Technical Post - Lock and Key UI 1 (Patreon)

Hello patrons, it’s me again! That’s right, it’s adirosa to talk about user interfaces!

I hope everyone’s been enjoying our first screenshot for LAK! The UI for LAK is still on-going, but I wanted to share a bit of the process.

Whenever I start a UI, I always always start with the screen that people will be looking at the most: the one with the textbox and the background and character. I want to get the feeling of this right, so then I’ll have a very strong style guide for the rest of the interface.

It takes me a lot of time and a lot of fiddling to get it to where I want! I’m quite happy with what I have now, but who knows - I might edit it again before the final release!

The main inspirations for the visual style are the beautiful PC-98 games! I wanted to try and invoke that nostalgia and feel authentic enough to be a love letter to them.

I’m working on the menus now, so please understand these are all ~not final~!

I'll be back when I have more to show off!

What do you think, everyone! Too much pink? Too little pink? Let me know what you’d like to see in the final UI!

- adi