GUI To Meet You Two: Free UI Resources for Game Developers

Some time back, I wrote a long list of free user interface resources for indie developers for IndieStatik.com – user interface design, of course, being a particular and ardent love of mine having worked for a UI artist for a while now. Since that version isn’t cached anymore, I’ve decided to rewrite the list with a bunch of new additions to spread that love of sleek, easy user interface design. Some of these newcomers are things that I’ve been using quite a lot myself and others that are just ‘hey, that’s neat’. So, without further ado, go forth and interface!

LAYOUTS
CONTROLS
ICONS
BUTTONS
FONTS
SFX
DESIGN THEORY & MISC TOOLS

KENNEY.NL LAYOUT PACKS – RPG, PIXEL, GENERAL UI
LICENSE:  | FORMATS: VECTOR, SPRITESHEET 

@CAMTATZ’ LAYOUT PACKS – FPS, PIXEL, PLATFORMER UI
LICENSE:  | FORMATS: SPRITES (.PNG)

RAVENMORE’S FANTASY UI PACK
LICENSE: CC-BY 3.0 | FORMATS: .PSD

JORGE AVILA’S FANTASY GUI PACK (MODERNA)
LICENSE: CC-BY 3.0, LGPL 2.1, LGPL 3.0 | FORMATS: .PSD

ADVENTURE GAME MINI UI PACK
LICENSE: FREE (NON-SPECIFIC LICENSE) | FORMATS: .PSD

GRAPHICBURGER’S MOBILE GAME GUI PACK
LICENSE: FREE (NON-SPECIFIC LICENSE) | FORMATS: .PSD

KENNEY.NL CONTROL PACK
LICENSE:  | FORMATS: VECTOR, SPRITESHEET 

XELU’S KEYBOARD AND CONTROLLER PROMPT PACK
LICENSE:  | FORMATS: .PNG, .FLA

RAVENMORE’S FANTASY ICON PACK V2.0
LICENSE: CC-BY 3.0 | FORMATS: .PNG, .PSD (MULTIPLE SIZES)

GAME-ICONS.NET
LICENSE: CC-BY 3.0 | FORMATS: .SVG, .PNG

ICONMONSTR
LICENSE: CUSTOM LICENSE (FREE) | FORMATS: .SVG, .PNG

OSMIC’S ZOMBIE GAME ICON PACK
LICENSE: CC-BY 3.0 | FORMATS: .PNG, .PSD (MULTIPLE SIZES)

420 RPG PIXEL ICONS BY 7SOUL1
LICENSE: CC-BY 3.0 | FORMATS: .PNG, .PSD (MULTIPLE SIZES)

24 PACK OF GAME BUTTONS
LICENSE: FREE (NON-SPECIFIC LICENSE) | FORMATS: .PSD

HEVNGRAFIX’S BUBBLE BUTTON & GUI PACK
LICENSE: / 100% FREE | FORMATS: .AI, .EPS, .PNG

POCONK’S FREE GAME BUTTON PACKS
LICENSE: FREE (NON-SPECIFIC LICENSE) | FORMATS: .AI, .EPS, .PNG

pzUH’S FREE GAME BUTTON PACK
LICENSE: FREE (NON-SPECIFIC LICENSE) | FORMATS: .AI, .EPS, .PNG, .CDR

FONT SQUIRREL
LICENSE: 100% FREE / SPECIFIC LICENSES ON EACH PAGE

DAFONT
LICENSE: 100% FREE / SPECIFIC LICENSES ON EACH PAGE
(TIP – open ‘search’, filter to 100% free & public domain)

1001 FONTS
LICENSE: 100% FREE / SPECIFIC LICENSES ON EACH PAGE

BFXR
LICENSE: FREE | FORMATS: .WAV

8VE iOS UI SFX LIBRARY
LICENSE: FREE | FORMATS: .WAV

THE 8 STEP GUIDE TO INTERFACE DESIGN FOR IPHONE GAMES
PALADIN STUDIOS

SUBTLEPATTERNS.COM
.PSD

COLOR-LOVERS PALETTE MAKER

USER INTERFACE DESIGN IN VIDEO GAMES (THEORIES & TERMINOLOGIES)

VIDEO GAME UI DESIGN: DIEGESIS THEORY

GAME UI DISCOVERIES: WHAT PLAYERS WANT

USER INTERFACE DESIGN BASICS (GENERAL)

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