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The Role of UX Design in Online Gaming Platforms 

Scott Boris 3 min read
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In the world of interactive entertainment, of, as we usually call them, games, user experience is paramount. You cannot have a good game with bad UX. Bad UX will immediately deter players and turn them right off from the IP. 

It happened with major titles like Cyberpunk, which was released to widespread condemnation for being buggy and nigh-unplayable. It was only after the developer worked to improve those fixes that it finally found success. 

User experience, when the experience in question is directly interactive, cannot be stressed enough. That’s why all game developers need to take a page out of online gaming platforms’ notebooks, and ensure their platform features these key UX design features:

Beautifully Engaging Graphics and Music 

The number one most important element to any user’s experience when playing a game is, by far, the graphics and music. Both of these work to create an immersive, engaging environment to get lost in. It’s why online casinos like Kanuuna.com have expanded their slot game repertoire to include a huge range of striking and beautifully designed slot games to go alongside their table and live casino games. Yes, slot games are relatively similar to one another, but each theme and story makes the experience unique and memorable. 

Tip: If you’re creating 3D graphics for your game, know that lighting mechanics are going to make the biggest difference to the success of your visuals. 

A Well-Designed Heads-Up Display (HUD)

The HUD is a very important part of gameplay. With online games, this could be where the game controls are, for example, a lever on an online slots game. With immersive RPGs, it could be a map or a gameplay dial (that includes spells or weapons) that essentially gives players a cheat-sheet to play the game better. Without an intuitive HUD, you have a disastrously difficult game. 

With online games, a lack of a HUD will immediately make the game more difficult, as players have to outright guess what area on their screen to push to make anything happen. With console games, players will need to go back and forth to try to remember all the buttons at all times. If they forget anything, like what item they have equipped, then they could end up dying in even a rather routine encounter in-game. 

That being said, the HUD cannot be too cluttered. You need to streamline what information is absolutely essential and keep it to that, while putting those buttons, maps, etc. neatly along the edge of the screen. 

Intuitive Gameplay 

While the HUD definitely acts as an essential crutch for gameplay, gameplay itself needs to be intuitive, or at least follow the widely known rules of play. For example, a live poker game should follow the classic rules of poker, while a new slots game should be intuitive to use even without a tutorial. 

Where more complex gameplay is needed, however, step-by-step tutorials that build upon skills are essential. This is how you’ll be able to slowly get players used to the gameplay, so that it quickly becomes intuitive, even if going from 0 to 100 would be difficult. 

Use Player Psychology to Create a Rewarding Experience

Finally, games need to use player psychology to create a rewarding experience. Doing things in a game is not enough. There needs to be purpose and forward momentum. Without these, actions can just feel like chores. 

Now, technically, online slots games automatically have the reward (or more specifically, the potential for a reward) built in, but that hasn’t stopped game developers from getting creative. Instead of just a payout, players can engage in RPG-style gameplay, where instead, of just winning when you get a certain payline, you also get reward combinations that allow you to do battle or progress the story built into the slots game. 

For other genres, rewards like levelling up, improving skills, upgrading your house, and so on can be an excellent substitute. 

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