Hi, nice to meet you, I’m Busayo Ayodele.
I put this together to help newbies find their footing in Game UI/UX design with a lot less frustration than I faced when I was starting out.
Whether you have some general design experience and you're curious about making the leap into Game UI/UX, or you're diving in for the very first time, this is a great place to begin your journey.
Feel free to connect with me on @Busayo Ayodele , I’d love to grow and learn alongside you.
Game UI/UX is a multidisciplinary field, and depending on the studio size or project scope, roles may be highly specialized or combined. Below are some of the key roles you might come across:
UI Artists focus on the visual style of the interface. They design menus, HUDs, buttons, icons, and other in-game elements to ensure the game looks polished and visually consistent with its theme or art direction.
Key Skills: Photoshop, Illustrator, Figma, design systems, graphic design principles.
Focus: Aesthetics, layout, and style consistency.
UX Designers handle the player experience, how users interact with the game’s interface and how intuitive or satisfying that experience feels.
Key Skills: Wireframing, user flow mapping, usability testing, research.
Focus: Clarity, flow, feedback, accessibility, and cognitive load.
This role bridges design and implementation. Technical UI Designers often use game engines like Unreal Engine or Unity to bring UI designs to life through scripting, Blueprints, or logic-based setups.
Key Skills: Blueprint scripting (Unreal), C# (Unity), UMG, motion design, animation triggers.
Focus: Making UI functional and interactive in-engine.
UI Programmers take things further by writing custom code to implement complex UI behaviors, integrate backend systems, and optimize performance.