Mar 15, 2022

The Acagamic Tip Tuesday - Issue #5

By Lennart Nacke • Issue #5 • View online

Welcome back to The Acagamic Tip Tuesday.

Each Tuesday, I will send you a tip from the world of UX Research & Design for games. At my website The Acagamic, I focus on training people to become better researchers and designers for games and beyond.

Each tip will only take a few minutes to read.

Tip of the week

Players hate change. Be aware of the baby duck syndrome when designing your game. Follow genre conventions.

People have the tendency to compare each game to the first one they played, specifically within a certain genre. If the interface or system is not familiar, they do not like it. This is similar to newly hatched geese imprinting on the first creature they see (Google: Konrad Lorenz).

Three Tweets

Kari Gaynor

@KariGaynor

Hi, I’m a Game UX Designer. You may know me from my greatest hits including

"Let's A/B test this"
"This is only my 3rd cup of coffee"
"Users expect B press to go back"
"Tabs that carousel are bad for accessibility"
"Noone reads my design docs so please refer to this power point"

8:26 PM - 20 Jan 2019

Mike Mariano 🔜 GDC

@marianomike

Great advice from @Teknobabel. "The Game UX Interview Series" - @smassagee00 https://t.co/zJ6SOBjKQj https://t.co/D1AvKrs5bb

12:46 PM - 20 Jul 2018

Graham McAllister

@grmcall

What sort of UX do you need for your game? UX Design vs UX Research. #ux #gamedesign #gamedev https://t.co/aSIYaTqm0L

8:27 AM - 24 May 2019

Two Links

Baby duck syndrome in digital design | by Maxim Stepanov | UX Collective

Every usability specialist is a kind of researcher. Therefore, there are not only generally accepted standards and laws but also rules that are opened with each usability audit and usability testing…

uxdesign.cc • Share

Designing Game Controls

My article with a big general guideline about game controls design.

www.gamedeveloper.com • Share

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Until next week,

Lennart Nacke