COMPANION
ROLE
UI/ UX Designer, Game Designer
PROJECT
Companion was a UI/UX project independently developed for a university assignment. I was responsible for all stages of UI/UX and game design, from research to interactive mock-ups.
DESCRIPTION
Companion was a solo project inspired by Moonlighter and Pokémon. The images below are of the mobile UI mock-ups I created for the concept.
I created my own Companion font for this project (visible in the first two screenshots).
GOALS
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Design a game and develop its user interface and user experience as an interactive mobile prototype.
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Create all the assets for the mock-ups, including characters, environments and UI.
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Develop the gameplay, core and meta loop design.
LEARNINGS
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I developed the UX with accessibility, player needs and platform in mind.
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Settings considerations such as dominant hand preferences for controls and language options.
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Localisation such as using native text to represent languages instead of flag symbols, as they can symbolise multi-language speaking countries rather than specific languages.
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Platform considerations, such as push notifications for mobile.
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I applied usability heuristics learnings such as meaningful colour palettes to reflect on the player's state or selected menu and aimed for uniformity across screens.
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Looking back, to improve the UI I would relocate the language selection option to the landing screen to ensure instant accessibility for non-English speakers. I would also improve the consistency of the "Return button" in the main menu to either be written or iconographic, not both.
YEAR
2020
GENRE
Action Adventure RPG
SCREENSHOTS
SOFTWARE USED
Adobe Photoshop
All assets created using Photoshop.
InVision
Mobile prototype creation.