Edd Coates | Game UI Database
@eddcoates.bsky.social
🎮 Game Interface Designer & Consultant
🎨 Creator of http://gameuidatabase.com & http://padcrafter.com
📘 Author of 👀 with Lost in Cult!
🎭 BAFTA Member
🏆 Future Class 23, Game Dev Heroes Design Hero 21, Guinness World Record Holder
🎨 Creator of http://gameuidatabase.com & http://padcrafter.com
📘 Author of 👀 with Lost in Cult!
🎭 BAFTA Member
🏆 Future Class 23, Game Dev Heroes Design Hero 21, Guinness World Record Holder
Holy crap... Matt commissioned a physical LP of the soundtrack that I composed this year for Piece By Piece 😭 He collaborated with the studio in secret to get the artwork and everything!! Best Christmas present ever 😭
December 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Holy crap... Matt commissioned a physical LP of the soundtrack that I composed this year for Piece By Piece 😭 He collaborated with the studio in secret to get the artwork and everything!! Best Christmas present ever 😭
Larian's CEO says they "don't see it as a replacement for developers". How?? If you're using AI to generate ANY artwork, even internally, that's replacing human labour. You can't claim to not be replacing anyone when you're using a tool that's literally doing the work of an artist. Gross.
Larian is using generative AI, confirms CEO, but Divinity won't contain anything AI-generated
www.eurogamer.net/larian-is-us...
www.eurogamer.net/larian-is-us...
December 16, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Larian's CEO says they "don't see it as a replacement for developers". How?? If you're using AI to generate ANY artwork, even internally, that's replacing human labour. You can't claim to not be replacing anyone when you're using a tool that's literally doing the work of an artist. Gross.
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Here's how to support human artists! 🎨
December 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Here's how to support human artists! 🎨
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So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.
December 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
So, “Order of the Sinking Star” by Thekla was just announced, which takes several small free games (two of which are mine) and gives them a major graphical upgrade and mashes up their rulesets. I haven’t been very involved but it’s a great concept and looks cool.
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Sorry I think using AI for placeholders is also bad
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
December 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Sorry I think using AI for placeholders is also bad
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I know you only care about finished art but placeholder art also needs to be made by a human being who also needs to be paid for that
But placeholder midjourney slop cuts that artist out
The Game UI Database is FIVE today! They grow up so fast.
A HUGE thank you to everyone for supporting my work, I couldn't have done it without you. BIG things are coming in 2026 - new sites, new features, and one heck of a book from @lostincult.co.uk. Watch this space!
Here's to the next 5 years! <3
A HUGE thank you to everyone for supporting my work, I couldn't have done it without you. BIG things are coming in 2026 - new sites, new features, and one heck of a book from @lostincult.co.uk. Watch this space!
Here's to the next 5 years! <3
December 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The Game UI Database is FIVE today! They grow up so fast.
A HUGE thank you to everyone for supporting my work, I couldn't have done it without you. BIG things are coming in 2026 - new sites, new features, and one heck of a book from @lostincult.co.uk. Watch this space!
Here's to the next 5 years! <3
A HUGE thank you to everyone for supporting my work, I couldn't have done it without you. BIG things are coming in 2026 - new sites, new features, and one heck of a book from @lostincult.co.uk. Watch this space!
Here's to the next 5 years! <3
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📚 This isn’t my actual physical copy (those are still on their way to me), but it’s the official cover of my upcoming book, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, which will be out in the world on December 26th.
@routledgebooks.bsky.social #gameart #gameartist #gamedev #digitalart
📚 This isn’t my actual physical copy (those are still on their way to me), but it’s the official cover of my upcoming book, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, which will be out in the world on December 26th.
@routledgebooks.bsky.social #gameart #gameartist #gamedev #digitalart
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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📚 This isn’t my actual physical copy (those are still on their way to me), but it’s the official cover of my upcoming book, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, which will be out in the world on December 26th.
@routledgebooks.bsky.social #gameart #gameartist #gamedev #digitalart
📚 This isn’t my actual physical copy (those are still on their way to me), but it’s the official cover of my upcoming book, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗲𝘁 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀, which will be out in the world on December 26th.
@routledgebooks.bsky.social #gameart #gameartist #gamedev #digitalart
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I really do adore ❤️ gameuidatabase.com. It is an amazing resource; the amount of love and skill that has poured into it is clear to see.
#Gaming #UI #Design #UIDesign #GamingUI #GameDev #Frontend #UIDev
#Gaming #UI #Design #UIDesign #GamingUI #GameDev #Frontend #UIDev
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November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Besides the obvious reasons for disliking Gen AI, here’s a personal one: I’m scared it’s going to ruin my enjoyment of Game UI.
Art used to inspire me - now my first thought is to question whether it’s real or not. If that ever happens with Game UI, it would break my heart.
