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Mastering UI Development with Unity
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Mastering UI Development with Unity

by Dr. Ashley Godbold
April 2018
Beginner content levelBeginner
468 pages
11h 7m
English
Packt Publishing
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When laying out the UI for your game, I strongly recommend checking other games of the same genre and seeing how they implemented their UI. Play the game and see whether it feels good to you.

If you are unsure of how to lay out your game's UI, I recommend dividing the game's screen into a guttered grid, like the one shown in the following diagram, and placing items within the non-guttered areas:

You can use as many grids as you want, but laying out the items with reference to the grid will help ensure that the UI is arranged in a balanced way.

In most cases, the HUD items should remain in the outer edges of the grid. Any UI that displays ...

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