Project Summary

While I would never dream of replacing Konami’s original game (nor Ayami Kojima’s singular art style), I thought it would be fun to redesign the game’s Pause Menu and Inventory UI (User Interface). My Inventory concept focuses on placing more attention to all the interesting equipment the player collects throughout the game, and how Alucard’s appearance would change as his equipment changes.

I had 5 goals for this project:

1. Create a modern, minimal, and clean UI style while staying true to the original’s display of information.

2. Experiment with UI elements that aren’t flat parallel angles.

3. Create quick and interesting transition animations which highlight the player’s main weapons.

4. Maintain the game’s sense of humor through the UI.

5. Do my best to stay true to Ayami Kojima’s black ink + watercolor art style while creating something unique.

Below is the end result, built in Unity. I would love to design the other screens (Spells, Familiars, Relics, System) when time allows!

**Best viewed at full screen (click the BLUE expand icon) with sound on.**

If your native resolution cannot support the game window above, please visit my itch.io page and play the game there: