GAME DEVELOPER MASTERCLASS
How we built “Amazing Creatures” in two years — the full story
In November 2017 I had an idea for game that would be my ultimate tribute to the brilliant games I played as a kid in ’90s and early ’00s. These are games that actually had a story, mystery and novelty. I’m talking about Crash Bandicoot, Metal Gear Solid, Final Fantasy, Deus Ex, and Silent Hill. These kind of games.
THE “X” IN “UX”
So what is UX then?
It’s safe to say all products are after the best User Experience.
Product Designers and UX Designers are after creating the most immersive User Experiences. They design the wireframes, engineer the flows, build prototypes and shit.
The least steps a flow has the better. The least pages a flow has the better. The least clicks a user has to go through to get to the goal the better.
You know what? That’s wrong.
We should stop looking at UX from a perspective of minimizing the number of steps, pages and clicks. …
Building the Product Story
About the author
Pavel Pekanov is a seasoned Creative Director, Art Director and Designer (and a Developer, but tss-s tell no one). Started his creative career in 2004, followed by the launch of his own Creative Agency in 2008. Ranked a top earning freelancer on Upwork (former Elance) in 2013. Launched a few startups of his own. Featured on CSS Design Awards. Former Creative Director at QUOINE. Pavel has been helping startups, founders and well run businesses with Branding, Product Design, UI/UX and Brand Experience for 14+ years.
Personal website: pekanov.com
What Makes The Product?
Let’s start with an eye-opening — you may not even have a Product at your hands. You may have a service, an app, a website. Having a Product is different from just having a website. …
7 times you thought you were doing good, but you weren’t
About the author
Pavel Pekanov is a seasoned Creative Director, Art Director and Designer (and a Developer, but tss-s tell no one). Started his creative career in 2004, followed by the launch of his own Creative Agency in 2008. Ranked a top earning freelancer on Upwork (former Elance) in 2013. Launched a few startups of his own. Featured on CSS Design Awards. Former Creative Director at QUOINE. Pavel has been helping startups, founders and well run businesses with Branding, Product Design, UI/UX and Brand Experience for 14+ years.
Personal website: pekanov.com
1. Ask to install a mobile app.
I get it. Conversions, platform that’s optimized for mobile experience, or plain excuse to have a mobile development department. But, really, since when did it become so ridiculously intrusive? …
A refined know-it-all guide on all about the Product
About the author
Pavel Pekanov is a seasoned Creative Director, Art Director and Designer (and a Developer, but tss-s tell no one). Started his creative career in 2004, followed by the launch of his own Creative Agency in 2008. Ranked a top earning freelancer on Upwork (former Elance) in 2013. Launched a few startups of his own. Featured on CSS Design Awards. Former Creative Director at QUOINE. Pavel has been helping startups, founders and well run businesses with Branding, Product Design, UI/UX and Brand Experience for 14+ years.
Personal website: pekanov.com
UI/UX & Product Design
UI (User Interface) and UX (User Experience) go along together these days. …
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