Art used to inspire me - now my first thought is to question whether it’s real or not. If that ever happens with Game UI, it would break my heart.
November 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Besides the obvious reasons for disliking Gen AI, here’s a personal one: I’m scared it’s going to ruin my enjoyment of Game UI.
Art used to inspire me - now my first thought is to question whether it’s real or not. If that ever happens with Game UI, it would break my heart.
Art used to inspire me - now my first thought is to question whether it’s real or not. If that ever happens with Game UI, it would break my heart.
Call of Duty Black Ops 7 has been added to the Game UI Database!... but with no UI. Instead, the page redirects to an article about the game's use of AI-generated icons and banners.
Much respect to the UI team, you don't deserve to be associated with this. Shame on Activision.
www.gameuidatabase.com
Much respect to the UI team, you don't deserve to be associated with this. Shame on Activision.
www.gameuidatabase.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Call of Duty Black Ops 7 has been added to the Game UI Database!... but with no UI. Instead, the page redirects to an article about the game's use of AI-generated icons and banners.
Much respect to the UI team, you don't deserve to be associated with this. Shame on Activision.
www.gameuidatabase.com
Much respect to the UI team, you don't deserve to be associated with this. Shame on Activision.
www.gameuidatabase.com
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I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
A complete stranger came up to us after the fireworks this week, and said we looked like such a cute couple that she took a video to send us 🥹 So sweet!
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
A complete stranger came up to us after the fireworks this week, and said we looked like such a cute couple that she took a video to send us 🥹 So sweet!
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Whoever posted all the TOEM UI to Game UI Database, thank you, I keep going back here when working on TOEM 2 haha
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
Game UI Database - TOEM
The ultimate tool for Game UI and Interface designers. Explore over 1,300 games and 55,000 UI screenshots. Browse and filter by category, animation, colour, material, layout, game genre, and more.
www.gameuidatabase.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Whoever posted all the TOEM UI to Game UI Database, thank you, I keep going back here when working on TOEM 2 haha
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
It's Halloween, so i've added a whole bunch of horror-themed titles to the Game UI Database! Including Dying Light: The Beast, Alone in the Dark, Eternal Darkness, Cronos: The New Dawn and the terrfiying Peppa Pig World Adventures.
Enjoy, mortals: www.gameuidatabase.com/index.php?&s...
Enjoy, mortals: www.gameuidatabase.com/index.php?&s...
October 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
It's Halloween, so i've added a whole bunch of horror-themed titles to the Game UI Database! Including Dying Light: The Beast, Alone in the Dark, Eternal Darkness, Cronos: The New Dawn and the terrfiying Peppa Pig World Adventures.
Enjoy, mortals: www.gameuidatabase.com/index.php?&s...
Enjoy, mortals: www.gameuidatabase.com/index.php?&s...
Picked up two slightly unnecessary but very cool purchases at EGX yesterday: the Japanese versions of Super Smash Bros and Pilotwings 64!
October 25, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Picked up two slightly unnecessary but very cool purchases at EGX yesterday: the Japanese versions of Super Smash Bros and Pilotwings 64!
I rarely post early versions of games to the Game UI Database, but from the moment I saw the UI for Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, I knew I had to break the rules.
I don't think I've ever seen an interface take inspiration from comic book templates before!
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
I don't think I've ever seen an interface take inspiration from comic book templates before!
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
October 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I rarely post early versions of games to the Game UI Database, but from the moment I saw the UI for Marvel Tōkon: Fighting Souls, I knew I had to break the rules.
I don't think I've ever seen an interface take inspiration from comic book templates before!
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
I don't think I've ever seen an interface take inspiration from comic book templates before!
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
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Loco Motive is 20% off on Steam this week, meaning you can now grab an award winning adventure for under $15!
✦ A feature-length murder mystery set aboard a train
✦ Beautifully animated with gorgeous pixel art
✦ Full voice acting!
✦ Steam Deck Verified
🚂💨 s.team/a/1709880
✦ A feature-length murder mystery set aboard a train
✦ Beautifully animated with gorgeous pixel art
✦ Full voice acting!
✦ Steam Deck Verified
🚂💨 s.team/a/1709880
October 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Loco Motive is 20% off on Steam this week, meaning you can now grab an award winning adventure for under $15!
✦ A feature-length murder mystery set aboard a train
✦ Beautifully animated with gorgeous pixel art
✦ Full voice acting!
✦ Steam Deck Verified
🚂💨 s.team/a/1709880
✦ A feature-length murder mystery set aboard a train
✦ Beautifully animated with gorgeous pixel art
✦ Full voice acting!
✦ Steam Deck Verified
🚂💨 s.team/a/1709880
I can't believe I only just noticed this, but the Teal & Pink colour scheme seen throughout Donkey Kong Bananza's UI is actually a reference to the colour palette of the first level from the original Donkey Kong!!
