How can I create a GUI for my XNA game? (do any GUI libraries exist?)

Question

Almost every game needs a GUI of some sort so I'm wondering how I can create one in XNA...

Do any XNA GUI libraries exist?

Thanks,
John

Answer 1

I know there have been a few threads in the forums of people asking questions that seem to indicate that they are most likely working on a GUI component, but there is only one that I know of that's available right now.

Buttermilk can be downloaded from CodePlex. I haven't used it myself, so I have no idea how well it looks or works.

Answer 2

Don't forget to search the forums before creating a new post. This topic has come up several times before. Here's one thread:

http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1204342&SiteID=1

 

Answer 3

An up-and-coming possibility is CEGUI#. I'm looking at it now for a project.

Answer 4

Thanks for the replies!

Where can I get the XNA renderer for CEGUI#?

I also couldn't find any releases for CEGUI# except for the SVN repository.  Is this the only way to get it?

I'd REALLY like to use CEGUI# since I think it's probably the best option (for me).

 

Answer 5

Hmmm, I've found more files in the SVN repository (sorry, I'm a newbie to SVN) and it looks like I found the real CEGUI# release (v0.5.0).

I've downloaded it and compiled everything, but when I run the XNA demo, it gives a runtime error about needing a pixel and vertex shader to be set.  (this error comes from XnaRenderer.cs).

Can anybody help? :(

Answer 6

George Clingerman wrote:

I know there have been a few threads in the forums of people asking questions that seem to indicate that they are most likely working on a GUI component, but there is only one that I know of that's available right now. Buttermilk can be downloaded from CodePlex. I haven't used it myself, so I have no idea how well it looks or works.

 

I clicked this link, but an error came up, so do you know another way that I could get buttermilk??

Answer 7

The link works for me still. You might want to try clicking it again. It it errors for you still, just go to codeplex.com and do a search for buttermilk.