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Demetruis Vassar
Discover what makes good games click through user experience design decisions with host Demetruis Vassar.
Busy, busy times! Just a filler episode to keep on schedule. Please check out the backlog and thanks for your continued support!
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Demetruis has an exciting topic that is a spin on the Time to Value (TTV) into the Time to Hadouken (TTH) on reducing the barriers to do your product's cool stuff.
References:
Pavel Samsonov's Post on LinkedIn
Rodrigo Alem Fernández on Twitter (can not find a replicant on Bluesky sadly)
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Demetruis has been quite busy! Definitely check out the interview I had with Brian! I hope that the file is updated on your airwaves! Thanks!
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More of a lighthearted yap episode over social media after a really awesome interview episode! Please give it a listen if you missed the last episode!
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Welcome the the very first interview episode with Brian Reynolds of The Bridge Teachers!
His focus on logical problem-solving and building strong communicates aligns great with what Draw Two Design discusses, and we are very excited to discuss his insights into the mental dexterity involved in mastering bridge with important game design decisions.
For those interested in improving your game with a very interesting game, Brian Reynolds has an incredible resource at The Bridge Teachers!
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Just a friendly reminder episode before the next episode featuring this podcast's first interview! Thanks for your patience as Demetruis continues to navigate life's hectic activities!
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Back from his time with Convey UX, Demetruis talks about some personal takeaways gathered from the conference.
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Another short episode since I am still in recovery mode from the post-flu infections. We will be back in March!
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Short episode due to Demetruis battling with the flu. Shall be back soon!
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Today's episode is discussing the importance of how your third places can improve your communications through some personal introspection
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Welcome to 2025! I hope that your year is going well so far. Today's episode is a bit of a catchup episode explaining where Demetruis has been and what content has been consumed.
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Happy New Year! Demetruis is still on break! Thank you so much for your support and see you in 2025!
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Demetruis will be away for the rest of the year! Please enjoy this encore episode from the vault being episode 59: What Is Your Story? Thank you so much for your support and see you in 2025!
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Demetruis will be away from for the rest of the year! Thank you so much for your support and see you in 2025!
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Demetruis rambles about how onboarding works from his experiences playing Mario Party games.
Resources:
New Player Guides & Resources Are So Important - Sajam
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Demetruis talks about the new player/designer experience and just a friendly reminder for American listeners to go vote soon.
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Demetruis is so into Metaphor: ReFantazio that this will be a short and sweet episode in regards to player feedback.
Resources:
Keeps His Distance From User Feedback To Spare His Mental Health - Automaton Media
Original Famitsu
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Demetruis gets a little personal about the job market.
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Demetruis is still recovering from his travels so he shall return soon! Thanks for tuning in!
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Demetruis is currently taking a much needed break and will be back in the next two weeks to talk about his adventures from it!
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Demetruis talks about progress indicators and how they play a role in gathering user attention.
Resources:
Hooked - Nir Eyal
The impact of progress indicators - National Library of Medicine
How Tiny Red Dots Took Over Your Life - The New York Times
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Just a short update on the podcast. Shall return in the next two weeks! Thank you so much for your support.
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A bit of personal yapping about skill based matchmaking yappers using an article about A/B testing over SBMM. Definitely check out the source in the resources below!
Resources:
Matchmaking Series: The Role of Skill in Matchmaking - Activision
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A short reflection about the podcast since there has been over 100 episodes now. Thank you so much for listening!
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Wow. Hitting Mr. 100?! Crazy. Continuing with the short episodes this time as I am still having strong commitments to real life work transitions. Thanks for listening!
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Continuing with the short episodes this time around as Demetruis gives a little life status update. Thanks for listening!
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As more personal details keep coming up in my life, we have another short episode this time around. Thank you so much for your continued support.
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Another short episode this time around. Thanks!
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No new episode due to some impromptu life plans. We shall be back in the next two weeks! Thank you!
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Demetruis brought back a fresh spin on a topic discussed at the beginnings of this podcast concerning player motivations.
Resources:
Timmy, Johnny, and Spike - Mark Rosewater
Timmy, Johnny, and Spike Revisited - Mark Rosewater
The Science of Gamer Motivation - Quantic Foundry
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Just a short and sweet announcement about revisiting some previously discussed topics with a new perspective.
