Diablo Immortals

Overview

Assessing the player experience through the lens of the four video game design pillars to pinpoint areas for enhancement. This project was undertaken as part of ELVTR’s Advanced UX/UI in Gaming course.

Challenges

• Short timespan
• Limited knowledge of established game rules
• Design references were very vast and hard to pin down
• Limited access to art resources

Solution

                                                             Mobile

Role

UX/UI & Research

Timeline

1 week

Tools

Figma & Photoshop

Highlights

Experience Goals Success Metrics  Cross-Platform

Console

Card Sorting

I began with a card sorting exercise, organizing some of the player options in the game into categories: pre-gameplay, gameplay, and post-gameplay.

UX/UI Goals & Success Metrics

To gain a clearer understanding of the objectives and the desired outcome, I crafted an experience goals and vision chart. 

Rated each screen based on Usability, Desirability, and Scalability (3 = high score) for each pillar

Pinned key focus areas with the highest impact

Experience & Production Prioritization

Decided to focus on the Pre-Game: Experience and Gameplay: Skills & Abilities. The next step involved deciding the work needed to achieve the specific goals

Inspirtations

• Analyzed RPG conventions: observed common practice of disabling player skills and abilities in town areas - Not primary goal
• Reviewed other games 'Ultimate mechanics' with Jakob's Law in mind, gaining insights to enhance clarity in the current 'Ultimate mechanics'

Player Journey Map

Flow Chart

Wireframes

PRE-GAME EXPERIENCE

• Increased the size of the interaction action
• Removed the potion slot - players can't use potions in town and automatically at full health
• Disabled and reduced the size (focus) of the skill bars when in town

• Implemented Long Press for Ultimate activation in settings to help minimize player error

 just click on the yellow checkmark button on the top right. Have Fun!

GAMEPLAY

• Ultimate ability is always visible but disabled until fully charged
  
• Aligned Ultimate Meter color with activation border for enhanced clarity

• Match Ultimate color glow with activation button for improved discoverability and clarity.

CONSOLE

• Learned how to analyze a video game in depth using the 4 video game experience pillars.
• Gained a better understanding of the player gameplay flow and how to define the experience goals and success metrics effectively for video games.