UX

I’m currently focusing on the UX - creating products from scratch or improving user experience and engagement in existing games. I have a strong UI/art background though, which helps with collaboration with UI artists and defining further UI tasks.

Every project/company has different needs and production process, but below is a general overview of things I usually work or collaborate on:

Defining the project

• Understanding the foundation and concept of the project

• Identifying goals to achieve and issues to solve/avoid

• Help with defining the high-level concept of production

Research

• Analysis based on the market, user and competitor research

• Creating user personas and user stories

  —> collab with research team

Understanding core gameplay flow

• Taking part in game design brainstorming (if needed)

• Putting together a core loop flow to document game’s foundation

  —> collab with game design

Creating low-fidelity wireframes

• starting with sketching the layouts

• creating wireframes to explore the basic structure of the screens
  —> collab with game design and engineering

Creating interactive prototypes

• click-through prototypes in Figma or Sketch

• animated prototypes in Principle

Testing & Iterations

• Preparing prototypes/materials for the playtests

• Conducting playtests

• applying feedback based on findings

Creating high-fidelity wireframes and visual mockups

• from simple sketches to pre-production mockups

Creating final UI assets

• creating final UI assets (see https://www.ilugame.com/galleryui) or

• handing off specs for the UI Artist

• Creating UI Style Guides

  —> collab with Art

VFX prototypes

• Creating prorotypes for UI animations/VFX/interaction design

• Collaboration with animators/vfx artists on final effects

UX/UI Documentation

• Providing specifications needed for implementation

• Documentation

Documentation examples (based on various projects):