CnC is kindly welcomed. Please don't hold back.

Well here's my latest WIP. I'm working on the HUD/GUI for a project of mine. I could use some good suggestions to help me improve the icons, layout, and overall look.

Top-Left is the HUD that displays your HP, MP, and XP along with your equipped weapon, and secondary item.

On the bottom is the menu icons and skill-hotkey bar.
The Big Squares [Menu Buttons] are (left to right) Character, Social, Journal, Skills, Inventory, and Options.

In the middle at the bottom is the skill-hotkey. The arrow above it pointing down allows you to collapse the bar into 5 hotkeys rather than 10. When it's smaller, there's an arrow pointing up that you can click to expand it to 10 again. The magic icons on the skill-hotkey bar are (left to right) Fire Ball, Magic Missile, and Poison Shot.

the character's eyes look weird, is he supposed to look worried?

Wow! This looks neat. But there is a cool tutorial about tiles, that might be interesting to you, in the sense of adding depth to the floor: http://kiwinuptuo.deviantart.com/gallery/27054576#/d3d4ufx


Also, if someone would put a gun on my head and told me to edit one of your icons, I would deliver this:



Really, I think you are fine. One could nitpick forever.

Well I edited the Options icon thanks to some feedback from a friend.


Here's the screenshot with the updated male character and icons:


I still have a few more icons to fix up, and I still need to decide on what to put for the character menu.

I was planning to add races to the game, e.g, orcs and elves. Right now in the screenshot I have the Aryan race completed. I figured while I'm at it, I can make each race have a salute of sorts. The Aryan race will tap their feet together and throw their right arm in the air as if asking a question, but at an angle. /joking of course.

Edit:
Just so everyone knows, constructive criticism is welcomed. Seriously, don't hold back. The sole purpose of me posting a WIP is to get some feedback.

Fixed up the backpack icon some.



Edited by RileyFiery - 02 July 2012 at 2:01am

Not enough of the general style, frames around the icons completely faceless. You did not tell your idea. The icons look bad on a gray background, they merge with the background, Mark or background or icons. Or should we think about their design. The main thing is not to use a lot of small details.

You took a lot of work to do at once.
I suggest to systematize process of work. Make a plan.
For example:
1. Analysis of ideas, creating the overall design of the interface
2. Creating icons
3. Creating a character
4. Font Design Ornamental and some elements of the interface.


Не хватает общего стиля, рамочки вокруг иконок абсолютно безлики. Ты не рассказал свою идею. Иконки плохо смотрятся на сером фоне, они сливаются с фоном, выдели или фон или иконки. Или надо подумать над их дизайном. Главное не использовать много маленьких детальей.
Ты взялся делать много работы сразу.
Предлагаю систематизировать процесс работы. Сделай план работ (список).
Например:
1. Разбор идеи, создание общего дизайна оформления Интерфейса
2. Создание иконок
3. Создание персонажей
4. Дизайн шрифта и некоторых декоротивных элементов интерфейса.

Edited by Yuran - 18 July 2012 at 4:45am

OK, I'll say specifically - I criticize the course of your work.
As I understood from what has turned out to translate by Google you will have to do what - could not understand. Write a list of what to do (the name - looks like) ... And you should definitely show how they will look like while playing?
I want to help you, but do not know exactly what you need. Making the pieces, some fixes various icons - not a good. This will lead to a large number of rework and bug fixes.

ОК, скажу конкретнее - я критикую ход твоей работы.
Как я понял из того что получилось перевести гуглом тебе надо сделать иконки какие именно - не смог понять. Напиши список того что надо сделать (наименование - как выглядит)... А тебе обязательно надо показывать как они будут выглядить во время игры?
Мне хочется тебе помочь, но пока не понимаю что тебе конкретно надо. Делать по кусочкам, отдельные исправления разных иконок - не есть правельно. Это приведёт к большому числу переделываний и исправлений..

Oh my God! As I want to write in my native language, I want all to understand and make myself understood, too .... My bad English .... I guess my posts to you like Chinese writing translated by Google. But I'm lazy to spend 15 minutes at each office. Ok'll help you, and then feeling quite boring :).

О боже! Как я хочу писать на родном языке, хочу всех понимать и чтоб меня понимали тоже.... Мой плохой английский.... Наверное для тебя мои посты как китайские письмена переведённые гуглом. Но я ленюсь тратить по 15 минут на каждый свой пост. Ок займусь помочь тебе, а то чуствую себя нудным..

Edited by Yuran - 18 July 2012 at 2:29pm

knives and hp bottles :)

characters.
shields.
gear/options

Edited by Yuran - 19 July 2012 at 3:10am