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Rio is working through trying to climb through the TFT ladder and has made some observations to listen to.
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Dealing with an injury so a short episode for you all.
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Ever had that friend who keeps pressuring you to try out a new game? I am that friend. Enjoy this episode of me admiring the interesting UX techniques of one of my favorite games.
Resources:
How Slay the Spire's Original Interface Almost Killed the Game - Ars Technica
How Synergies Make Slay the Spire Fun - Game Maker's Toolkit
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Was definetely distracted this weekend, but I can explain with a nice short & sweet episode for you all!
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Already a wild year so far. Demetruis talks about presenting design work through storytelling. Be sure to check out the resources below for excellent information.
Resources:
Designercize - Random Prompt Generator for Whiteboard Design Practice
How to Speak - MIT OpenCourseWare
Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need - Margot Leitman
Talk Like Ted - Carmine Gallo
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2024 is here and Demetruis has a lighthearted storytime episode to tell you about his break. Thanks again for your support.
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Friendly reminder that we will be back later this month! Thank you so much again for the support for the past three years!
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Draw Two Design will be back in 2024! Thank you so much for the support!
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On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about the State of UX 2024 by the UX Collective
Resources:
Enter Late-Stage UX - UX Collective Trends
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On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about his process on how he enjoys learning.
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Demetruis shall be back in the next two weeks! Thank you so much for the support!
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On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about the importance of communication in design.
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On this week's episode, Demetruis gushes about F-Zero 99's risk and reward system.
Resources:
F-Zero GX: Speedrun (Very Hard) - CrazyGameNerd
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Demetruis had an intense week so he is currently working on some great content to talk about in the next two weeks! Thanks!
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On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about having fun playing stressful games and gushes about some past memories that shoves him to think that way.
Resources:
It's okay to be bad at games - Interview at Vulture
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Busy, busy times going on, we will be back in the next two weeks!
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On this week's mini episode, Demetruis have a few comments on the high levels of burnout seen lately.
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On this week's episode, Demetruis revisits some podcast classics on what to look for in UX designers.
Resources:
Sensitivity of infrared sensor faucet on different skin colours and how it can potentiall effect equity in public health - Environmental Health BCIT Shool of Health Sciences
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We are back! On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about Mark Rosewater's Lenticular Design design philosophy.
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Lenticular Design - Mark Rosewater
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On this week's episode, Demetruis continues this break due to a lot going on in life. Apologizes for the lack of content for the past month!
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On this week's episode, Demetruis takes a short break by recognizing a lot of the causes going on during the month of June.
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Slavery Didn't End On Juneteeth. What You Should Know About This Important Day - NPR
The new Juneteeth federal holiday traces its roots to Galveston, Texas - NPR
A beginner's guide to inclusive UX design - Trina Moore Pervall
6 Design Failures That Could Have Been Avoided with Inclusive UX Research - Jacquelyn Iyamah
When Equal Isn't Equitable - Microsoft Design
The Urgency Of Intersectionality In Product Design - Christopher Badaoui
Giving A Damn About Accessibility - Sheri Byrne-Haber
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On this week's episode, Demetruis discusses a podcast classic with goal setting.
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Getting Good At Guilty Gear Strive - GekkoSquirrel
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On this week's episode, Demetruis discusses how many things we enjoy are just like how we cook meals where we have to know the fundamentals before we can break them.
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Designing Marvel Snap - GDC 2023, Ben Brode
Timmy, Johnny, and Spike - Mark Rosewater
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On this week's episode, Demetruis is busy cooking up an episode, but he shall provide a fresh episode for you in the next two weeks! Thanks for your support!
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On this week's episode, Demetruis rants about an article which airs out their frustrations with the industry.
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On this week's episode, Demetruis does something a little different as he continues to work on a cool discussion topic for you all. Please check out the resources below for this episode!
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The End of Navel Gazing by Paul Adams
Don't make this assumption about your players by Game Maker's Toolkit
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On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about the barrier to entry pitfalls across certain games and user experience.
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On this week's episode, Demetruis digs into what being able to describe your thought process is crucial for user experience.
