't really thought about UI Designing, but it is interesting. But just the animation is boring, you need some unique sound effects! And to find / make these seems harder to me than create a nice animation :D
You say it happens so quickly while I can't wait for this animations to end. They waste my time. There are useful animetion that guide eyes and help undersand what is going on but nowadays everything animates and makes it harder to focus on information. And getting information fast is the only purpos of UI. If it does it right it doesn't even matter if its ugly or pretty because you don't see it, you don't remember it. You only remember that you didn't have to look for anything.
Do you know a game with awesome UI?
And which Blizzard gamed do you play? :D
I don't play any Blizzard games...
I see. What's your goto game at the moment?
I spend most of my time writing a perfect collision algorithm for the game that I'm designing. I've been at it all summer, and it provides entertainment when it isn't frustrating.
Oh, crazy. Aren't there already a ton of really good collision detection algorithms out there? Will it be a plugin for an existing engine or is it for your own engine?
It's for my own engine. Designing the algorithms are the fun part for me, even if I am bad at it.
I've never looked at the animations in UIs but you're totally right! It's very satisfying and gives us a good feeling. I will definitely look at the UI the next time I will play a game.
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Ah but you didn't mention that Portal 2's main menu background changes depending on how much of the singleplayer campaign you've finished so far.
Oh, I totally forgot about that. That's nice!
This is a very helpful video, thanks Jonas!
Number one reason why the time needed for UI is almost always underestimated. Making everything animated in a cohesive yet non-repetitive way is just a lot of work.
Yes, I guess I'm talking more about polishing than about actual UI Design. My bad. I only look at shiny things.
I really treasure your breakdown videos! TH=hey are full of highly useful knowledge and you make easy to learn about these subconscious aspects of design
video game UI is so good that
OS & App makers
polish even their non-game UIs
in a similar way
(even if the effect is toned down compared to in some video games, it's still there making everything much better to use).
if you use your phone or computer, you'll notice video-game-like UI polishing details in apps and even the operating system itself,
even in unexpected places like the settings.
Although I don't play Blizzard games, this was really informative!
Maybe you can use this in one of your own games one day... Who knows... :)
I like your room metaphor because it makes UI a memory palace.
I think you should do a part two cuz you only really talked about the animations and not the real design of the ui. Maybe what makes a good, clean and clear Ui.
I really liked this!
Thanks. Glad to hear that. :)
This is amazing. This will make my games look more proffesonal :D
In books, movies, and music, people tend to prefer a slow descent into chaos and madness followed by a quick resolution. 7 chords resolve to 1. Tension builds in Incredibles 2 for an hour in a half and is fixed in a few minutes.
I was a bit surprised that this works the opposite way: starting off with disorder and (relatively) slowly putting things 'back.'
Good point. It's true, we usually like it if the resolution gets delayed, but in the case of UI it's just a matter of practicality. You don't want to wait two minutes just for the UI animation to finish. :D
Nothing like a good and smooth user interface! :D
Yeah. I assumed you'd like details like this. :D
0:50 Yes please :P
"Is this a game design book in your pocket, or are you just excited to see the latest Blizzard UI?"
Ohhhh you play OPUS MAGNUM as well? I love that game
Really usefull video!
Thanks. I tried my best. :)
Awesome video
Thanks. Appreciate the comment.
Wow really nice ...how do you create such micro interaction? In XD maybe?
I didn't really thought about UI Designing, but it is interesting.
But just the animation is boring, you need some unique sound effects!
And to find / make these seems harder to me than create a nice animation :D
Hm. Neither of those things seems super easy to me. :D
Have you ever tried making your own sound effects? Maybe I can make a tutorial about that.
Jonas Tyroller yes, i tried it but I failed. It would be nice if you make a tutorial ;D
Okay. I'll probably do that the next time I need sounds for my own games. :D
Huh... So I had a good idea about how I implemented the main menu in my game.
Now I just need to make it move properly.
How to add UI to the game?
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Nice video, thanks... but 1500 on comp? Bruh. xD
And then u get Elden Ring...with its minimalist ui...
You say it happens so quickly while I can't wait for this animations to end. They waste my time. There are useful animetion that guide eyes and help undersand what is going on but nowadays everything animates and makes it harder to focus on information. And getting information fast is the only purpos of UI. If it does it right it doesn't even matter if its ugly or pretty because you don't see it, you don't remember it. You only remember that you didn't have to look for anything.
You had a lot of courage showing you're silver (jk I may or may not be there as well)
Tf2 be like: 😓
But in reality, those animated background changes in blizzard games is just feature bloat, wasting precious gigabytes on the haddrive and ram banks