Designing Game User Interfaces

Course

In this course, dive into game audio, user interface design, and the final stages of testing, optimizing, and publishing. Learn to enhance games with immersive audio, create adaptable UIs, and refine your project for publication, ensuring a polished gaming experience. Here, you will also create a simple, complete 2D platformer game.

Beginner

2 weeks

Completion Certificate

Last Updated May 7, 2024

Skills you'll learn:

Unity • Game Design • Game Development

Prerequisites:

Basic computer programming

Course Lessons

Lesson 1

Game Audio

Learn sourcing, setting up, and scripting for event-based sounds. Enrich your games with immersive audio.

Lesson 2

Game User Interfaces

Focus on Unity UI for 2D games. Create elements, add text, and implement HUDs. Design flexible interfaces for multiple screen dimensions and aspect ratios.

Lesson 3

Introduction to Testing, Optimizing, and Publishing

Explore the testing and optimization. Learn to prepare and publish your game for a target platform and share it with your players.

Taught By The Best

Samuel Asher Rivello

Unity Game Developer & Instructor at samuelasherrivello.com

Samuel, a Unity Game Developer & Instructor, brings over 20 years of cross-platform game dev experience, shipping high-quality titles like "Shiftlings" and "Subway Surfers." With expertise in the SDLC and prototyping user experiences, he empowers game teams and instructs at renowned universities and conferences. Samuel is also an author and editor for industry publications.

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