Comments on Flowmaps and Frag-Grenades, Part 2

Nick Trendov — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:12:34 GMT

In my view there has to be a simpler and faster way to get the job done.

One option may be setting up the game for the user to self-select their environment and spend a lot less time ‘hard-wiring’ the story. This has been done successfully in many other areas of design and software development.

Cheers,
Nick

Andrew Maier — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:14:08 GMT

I am presently contracting with a Design Consultation Group in Atlanta. I find it fascinating that the methodology used to create the game’s IA translates directly to web application IA.

Rian Van Der Merwe — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:04:15 GMT

Great interview. I really believe that without user experience design thinking, these complex online gaming worlds and systems would be way too hard to navigate and not fun at all. It is great to see our discipline make an impact on this highly creative industry.

This post also reminded me of a Wired story that came out when Halo 3 launched – it talks a lot about the user testing for the game: http://tinyurl.com/2n7vvo