Hello curious travelers, welcome back to the Cygnus Enterprises dev blog. I'm Kim, the UI lead, and I'm here to show you some of the tricks that our UX/UI team used to make your life a little easier in Cygnus.
Are you ready? Let's get started!
The main goal of a UX designer is to ensure that user interactions are as intuitive as possible. Let's take buttons as an example. When designing a button, it's important to make sure it is clear and easy to understand, by using labels that clearly explain the action the button will perform when clicked. To draw attention to the button, we use contrasting colors, sizes, and shapes, and position it in a logical spot on the page. Additionally, to make the button stand out more, we added some extra white space around it and used hover effects so users can get feedback when they hover over the button. Finally, icons are also be used to help explain the action of the button.
Now let’s move onto the viewing experience. From a visual perspective, the UX team wanted to provide an immersive gaming experience, so we designed a “HUD Mud” feature to enrich the combat experience in specific areas with specific creatures. For example, when you get attacked in certain areas, your HUD will be filled with spots of mud.
Another immersive experience that deserves to be mentioned is the UI’s overall style. To establish the direction, we brainstormed and we have decided that a Corporation/Sci-fi/Positive style would fit the best to Cygnus’ story and art style. Our GUI artists have been very skillful incorporating decorative elements like circuit boards and hologram effects into our UI patterns, which results in the UI feeling more futuristic.
I hope I've given you a clear idea of what the UX team does. We are constantly striving to improve your user experience and meet your needs by taking your feedback into account, so you can have the best gaming experience possible.
See ya next time!!
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Thanks,
Team Miaozi