Game On: Mastering UI Design and Gamification

Attention all gamers and designers! Join us for our next?Master Class?as we explore the exciting world of gaming and gamification, and learn how to create intuitive and visually appealing user interfaces for your games.

Led by our expert speaker,?multidisciplinary designer Stéfano Girardelli , you will learn the fundamentals of UI design for games and gain practical skills to help you enhance the user experience of your gaming products. Stéfano has worked on games like?Zooba, Sniper 3D, Racing Clash?and?War Machines.?

UI design plays a crucial role in gaming and gamification, as it can greatly enhance or detract from the overall user experience. A game’s UI design impacts the player's ability to navigate the game, access information, and, ultimately, their enjoyment of the game. Similarly, in gamification, the UI design influences the user's motivation and engagement, which determines the success of the gamified product.???

Register for?UI Design for Games: Starter Edition here?or below.?

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From User-Centered Design to Player-Centered Design

Designing for gamification requires a shift from traditional user-centered design to a more nuanced approach. While UX design has long focused on the user,?gamification demands a focus on the player. Player-centered design is a modified version of the traditional user-centered design that caters to players' unique needs, motivations, and goals. This article explores the importance of player-centered design in gamification and how it helps create engaging and meaningful experiences for players.

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What is Gamification?

Gamification is a technique which designers use to insert gameplay elements in non-gaming settings, so they enhance user engagement with a product or service. By weaving suitably fun features such as leaderboards and badges into an existing system, designers tap users’ intrinsic motivations so they enjoy using it more.

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Deconstructing Fun: Lessons for Gamification

Gamification can enhance a system or product, but the element of fun truly takes it to the next level. Without fun, gamified experiences become a chore, but with it, users are engaged, motivated, and eager to participate. In this article, we'll learn what makes Tetris fun and how to make your designs and products fun too!

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