UI/UX design for my Indie game | Devlog

UI is boring, I'm trying to make it not boring

Sundercore is an Action Roguelike dungeon crawler being developed in Gamemaker Studio.

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[BlueOctopusDev]

As a big fan of roguelike and game developper: THIS IS SO FREAKING COOL !!

[whosthatkiddx]

Hell yeah! Being able to see your stats is a feature I honestly feel like roguelikes should come with out the gate, so this is great to see. Also, love all the customization. Being able to change the theme of the UI seems like such a small feature but its always something I really appreciate

[skelecats]

That new hud is insanely good, like way better than ive seen in most videogames, even stuff like AAA games. Really great job!
Theres only a few things ive got feedback on:
-I feel like the seed should only be visible when the minimap is expanded, the seed isnt really information you need, or even want at all times.
-I really like how colourful the old map was, just felt more fun that way, tho the new map is way better in all other aspects. (not really an issue just dont see colourful, fun stuff in ui usually)

[benc]

Really like the color palette you have for the game world. Super easy to look at!

[benjattkk]

this looks amazing! I love being able to customize my experience and this looks really fun to use

[uncolorr]

the game looks so clean and the art is amazing, nice

[JuhoSprite]

Man I love your pixelart, great project

[ronberry]

this came on my home page and I'm so glad I watched this! I love roguelike games and this is up my alley!

[Criares]

What a polished game WOW! So much effort and love putting on. Really inspire me to continue develop my won project.

[Ogang]

Just found this absolute gem in my youtube feed and has just binge watched all the devlogs. Love the way the game has evolved and congrats on being done with college! 🥳
I have some feedback though:
1: The game at it's current state seem to differ a lot from the original food pyramid theme you had, are you gonna keep the theme for future levels or are that concep scrapped?
2: It would be really cool to see like a playable character wielding some kind of Uzi or submaachine gun, their story being that they are a bandit or a criminal or a raider of some sort that in some way ended up on this planet and tried to make their way back, the uzi shooting a lot of small bullets quickly but with a big spread and pretty decent reload time.
Once again, absolutely love what you have done and will happily follow your jorney through finnishing this masterpiece

[DarkCloud]

I just love everything about this game! Whether It's about graphics or other things

[dedefourkes]

I really like the style of the UI and art! 🤩

[christo_k]

The implementation of seeds is such a nice addition

[aakashmelwani]

I think it might be cool if the shotgun characters ability is the a super version of the dash. It would help them close the gap and dash through foes!

[FugaceFugite]

Love this kind of customization options, and the UI looks slick too !
Could be very cool to have UI themes as unlockable rewards in the game, say for reaching a stage, beating a boss, completing a challenge or whatever, would be a cool progression feedback that very few games use.
I think Hades has a very light version of that with the badge promotion thing you can buy in Hades' room, not sure if it has any gameplay effect but it does change a bit of the UI next to the player health bar.
Noita has a subtle and slightly different approach of that, you can find in the end room status after completing certain challenges, and even gain highly coveted cosmetics by completing the game's hardest secrets and challenges.
These kind of cosmetic features are especially cool for communities, competitions, and speedrunners, people can show off their achievements by having those prestige aesthetics, I guess it can encourage content creators to pick up the game too, imagine something like "The quest for the rarest theme in Sundercore".

Anyway, I like the look and feel, as a new viewer that's an instant hook, great job !

[TwoHornsYoutube]

Awesome! This game inspires me so much ✨

[mr_clean]

UI is looking really great. Only thing I would say is that some of the ui expansion options might be difficult to use with a controller

[Lux_]

amazing progress as always. I'm curious, if you could please go into further detail about how you've implemented the game speed variable(4:28). I was planning something similiar as a slow-mo or time-pause effect in my game, but have no idea how this works. ty so much

[SpikeStudio]

The generation is a massive improvement, will really make each game feel more unique. The customizable UI is also super clean, the game is really looking nice!

[box]

I wasn’t expecting coop, it’s a nice surprise