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Craft your own 2D game backgrounds with Inkscape!

Learn to design 4 cool parallax ready video game backgrounds in vector today!
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Length Under 3 weeks
Effort 1.5 hours per week
Price $ 84
Subject Design, Art
Level Intermediate
Languages English
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Does your game background look boring?

It does not have to!

A good environment is setting the mood and helps the player focusing on the action. Having quality background art is crucial for every game.

Improve your design skills with me today and create high quality 2D background assets from scratch!

During the course you will

  • learn about theory of creating engaging 2D game background design

  • learn to use Inkscape for vector game art

  • and create 4 different parallax ready game backgrounds: a simple but hot desert background, a galactic background for a vertical space shooter, a big city background with skycrapers and my favorite, the magical forest background!

Follow my background design course and create these 2D game assets with me! Even more: create your own versions and share it with me and the others! Improve, practice and experiment, and create the backgrounds your game deserves!

This is NOT a beginner Inkscape course! You will learn a lot about Inkscape, vector design and background design, but I will not teach you all the tools of Inkscape. If you need to learn that, check out my beginner courses :)

Who this course is for:
  • Indie game developers who want to create their own game art
  • Designers, who want to get into 2D game art design

What you'll learn

  • You will learn about theory of creating engaging 2D game background design
  • You will learn to use Inkscape for vector game art!
  • You will create 4 different parallax ready game backgrounds!
  • You will be able to create your very own game assets in vector with a free tool!

Course syllabus

Background design - a short section on theory Start with simple game backgrounds Complex game backgrounds Conclusion

Meet the instructors

István Szép

Design teacher

I'm a graphic designer, illustrator and design teacher for more than 10 years. I create clever logos and cute illustrations, I like to inspire, share my knowledge and make people think and laugh!

I use Inkscape, an open source graphic design program in most of my design, and I was teaching this to my students too in a college in Budapest.

I am constantly sharing knowledge about design and life as a freelancer. I teach on Udemy since 2014 and work together with some of my friends now, to create better courses together by sharing my online teaching experience

Exploring new ways to create and sharing my knowledge is what I like the most - so don't be afraid to ask, I'm here to teach!.