Outerplates

Overview

Designed an in-game HUD and established a visual interface style for a dynamic multiplayer game, enhancing gameplay clarity and supporting an engaging player experience.

Client

N/A (Academic Collaboration)

My Role

UI Designer

Timeframe

1/2024 - 6/2024

Collaborating Teams

Art Leads, Development

Project Brief

Outerplates is a 1–4 player co-op game developed as a college thesis project, where players race to prepare recipes on a distant planet to outpace the planet’s apex predator. The game design student team needed a UI design lead to establish the visual style and create interface components. I was brought on to design the HUD and in-game interface elements, focusing on readability, player feedback, and ensuring consistency with the game’s playful visual style.

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My Role

How I contributed to the project’s success

Designed the HUD and in-game interface elements focusing on readability, player feedback, and visual consistency

Created a visual style guide and collaborated with the Art Lead and team to align on the design vision and iterate based on feedback.

Worked closely with developers to ensure UI designs were technically feasible within the tooling and integrated smoothly, supporting fast-paced local multiplayer gameplay.