The Game UX Interview Series is a series of interviews where one Game UX Professional interviews another. The catch, is that the interviewee conducts the next interview! Ideally, this is a person you don’t know. By doing this, we will hopefully expand beyond our own networks and create more relationships…

Interview #1: Maïmouna Brownrigg — Welcome to the beginning of The Game UX Interview Series! This is a series of interviews where one UI/UX Designer in the Games industry interviews another. The catch is that the interviewee choses someone else to interview next! …

< Previous — Layout Components Now that you have a basic understanding of Unity UI concepts, we can now begin to apply those ideas towards a practical example. In the introductory article, I gave a preview of the prototype app we will be building, this Instagram-like photo app found here.

< Previous: Introduction to UI Components In this article, we’ll be introducing layout components. These are the true building blocks to creating a dimension agnostic UI. Fully understanding the layout system in Unity will allow you to create flexible UI that adjusts to any device. There are three layout group…

< Previous: Introduction Installing Unity If you haven’t already done so, download and install the latest version of Unity. When prompted to install, keep the default settings and select Continue.

< Previous: Exploring and Customizing the Interface This article will introduce two of the main UI GameObjects used in Unity: Images and Text. GameObjects, which are somewhat comparable to layers in a Photoshop or Sketch, are all the objects that live inside the Hierarchy. …

< Previous: Installing Unity and Creating a Project Since this tutorial series is geared towards designers, I like to compare the Unity interface to design software like Photoshop or Sketch. Comparing helps make the interface more relatable and less complex. First, hide the camera icon in the middle of the…

Unity is one of the most popular game engines today, due to it’s breadth of cross-platform publishing to mostly all mobile operating systems and game consoles. …

For this article, we’ll be taking a bit of a different approach. It’s more of a case study plus walk-through, rather than a step-by-step tutorial. It’s also much more complex, but hopefully after reading the first few, you guys are ready! …