September 14, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I can't believe I only just noticed this, but the Teal & Pink colour scheme seen throughout Donkey Kong Bananza's UI is actually a reference to the colour palette of the first level from the original Donkey Kong!!
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Super early look at Kenney Creator, my new modeling software for indies. It'll feature many blocks and tools to create any sort of model - aiming for a Q1 2026 release! ✨
September 5, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Super early look at Kenney Creator, my new modeling software for indies. It'll feature many blocks and tools to create any sort of model - aiming for a Q1 2026 release! ✨
This is the best article I’ve read that perfectly sums up how I feel about Gen AI, and I urge you all to read it.
'I am more than a critic: I am a hater. I'm not here to make a careful comprehensive argument, I am here to be rude. Because this is a rude technology, and it deserves a rude response.'
'I am more than a critic: I am a hater. I'm not here to make a careful comprehensive argument, I am here to be rude. Because this is a rude technology, and it deserves a rude response.'
I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.
I Am An AI Hater
I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.
anthonymoser.github.io
August 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
This is the best article I’ve read that perfectly sums up how I feel about Gen AI, and I urge you all to read it.
'I am more than a critic: I am a hater. I'm not here to make a careful comprehensive argument, I am here to be rude. Because this is a rude technology, and it deserves a rude response.'
'I am more than a critic: I am a hater. I'm not here to make a careful comprehensive argument, I am here to be rude. Because this is a rude technology, and it deserves a rude response.'
A few people have been asking why PadCrafter is down. Long story short, I forgot to switch the domain over. Whoops!
It will be back online soon, but for now, please use the following address:
www.gameuidatabase.com/tb_pad
Also stay tuned for the 2.0 update (pictured) coming soon!
It will be back online soon, but for now, please use the following address:
www.gameuidatabase.com/tb_pad
Also stay tuned for the 2.0 update (pictured) coming soon!
August 12, 2025 at 9:03 PM
A few people have been asking why PadCrafter is down. Long story short, I forgot to switch the domain over. Whoops!
It will be back online soon, but for now, please use the following address:
www.gameuidatabase.com/tb_pad
Also stay tuned for the 2.0 update (pictured) coming soon!
It will be back online soon, but for now, please use the following address:
www.gameuidatabase.com/tb_pad
Also stay tuned for the 2.0 update (pictured) coming soon!
Reposted by Edd Coates | Game UI Database
They’re so jealous you can write.
They’re so jealous you can draw.
They’re so jealous you can make music.
They have all the money in the world, but they’ve been driven insane because they don’t have your joy.
They’re so jealous you can draw.
They’re so jealous you can make music.
They have all the money in the world, but they’ve been driven insane because they don’t have your joy.
Writers should never modify their own prose as a reaction to what stupid fucking generative AI is doing -- that shit stole from us, and it stole poorly, incompletely, and has none of our magic and zero of our humanity, our experience, our wonder and fear, and it never ever will. Fuck AI. You do you.
August 1, 2025 at 3:01 PM
They’re so jealous you can write.
They’re so jealous you can draw.
They’re so jealous you can make music.
They have all the money in the world, but they’ve been driven insane because they don’t have your joy.
They’re so jealous you can draw.
They’re so jealous you can make music.
They have all the money in the world, but they’ve been driven insane because they don’t have your joy.
I know a lot of people have been waiting for this one… Metaphor: ReFantazio has been added to the Game UI Database! One of the most eye-catching interfaces of recent times.
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
This also marks another huge milestone for the site: 1500 Games!
2k by Xmas? Lets gooo!
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
This also marks another huge milestone for the site: 1500 Games!
2k by Xmas? Lets gooo!
August 8, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I know a lot of people have been waiting for this one… Metaphor: ReFantazio has been added to the Game UI Database! One of the most eye-catching interfaces of recent times.
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
This also marks another huge milestone for the site: 1500 Games!
2k by Xmas? Lets gooo!
www.gameuidatabase.com/gameData.php...
This also marks another huge milestone for the site: 1500 Games!
2k by Xmas? Lets gooo!
Milestone alert: the Game UI Database YouTube channel has now passed 300 videos!
This is where you'll find unedited gameplay footage from the videos featured on the site - including some that haven’t even been added to the database yet!
Subscribe at www.youtube.com/@gameuidatab...
This is where you'll find unedited gameplay footage from the videos featured on the site - including some that haven’t even been added to the database yet!
Subscribe at www.youtube.com/@gameuidatab...
August 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Milestone alert: the Game UI Database YouTube channel has now passed 300 videos!
This is where you'll find unedited gameplay footage from the videos featured on the site - including some that haven’t even been added to the database yet!
Subscribe at www.youtube.com/@gameuidatab...
This is where you'll find unedited gameplay footage from the videos featured on the site - including some that haven’t even been added to the database yet!
Subscribe at www.youtube.com/@gameuidatab...