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THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER INTERFACE DESIGN

enerally speaking, user interface design is the creation of the visual components through which the player interacts with the game. Think start menus, heads-up displays, health bars, map icons, crafting bench interfaces. and the like. The way these things are structured in the game and how player psychology impacts those structures is called the user experience, or UX.

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