UX Designer Role

Relevance to the Concept

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Without any elements of UX Design, the team would have no sense of who we're creating this game for, and would receive little to no feedback on what they develop over the course of the project. With no target audience, there would be no feedback relevant to what the target audience thinks, and so the team would lack any direction on what would need to be fixed/included to cater to this audience in a better way

Technical Research

What Are the Key Responsibilities of a UX Designer?

Summary

Describes UX designers as advocates for the target audience and brings forth ideas on what users want out of the product. Also describes the difference between UX design and UI design and stresses that the UX designer and project manager should not be the same person on a team.

 

Game UX Design: Why UX Matters When Making A Video Game

Summary:

Explains how UX and UI go hand in hand and how UX in games bridges the gap between creating a game and making it fun for players. If done well, it is explained that UX can help enhance gameplay and keep players engaged in a game, and also evoke emotions in players of a game.

Code Written For Data Analysis Document

Challenges

  • Delays became a problem when it came to user testing, as each time the team thought the game was in a state where it could be tested, it ended up instead being a case where crucial elements were left out due to some members of the team working based on deadlines, and instead the team needed to scramble to complete these tasks and let testing go by the wayside.