Palia - Home Tours UX Process
Role – UX Designer
Design Artifacts
Tools
Collaborated with Game Design, Engineering and UI Art
- UX Flows
- Wireframes
- Prototype
- Documentation for PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox and Playstation
- Figma
- Adobe XD
- Illustrator
- Confluence
1. Kickoff
A Game Designer typically shares a design document with the team that outlines project goals, proposed improvements, and adjustments to existing features. In these sessions, I collaborate with engineers and key stakeholders to evaluate design direction. My role is to define new UI requirements and surface problem areas using player feedback gathered by the community team.
2. Wireframes
I will typically begin by using UX flows to map out the steps a user takes to complete a task, starting from an entry point and then moving through the actions, decisions, system responses and exit points. This helps me account for loops, edge cases and user types.
Home Tours involved 2 flows:
- Tour Flow – from the board, users would be able to see tours from other players and submit their own
- Reaction Flow – when viewing other players’ plots, the user is able to leave an emoji reaction
Tour Board Flow:
Reaction Flow:
After mapping out user flows, I research other games that may have similar features or objectives and then start on wireframes. I typically design console’s wireframes first as it is more complicated to design for due to having to plan out focus and button limits.
PC Wireframes
Console Wireframes
3. Handoff
After finalizing my wireframes, I hold a cross disciplinary review with design, engineering, and UI art partners to align on user flows and interface direction. Based on feedback, I update the wireframes as needed and document the final designs in Confluence.
For Home Tours, the final UI Art was made by Tammy Chang.
4. User Testing & Iteration
At Singularity 6, user testing was carried out through both team and company wide playtests. Feedback was gathered promptly and incorporated into the design process, ensuring features were refined and improved through iteration.
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