Lo-Bit UI Card Frames (Patreon)

Hello. I hope you've had a nice week. I'm back today with something a little unusual.

So I've been playing a lot of Magic lately, and it's got me thinking a lot about card games... I ended up spending all day putting together this little thing.

(We're just looking at the layered containers that make up the card-- the art in the preview above is from an asset pack that I downloaded from itch to use as placeholders.)

Honestly... I feel kinda weird about this one, because I spent a LOT more time on these than it looks. 😝

Here's a mockup that led me in the direction of what I eventually came up with:

I didn't use the little icons (gem, star, skull) in my little prototype preview-- but they could be useful, so I've uploaded them for you.

• Mini Icons Sheet

I've also uploaded a little box-highlight selector. You can see it in the preview gif at the start of the post (with the finger cursor!).

I think that I might hare released this selector in the past-- I know that I've shared a few different little UI releases over the years, and this isn't new-- I imported it from one of my working files. 🤷 But if you don't have it, it might be useful:

• Box Selector Asset

Anyways-- here's the main Download:

• Lo-Bit Card Frame - Asset Sheet

Note: These are arranged in a regular grid based on 8x8 tile-slices. Here's an example of how they are lined up. This reference should help you re-arrange these assets however will work best for your project:

I know, these are insanely simple-- I went through a ton of iterations with more detail and more colors, scrapped a bunch of ornate decorations and textures... 😰 before eventually deciding that this simple and streamlined look made the most sense to be consistent with the lo-bit style.

I like the idea of revisiting some of those more complex ideas for a potential higher-bit version with textures and detail, likely designed for use in the more gritty SNES-style that I use in Time Fantasy or Elements... depends if there's interest in card-game stuff.

Okay-- I hope that you can find some use for these in your projects!

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Have a great weekend. I'll be back in a few days with the next Monster Monday! See you soon.

Thanks!