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Exact Instructions Challenge by Josh Darnit
Visibility of System Status by Jeff Doubek
What Makes Good Rhythm Game UX? by Design Doc
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On this week's episode, Demetruis is a little AFK, but he shall provide a fresh episode for you in the next two weeks! Thanks for your support!
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On this week's episode, Demetruis provides his two cents about education's fears concerning AI tools like ChatGPT, and why it is so important to have great teachers.
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Awesome D&D Learning Story by /u/Skywolf111
Google Embarass Themselves (A.I. War is Heating Up) by ColdFusion
The 6th Grade Guilty Gear Meta Playlist by Sajam by /u/doctorderpin
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On this week's short and sweet episode, Demetruis does some light hearted ramblings on people learning through the games that they play.
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Happy New Year! On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about current visual designs going on in 2023 along with some rants about cooking and a little bit of how capitalism goes. Enjoy and be sure to check out the resources!
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2023 visual design trends guide by Diana Malewicz
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On this week's episode, Demetruis is STILL on break during the holiday season! Take it easy and we shall be back soon!
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On this week's episode, Demetruis is taking a break during the holiday season! Hope you have a wonderful rest of the year and thank you so much for supporting this podcast!
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On this week's episode, Demetruis brings forth a more light hearted episode with minimal salt added (shocking!). He talks about "What is your story" when people outside your career path question what do you do for a living.
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On this week's episode, Demetruis discusses handling burnout with your work and burnout with your hobbies. He wraps things up with ranting about the state of the newest Pokemon games as well..
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On this week's episode, Demetruis wants to give some more time and research to talk about his experiences with burnout. Prepare for a mega-episode in the next two weeks!
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On this week's episode, Demetruis was inspired by a Twitter thread to make a more light hearted, loosy-goosy episode which bridges UX design with good food.
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The FGC needs to STOP: Eating... by IHeartJustice
Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need by Margot Leitman
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On this week's episode, Demetruis rants about some experiences in Splatoon 3 that have been frustrating him throughout the week. It is definitely more of an unhinged episode about Nintendo's netplay UX, but most definitely enjoy.
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Wordle is a masterclass in product design simplicity - Chris Nielsen
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On this week's episode, Demetruis discusses the implications of the $20 billion Figma acquisition by Adobe with the design community. He then comments on an article about how our tools are making us bad designers...perfect timing with the recent news!
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Figma is making you a bad designer by Emily Schmittler
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On this week's episode...Demetruis is resetting his mental because that is extremely important. We will be back again in the next two weeks! Thank you so much and be safe out there everyone!
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Demetruis discusses a few of his favorite game mechanics and how their interactions promote a great back and forth conflict across players.
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Demetruis talks about how frustrated users are excellect at identifying problems, but have difficulties having solutions to them just like when you go to a see a doctor.
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On the 50th episode, Demetruis talks about a story that he had in college about keeping up fundementals.
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On this week's episode, Demetruis is back from his short break and ready to ramble about his experiences. He had some really cool experiences at the Galloping Ghost Arcade with his friends and made some observations on learning how to do the right thing when faced with a problem. How do we problem solve?
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On this week's episode...Demetruis is STILL out appreciating the summer vibes. We will be back again in the next two weeks! Thank you so much and be safe out there everyone!
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On this week's episode...Demetruis is out appreciating the summer vibes. We will be back again in the next two weeks! Thank you so much and be safe out there everyone!
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On this week's episode, Demetruis rambles about a particular Reddit thread about the current state of the UX Design industry with job searching and explores ways that a fledging designer can break through the absolute numbers game of the junior job search fiesta.
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The Current State of the UX Design Industry
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On this week's episode, Demetruis explores one of his strangest fascinations to associate with user experience...bathroom design! How can we explore "bad" design and solutions to it?
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On this week's episode, Demetruis decides to "spill the tea" on some experiences that have been frustrating him throughout the week. "You know what really grinds my gears" becoming a classic throughout the episode.
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Wordle is a masterclass in product design simplicity - Chris Nielsen
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On this week's episode, Demetruis gets mindblown from some conversations he had over community elitism and go into some introspection about people not giving themselves more credit.
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Are They Kirby or Touhou Music Titles?
