User Interface

User Interface

From menus, to heads-up displays, to dialog systems, and so on - your user interface is the contextual gateway to your player better understanding your game's state, world, and narrative.

User interfaces, also referred to as GUI (Graphical User Interface), UI, or incorrectly as UX (User Experience)1, are one of the key ways of providing your player with contextual information about your game, its rules, and its narrative.

  • HUD (Heads-Up Display)
  • Main Menu
  • Multiplayer Menus
  • Settings Menu

General Resources #

  1. While UI and UX are very related, they actually serve different goals. A (G)UI is the tool/mechanism used to express the information, ideally in a way that is also aesthetically pleasing or enjoyable. UX is attempting to convey information is the most effective way to achieve a goal with the end user with the least amount of friction and frustration. ↩︎