I Hired a UI Expert to Fix My Indie Game - Here's what happened

184 days later, my game finally looks like it was made by someone who knows what they're doing 😅 I spent two years building Summit of Elements - a cozy pixel-art farming adventure where you bend the elements instead of just using tools. Stardew Valley meets Avatar: The Last Airbender. 🌿🔥💧🌪 But every part of the game was coming together EXCEPT the menus. I have 10 years of web development experience and I still could NOT make a game UI that didn't look like developer art. So I did the thing I swore I wouldn't... I hired help. This is the story of losing my ego, why I didn't let AI just do it, and how hiring a real UI designer changed the whole game. 🎨 UI Design: Sofi   / sofia-nahir-martinez   https://x.com/nox_pff Big thanks to Sofi for the style guide that rebuilt my entire UI — go check out her work, she's incredible. drop a comment below - I reply to all of them! 0:00 Intro 0:43 The Problem 2:05 Why I Didn't Use AI 4:34 The New Screens In Action 5:10 The Master Reveal 5:31 What It Cost #indiedev #gamedev #devlog #pixelart #indiegame #gamedevelopment