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Category: UX

Cardboard Interfaces: UX for Board Games Video

August 26, 2019August 26, 2019Leave a comment

I really appreciated this talk about the intersection of Usability and board games. It very much matches the way I think about games and how I apply my work in the UX field to game design. I especially like how he removed a games theme, then listened to how players describe the feel of the … Continue reading Cardboard Interfaces: UX for Board Games Video

Concept Models and Game Design

March 1, 2017March 1, 2017Leave a comment

Concept models are a tool used to understand how the elements within a topic relate to each other. They are often used by designers to understand how the many parts of a system relate to each other. The creator places all of the nouns in circles. The nouns are all the “things” related to the … Continue reading Concept Models and Game Design

Game Design vs UX Design

October 15, 2016March 1, 2017Leave a comment

I am keenly interested in migrating my skills in the world of UX Design to that of game design (physical board game design in particular). I recently discovered Raph Koster's article titled Game Design vs UX Design and it obviously rung a bell for me. As a UX Designer it is indeed my goal and … Continue reading Game Design vs UX Design

Timmy, Johnny and Spike and the usage of personas in game design

October 13, 2016March 1, 2017Leave a comment

An important tool in the world of UX design is the persona. It is used to describe your user base by breaking them into groups and giving them key traits and names. The idea is to remind the designer or developer that they are building a product for someone other then themselves. It doesn't matter … Continue reading Timmy, Johnny and Spike and the usage of personas in game design

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Jack is sooo serious
Good old Settlers
Really pleased with how this is looking!
Behold, the Gelatinous cube.! The deck, not Jack.
Crazy Unicorn booster pack coming very soon. My life is complete, I have foil packs. @thegamecrafter
Testing some new Crazy Unicorn cards out
Vacation play testing!
The first test of the Cultist deck. Jack is excited his first ritual summoned Cthulhu. Yikes!!
D-Day Dice. Great game!
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