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On this week's episode, Demetruis is taking a well deserved short break! We will be back on April 25th with another great topic to talk about! Thank you as always for listening!
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On this week's episode, Demetruis actually stops talking about Elden Ring for a change and talks about being on the look out for red flags in many UX job postings.
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On this week's episode, Demetruis continues to talk about the hyperbolic takes on the week launch of Elden Ring and discusses opportunities for better quality of life UX decisions while maintaining the game's design direction.
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On this week's episode, Demetruis is in a little more of a rant mode while on an Elden Ring binge. Usually around this time, the classic Easy Mode difficulty debate comes back into the forefront, so let's give this scapegoat bit a spin. Check out the references before listening if you can!
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Accessibility Isn't easy: What 'Easy Mode' Debates Miss About Bringing Games to Everyone
Why Souls Games Don't Have Difficulty Settings
Pausing & Peering Into The Distance
Elden Ring on PC is Terrible...
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On this week's episode, Demetruis discusses when it is important for teams to work on a redesign, and why are users so hostile towards them?
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A Better Medium.com
User Experience Honeycomb
Juicero Trailer
Users Love Change: Combatting a UX Myth
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On this week's episode, Demetruis revamps the "Level Up" format into discussing about treating life as an RPG for the aspiring UX Designer.
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A 100-Year View of User Experience
The Distribution of Users' Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think
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On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about why storytelling is important and what he plans to shift in tone for this year's episodes.
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Welcome to the first episode of 2022! I hope that you all have a wonderful upcoming year. On this week's episode, we are going to talk about a certain recent controversy with DoorDash requiring all employees to act as DoorDashers...
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On this week's episode, Demetruis wishes you all happy holidays! I await to see you all again in 2022!
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On this week's episode, Demetruis discusses the pros and cons of this year's Spotify Wrapped design decisions as he waits for Final Fantasy's servers to stop constantly exploding.
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On this week's episode, Demetruis looks into the strengths and weaknesses that the service design industry currently has and what future UX problems that it will attempt to solve as we continue to progress toward this post COVID-19 world.
The Salt Shaker:
Arda Tugay
The Sideboard:
The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis
Asset Credits:
Podcast Cover Art -Junel Aceres
Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Get in Touch:
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!
On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about the power of the dark side....dark UX patterns! Be sure to check out the resources below to be more on guard toward these psychological driven patterns to cause you to spend more money!
The Sideboard:
The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis
Resources:
Dark Patterns
How To Spot And Avoid Dark Patterns on the Web
Dark patterns in UX: how designers should be responsible for their actions
Asset Credits:
Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres
Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Get in Touch:
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!
On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about some reflections on the podcast and as a content creator for its one year anniversary.
The Salt Shaker:
Dominic
The Sideboard:
The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis
Asset Credits:
Podcast Cover Art -Junel Aceres
Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Get in Touch:
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!
On this week's episode, Demetruis take a short break to continue work on episode 30's celebration. Thank you so much to everyone who has listened to an episode, shared the podcast with a friend or coworker, or supported me through Patreon! This podcast wouldn't be here without you!
The Sideboard:
The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis
Asset Credits:
Podcast Cover Art -Junel Aceres
Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Get in Touch:
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!
On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about a really interesting thread that sparked a lot of interesting conversation on the Reddit UXDesign subreddit. Are there really some imposter UX designers out there? Do you have to design things to be a UX designer? Let's dig into it.
The Sideboard:
The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis
Asset Credits:
Podcast Cover Art -Junel Aceres
Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Get in Touch:
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!
On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about how many designers love to beat themselves up not knowing what they don't know. How can we use time to learn from our mistakes?
The Sideboard:
The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis
Episode Sources:
Red Mage Duel and Rio Complaining About Mechanics by your host
Asset Credits:
Podcast Cover Art -Junel Aceres
Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Get in Touch:
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!
On this week's episode, Demetruis goes into some tangents about how it is important to let your user learn how to get better at playing games on their own organically with strong in game UX, not on what controller you play. He tries to not get into a rant, but converts it into a discussion about controller use.
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week's level up episode is a very chill and casual discussion about the importance of communication to increase your own self-confidence and the confidence of your audience who listen to you.
