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Daley Wilhelm in UX Collective

The main characters of Genshin Impact and Honkai Star Rail looking at a screen from Honkai Star Rail

How these massive games keep players locked in

HoYoverse games constantly cater to both beginner and…

Marek Matthew Getter in UX Collective

A screenshot of the title screen of Pokemon Sword. The setting is a large stadium. The main player character is standing on the left, with his team of six various Pokemon standing behind him in a line.

How design affects gaming in two generations of Pokémon

A game design examination.

Ben Snyder in UX Collective

Vercel and Replit vs Jim Bob the purple flightless bird

My kids and I used AI to build a game

We found the limits of the current generation of AI tooling.

Marek Matthew Getter in UX Collective

A still image of Trubbish, the trash bag Pokemon, from the animated cartoon. Trubbish is a small, dark green bag with a large face and comical overbite on the bag itself. Trubbish has two small feet and two arms made of spotted grey trash.

Pokémon Go: addictive by design

How Niantic utilizes emotions to manipulate player behavior.

Daley Wilhelm in UX Collective

Two, colorful fanmade Switch designs piled upon the gray, CAD image of the allegedly leaked Switch 2 which greatly resembles the original Switch.

Why does the Switch 2 look like the Switch?

Nintendo is well-known for producing radically…

Nik Jeleniauskas in UX Collective

Promoting better discovery in Elden Ring’s combat systems

The advantages players can create to make…

Hugo Villarreal in UX Collective

An intricately detailed ceiling of a grand architectural structure, likely a cathedral or palace, viewed from directly below.

Games, design, and ourselves… please don’t take it the wrong way

Using games as a metaphor, this…

Trip Carroll in UX Collective

The Path to Peace

Turning product managers and engineers from frustrating foes into advocating allies

Nik Jeleniauskas in UX Collective

Improving Elden Ring’s lock-on experience

Exploring how negative friction in the lock-on system…

Yannick Allendorf in UX Collective

The political and societal power of video games