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Matt Rix headshot - UI/UXMatt Rix – Game Developer + UI/UX Expert

Matt Rix is a talented game developer behind Trainyard, Scorekeeper, and Disco Zoo. Now he’s making FutureGrind (He’s one half of Milkbag Games). Matt pays attention to how games, apps, and projects behave with polished user experience and user interfaces.

 

Website: http://magicule.com/ or  http://www.milkbaggames.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MattRix @MattRix

 

Here are a few points that we could talk about:

  • What are some of your techniques to help with user acceptance
  • What do you hate seeing in UI/UX
  • UI = How it works
  • UX = How it looks
  • UI/UX is very closely related. Its hard to change how something works without changing how it looks.
  • Having a good UX is more important because you’re losing users
  • What do you consider “bad” UI/UX
    • Popups on mobile sites with tiny close buttons
  • ‘Dark Design’ – User experience used for malicious use
  • What do you consider “good” UI/UX
    • Should be one key thing that a user should find
    • Group functionality with similar designs
  • Learn what people want to use your site for and focus on that functionality
  • You don’t want to assume how people are using your site
    • Google Analytics
    • User Testing
  • ‘Intro movies’
  • Developers will sometimes have to make design decisions
  • How important is it to have a good UI/UX person
  • Car websites almost all look the same
    • Non-mobile friendly site
    • Flashy intros
    • Focusing on the wrong parts
  • Gesture are sometimes nice to have
    • Don’t force them
  • Companies focus on external UI/UX more than internal
  • Flat Design comes and goes
    • Useful in some situations
  • Affordance
    • Sometime that looks like how it should be used
    • Push door without handles
    • Coffee mug handle
  • Pokeyoke – ‘Idiot proof’
  • ‘Screaming Face’ game icon
    • Common app using a design to gain quick users
    • Possible Clickbait/Garbage App
  • Children are easily susceptible to ‘Dark Design’
  • Inspiration can sometimes come from other products
  • Sometimes short-term ticky/clickbait works on us
  • Old-school gifs

Quick Picks

Marion

  • Spotify Family level – $15/month
    • Premium Spotify for multiple people
    • One payment for 5 people at the same address
  • Refactoring UI
    • Website for practical examples of how to build and design a UI/UX
    • Learn how to design awesome UI’s by yourself using specific tactics explained from a developer’s point-of-view.

Matt

 

 

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