The document discusses lessons that UX design can learn from game design. It outlines five key lessons: 1) thoroughly document the design process, 2) ensure complexity adds value for users, 3) connect with users through personality, 4) focus on eliciting emotions, and 5) provide feedback to users. Integrating these game design concepts can help go beyond simple gamification and create more engaging user experiences.
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UX, game design, and ways to
integrate game design concepts into
the user experience design process.
Today weâll discuss:
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Caryn Vainio, UX designer for games
The design of a game â its rules, its
fun factor, its balance â is different
than the design of the navigation
into and throughout a game.
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Game design elements
Mechanics â Ways a player can interact with the game.
Rules â Systems that determine what the player can or canât do in a game.
Characters â Beings with which players interact.
Goals â What the player must do to finish the game.
Narrative â Atmosphere that drives the gameâs goal, mechanics, and rules.
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Richard Garfield, designer for Magic: the Gathering
Game designs have a complexity
budget. You can only have a
certain amount of complexity and
you have to figure whether itâs
worth spending.
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Steve Swink
The sensation of controlling a digital
object is one of the most powerful â
and overlooked â phenomena ever to
emerge from the intersection of
people and computers.
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â Both center around how people interact
with interfaces
â Both involve ideation, prototyping, testing,
& documentation
â UX is about removing roadblocks
â Game design is about challenging players
UX & game design
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â Create references with documentation
â Ensure that complexity has value
â Connect with users through personality
â Focus on emotions and memorability
â Give interaction feedback
Beyond gamification
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â Prune (iOS)
â Spelltower (Android, iOS, Mac)
â TwoDots (Android, iOS)
â Beglitched (Mac, Windows)
â Ghosts of Miami (Mac, Windows)
Games to check out
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â Gamasutra gamasutra.com
â That Gameâs UX thatgamesux.com
â The Indie Gaming Source tigsource.com
â Sirlin on Game Design sirlin.net
Websites