What makes an awesome game? Here are the factors that help determine how enjoyable a video game is for its players.

Tailoring (verb): The process of adapting a game user experience and user interface to a new platform.

Coates emphasises that UI is a complex beast that's very dependent on context. The genre, theme, style, and key information a game needs to present all dictate the fundamentals of your UI design.

When people bring up gaming in social conversations, the first things people bring up are the characters and the stories that ...

RIT’s game design MS degree is ranked 8th among top universities in the world for students who want to study and create games, according to the 2024 international rankings from The Princeton Review.

The Game UI Database, created by senior UI artist Edd Coates, is a repository that highlights the different approaches to user interface design in games.

Screenshots from over 1,000 games highlight this often overlooked aspect of game design.

Edd Coates is founder of Game UI Database. Game UI designers use references to iterate on existing design patterns and provide players familiar, intuitive experiences. This allows us to onboard them ...

There is no video game that can turn you into a great designer (even if SimCity really can teach you a lot about urban planning). But this new game, which tests your knowledge of interface design ...

Fans of PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds have taken to improving the game's lacklustre UI with their own inventive designs.