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
Draw Two Design has Demetruis ranting about one of the most frustrating user experiences in his favorite fighting game for the year. Have you ever gotten sick of waiting around for something like communicating with a server? What are ways to explore how to make the feeling of waiting around for something less torture? We will explore ways on how good design eases the burden this week!
Further Reading:
2015 Microsoft Attention Spans Research Report
Keep Users Updated During Long Load Times
7 Rules to Manage User Wait Times
Turning Learning Right Side Up: Putting Education Back on Track
Are you a Binger or a Drifter?
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Leopard Print Elevator by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3974-leopard-print-elevator License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week, Draw Two Design is coming in hot as Demetruis talks about how design can fall into the traps of constantly adding new features or falling into false simplicity by being too simple. How can designers solve problems without adding more user interface elements and what consequences could happen to the overall design when feature creep grows?
Resources:
Adding is favoured over subtracting in problem solving
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Bread (Prod. by Lukremo)
Link: https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo/bread
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
Demetruis is taking a well earned short break, so this week's show is just a little bit different from the norm. We will be back July 19th with an interesting episode topic fresh from the oven! Thank you so much for listening!
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about the power of getting yourself into the flow state. Flow happens when someone is met with a task that challenges their skill level without becoming anxious through it and during this episode's Level Up mini series, we talk about what flow is at a high level.
Resources:
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Experience Fluctuation Model
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3498-chill-wave
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about how do game motivate us to continue playing them through both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
Resources:
XEODesign
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis is taking a much needed break to be refreshed for the big Episode 20 in the meantime. GAAD, Global Accessibility Awareness Day, happened on May 20th, 2021 and it is important for designers to continue to spread its awareness. Please check out all of the awesome resources concerning accessibility problems in the gaming industry!
Resources:
GAAD Main Website
Games industry & GAAD2021 by Ian Hamilton
Designing for Disability by Mark Brown
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Odyssey by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4995-odyssey
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about an interesting Reddit thread that discusses user onboarding and what may happen when users toy around with a product that may lack enough feedback reinforcement. What happens when users become clueless when using a product?
Resources:
"I met a player today in a mythic+ dungeon who..." by /u/ArtsyCats
Mastering Kombat: Designing Mortal Kombat 11's Empowering Tutorial Mode by Brian Keschinger
User Onboarding by UserOnboard.com
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about why polarization is important when designing new features. You may have features where different sides of your userbase may love or hate what you've implemented, but is that negativity neccessarly a bad thing?
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Resources:
20 Years, 20 Lessons - Mark Rosewater, GDC 2016
Quantic Foundry
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about feedback loops in games and how their back and forth interactions create a dynamic user experience for its players. He discusses about everyone's favorite blue shell in a certain kart racer and more.
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis reflects on the past series on What Makes an Intuitive Interface. It is a good way to do some self-reflection on progress in your projects, and he goes over how to measure and value your improvements.
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis concludes the ongoing series by talking about the classic UI/UX meme. Heinz Ketchup. How does this interface showcase questions on what makes it intuitive?
We strongly recommend to check out Part 1 in Episode 9, Part 2 in Episode 10, and Part 3 in Episode 12 before giving this a listen.
Resources:
Why Do We Interface? by Ehsan Noursalehi
Angry Ketchup on YouTube
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Late Night Radio by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7613-late-night-radio
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about what grinds his gears about misconceptions the UX community. The Dribbble Effect. Simply put that these are redesigns without a clear thought process towards the design!
Strong recommendations to check out the awesome resources associated with this episode.
Resources:
What does "after UX" even mean? - Yichen He
I disguised as an Instagram UX influencer for 4 months; this is what I learned about our community - Teisanu Tudor
App Dissection - Brian Lovin
The Science of Gamer Motivation - Quantic Foundry
A Deep Dive Into the 12 Motivations - Nick Yee
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis discusses what helps users decode through information in interfaces. There are lot of really nice resources to check out as a supplemental takeaway here in the show notes!
We strongly recommend to check out Part 1 in Episode 9 and Part 2 in Episode 10 before giving this a listen.
