I'm trying to make an interface for my game but seem to be terrible at it, I want to make it brighter and have more detail. I'm terrible at choosing palletes and am always choosing darker colors, even if I want something brighter.

I colored in the Health, Mana, Exp bars and when I got to the rest of the interface I got stumped.

Basically middle, under the health/mana bars is where the quick skill slots are going to go, to the right of that will be stuff like Stats,Inventory,Spell Book, Skill Tree, Quest Log, etc.

Left side I'm still undecided, been thinking of a few different things which I will have to experiement with.

Above the health bars is the day/night cycle bar.

It's an interface inspired by this


I'm also trying to figure out what kind of art to put on the sides for more of a professional look.

I'm more of a programmer than I am a pixel artist and am trying to get better as much as possible.

Any advice or changes are welcome. The main thing is shading & shading it to a brighter color.

Even providing a nice palette would help.

Thanks~

Edited by Elenter - 09 December 2011 at 12:46pm

Definitely looking a lot better!

However, as a gamer, i really have never been a fan of those big, bulky HUDs. They just feel like they're covering areas with static art when I could be actually seeing whats underneath them. I'd personally lose the side stuff thats not being used right now, unless you can find a good use for them that couldnt fit anywhere else.


For the sun dial, i think it takes up too much space (notice how much shorter the one in your example is). If you want to keep it bigger like that, i'd probably go for something closer to Zelda: Majora's Mask's HUD and its clock - just basic lines for everything but the sun and moon. That way it could go into the play area without completely covering it.

i agree, never ben a fan of those bulky hud's .. but if it was an exquisit piece, it's forgivible. i imagine clouds and feathers and fluffy stuff and things.. and stuff..

i also suggest you have it like a drawer that slides up and down you coudl display the daynight thing constantly but clickign on it (or whatever) would 'slide the drawer open' (amke it move up) and reveal the bars and the art.

when the drawer is clsoed you could also have bits of the art poking up in the bottom left and bottom right corners. just an idea. what sort of theme are you going with for your status bar? what is the game you're making/pixeling for about? think about what theme it is and then roll with it.

thaat's all i've got for C+C. sorry ^__^;