8-user interface in game (game development - umt spring 2017)

UserInterfaceinGame

FROM:HAFIZAMMARSIDDIQUI– COURSE:GAMEDEVELOPMENT– INSTITUTE:UNIVERSITYOFMANAGEMENTANDTECHNOLOGY

GameUserInterface• Game user interface refers to the methods and interfaces (screens) through which a

player interactswith a game

• User interface in a game communicates the information and provide interactive

elements on screen to the player

• Game user interface provides navigation, delivers information and allows the player to

performanyaction in the game


GameInterfaceTypes


GameInterfaceTypes• Diegetic Interface: It is integrated in the game in which a player is playing, represented

as an actual entity inside the gameworld. It is part of the environment (space) and story

of the game

• Non-Diegetic Interface: It is an overlay on top of the game, rendered outside the game

and visible to a player in the real world. It is neither part of the environment (space) nor

story of the game


GameInterfaceTypes• Spatial Interface: It is integrated in the game in which a player is playing, without being

an actual entity inside the game world. It is part of the environment (space) but not

story of the game

•Meta Interface: It is an overlay on top of the game, rendered outside the game and

visible to a player in the real world but connected to the game world. It is part of the

story but not environment (space) of the game


GameInterfaceTypes


Partofgameenvironment (space)?

Partofgamestory?

YesNo

No

Yes

Non-Diegetic Spatial

DiegeticMeta

ScreenTypes


ScreenTypes• License: It shows end-user license agreement (EULA) of a game that tells you who

owns the copyrights and the rights or permissionsof the buyer

• Splash: It shows the image or animation involving the logo of companies and

technologies associatedwith a game

• Title: It shows the main title and logo of a game in start

• Loading: It shows an image or animation indicating that player needs to wait while the

game loads or process any information


ScreenTypes•Menu: It shows the main menu of a game where a player can adjust settings before

entering into the gameplay

• Tutorial: It shows instructions and guides about how to play a game, can be before

entering into the gameplayor during the gameplay

• Pause / Options: It shows the pause window with options of a game where a player

can adjust settings during the gameplay


ScreenTypes• Overlay / Toolbar: It shows information in an overlay or tools in a toolbar during the

gameplayof a game

• Credits: It shows the list of all people involved in production, development, and

supportof a game


UserInterfaceGuidelines


UserInterfaceGuidelines• The most needed information or actions in game should require few and easy

combination of inputsteps from the player

• The user interface should be simple, do not complicate it by putting too much

informationat the same time on one screen

• The appearanceof user interface should be consistentand compatiblewith the game

• Use multilingual user interface to addresswide range of players


Reference• TheArtofGameDesign- JesseSchell

• GameDesignEssentials- BriarLeeMitchell


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