Resources:
Why Do We Interface? by Ehsan Noursalehi
Menu Design: Checklist of 15 UX Guidelines to Help Users by Kathryn Whitenton
Hearthstone: How to Create an Immersive User Interface by Derek Sakamoto
Why I'm losing faith in UX by Mark Hurst
Design Ethics by Cennydd Bowles
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Lost Paradise by Purrple Cat | Promoted by Royalty Free Planet |
Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0
Lone Peak Music – Building Bridges
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This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about how he likes to learn how to learn. It is an important skill well equipped for designers, players, and life in general. The podcast will return back to the ongoing series about interfaces on the next episode!
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Lobo Lobo by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis continues to break down interfaces from his experiences in World of Warcraft and Guilty Gear Strive to determine what exactly makes an interface feel intuitive.
Strongly recommend to check out the first part in Episode 9 before giving this a listen.
Resources:
Why Do We Interface? by Ehsan Noursalehi
Guilty Gear Strive Closed Beta by Gamespot
Podcast Cover Art:
Junel Aceres
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Tarte Tatin by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
Arizona Moon by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis welcomes the start of the 2021 year by introducing what makes an intuitive interface by using something that we all use everyday as an example!
This will be the first in a series of episodes to set the stage for analyzing what elements make or break an experience!
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Building the Sled by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
Calisson by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis wishes you a happy holiday season and is taking a short break for the rest of December 2020, but he will share his thoughts with an extended Bottom of the Deck to wrap up the year!
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis advises how interpersonal skills used in games like World of Warcraft can translate into critical use in the workplace as a designer, especially learning how to listen to people to improve yourself.
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Streambeats by Harris Heller - Bleeding Road
Streambeats by Harris Heller - Hella Fresh
Streambeats by Harris Heller - Sky and Why
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about handling Impostor Syndrome in his Level Up mini series where he talks about personal lessons learned throughout his life and career.
We all have that little voice in the back of our heads that lie to us. Demetruis will talk about tactics that challenge that voice and how to overcome doubting yourself.
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Streambeats by Harris Heller - Akita Inu
Streambeats by Harris Heller - Iroh's Tea
Resources to Check Out:
How To Deal With Impostor Syndrome
How To Write Code Without Confidence
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This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis discusses his thoughts on how various design teams tackle approaching oversights in the games they produce, and what do they do when a problem that they did not have a frame of reference in mind in the first place is released out into the world.
How does a design team decide whether embracing or preventing these unexpected consequences in their designs?
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Streambeats by Harris Heller - Would You Kindly?
Streambeats by Harris Heller - Big Blue
Resources to Check Out:
Ceave Gaming
Rings & Coins
Future Ethics
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis shares his opinions on what makes a healthy meta and how good balance is determined by the viability of choices made. What tools exist to create the most effective tactic available?
It is important to understand whatever meta you are a part of and how it evolves over time. We will talk about how great metas are ultimately decided by how many different options exist to engage your interactions.
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Streambeats by Harris Heller - Timeless
Streambeats by Harris Heller - Heart Piece
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis introduces his Level Up mini series where he talks about personal lessons learned throughout his life and career.
We tend into believe that we’re only good enough when we actually “won” like landing a job opportunity or reached a certain goal, but in this episode, he will discuss the importance of learning how to self-reflect when you’re learning a new skill.
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Limit 70 by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5710-limit-70
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about one of his favorite articles discussing a useful tool that designers use to focus thinking about specific type of user. Personas.
We will talk about psychographic profiles for the Magic: the Gathering's player base, and how they can be easily applied other player base's in a vast spectrum of games.
You can review the article Timmy, Johnny, and Spike here!
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Jat Poure by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
The Big Ten by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
The Caspian Sea by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
Tower of Mirrors by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
In the debut episode of Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about the "villainous" friction. What is friction? How is it used in UX, and how is it used in game design? Creating conflict.
Friction in design isn't always the bad guy when placed in the correct hands. Discover how a designer can deliberately use friction to empower you and your experiences.
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Thoughtless by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
Slow Rollout by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
Soothe by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!
Welcome to the Draw Two Design podcast. This is a biweekly show for analyzing what makes good games click through awesome user experience design decisions.
This is an introduction episode to tease what's coming up and set up the feeds. The first batch of episodes are coming on October 12, 2020 so stay posted!
Music:
Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22
Sylvestor by Blue Dot Sessions (www.sessions.blue)
I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!