Skyrim is the fifth installment in the Elder Scrolls series of action role-playing games developed by Bethesda Softworks. The document discusses the user interface of Skyrim, identifying aspects of the interface design that are good, including consistency, proximity, chunking, layering, and legibility. It also identifies areas of the interface that are bad, such as control, color, highlighting, iconic representation, and proximity. The target audiences for Skyrim are identified as casual and hardcore RPG fans as well as casual gamers.

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