Ryne's Design Presentation

1. Design Reconstruction
Elder of Scrolls V: Skyrim
User Interface

2. What is Skyrim?
• Action Role Playing Game
• Developed by Bethesda Softworks
• 5th installment in the Elder of Scrolls series
• Available on PC, Playstation 3, and Xbox 360

3. Skyrim’s UI Interface
What’s the good, the bad, and the ugly?

4. The Good
• Consistency
• Proximity
• Chunking
• Layering
• Legibility
• Constraint
• Visibility
• Orientation Sense
• Common Fate
• Forgiveness

5. The Bad
• Control
• Color
• Highlighting
• Iconic Rep.
• Comparison
• Proximity
• Symmetry
• Picture Superiority
• Fitts Law
• Confirmation
• von Restorff
• Visibility
• Garbage In/Out
• Ockhams Razor
• Propositional Density

6. Who is the target audience?
Casual RPG Fans
Hardcore RPG
Fans
Casual Gamers