alashazamNov 7
Game design is simple, actually https://www.raphkoster.com/2025/11/03/game-design-is-simple-actually/ #Fun, #GameDesign, #GameGrammar, #GameNarrative, #GameStudies, #GameUx, #TheoryOfFun, #Ux
Game design is simple, actually

So, let’s just walk through the whole thing, end to end. Here’s a twelve-step program for understanding game design. One: Fun There are a lot of things people call “fun.” But most of them are not u…

Raph Koster
VrtxdMay 16, 2025

As a contribution to the history of digital game controllers, I checked and added the button controls of all Game & Watch games to Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Game_%26_Watch_games

#GameAndWatch #RetroGaming #GameStudies #GameResearch #GameController #Gamepad #DPad #GameUI #GameUX #Wikipedia #Wikimedia

List of Game & Watch games - Wikipedia

XboxDevMay 13, 2025
devcom 2025: Erste Programmhöhepunkte und Keynote bestätigt
Die devcom developer conference 2025 (#ddc2025) hat mit einer ersten Vorschau auf das Konferenzpro
https://xboxdev.com/devcom-2025-erste-programmhoehepunkte-und-keynote-bestaetigt/
#Devcom2025 #Entwicklung #Event #AndersLauridsen #Cologne #DavidFox #ddc2025 #devcom #FleurMarty #GameEventsGmbH #GameUX #gamescom #GSCGameWorld #Hybridkonferenz #IndieShowcase #Koelnmesse #Konferenzprogramm #Postmortem #STALKER2 #ScholarshipProgram
devcom 2025: Erste Programmhöhepunkte und Keynote bestätigt - XboxDev

Die devcom developer conference 2025 (#ddc2025) hat mit einer ersten Vorschau auf das Konferenzprogramm begonnen.

XboxDev
woe2youFeb 16, 2025

I have no problem with zero indexed arrays, but for usability's sake it might be wise to stick to the same conventions as the OS...

#GameUX #bad_ux

Dr. Dek 👨‍🚀🐧🚀 )Sep 29, 2024
A big piece of #gameux is localization
Dr. Dek 👨‍🚀🐧🚀 )Aug 10, 2024

"GUI improvements often surprise us with just how impactful they can be, even for simple cases, they can really compound on the quality of life."

From Factorio Blog https://factorio.com/blog/post/fff-423
#gamedev #gameux #gameui

Friday Facts #423 - Research info tooltip & Online players GUI | Factorio

Hello, GUI improvements often surprise us with just how impactful they can be, even for simple cases, they can really compound on the quality of life.

Factorio
Dr. Dek 👨‍🚀🐧🚀 )Aug 4, 2024

#gameui should also be responsive. This will give your game more flexibility later (and easy ultrawide or 4:3 screen support).

#gameux

Dr. Dek 👨‍🚀🐧🚀 )Jul 8, 2024
In #gameux #gameui you usually don't give a fuck about performance, just avoid doing things that stall the main thread and you are good.
A search of 20 elements doesn't need a cached hashmap, a for loop will work just fine ;)
Dr. Dek 👨‍🚀🐧🚀 )Jul 3, 2024
#GameUX should not be clean and sleek, but it should be fun! Not fun for the sake of it, but for the sake of immersion into the game aesthetics and environment.
Dr. Dek 👨‍🚀🐧🚀 )Apr 5, 2024
I loved that the first Crysis showed your laptop battery in the game HUD
#GameUX