World of Tanks

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Project Goals

• Improve player speed & immersion.
• Reduce cognitive loads on player during specific scenarios.
• Create a new look and feel for the GUI.
• Reduce the time spent in the garage and increase the amount of time in gameplay.

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The Garage

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Analysis

• Key messaging is placed far from related buttons and calls-to-action making it difficult to quickly learn how to navigate the interface.
• Inconsistent interaction patterns create confusion and challenge the user’s expectation of behavior.
• Important buttons, notifications and active elements are easily missed.
• Difficult for players to understand the role of each section and process the structure of information.

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Recommendations

• Restructure organization of content into clearly labeled sections that follow a more predictable flow.
• Promote the features and information a player needs to start a game.
• Create a single destination for notifications, account information and social features that doesn’t interfere with garage activities.

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Additional Scenarios

The Garage is a starting point for 4 major user flows that also needed to be reviewed and optimized.

1. Selecting a vehicle for battle
2. Purchasing a new vehicle from the tech tree
3. Vehicle maintenance (repairs and purchases
4. Crew management (training and transferring crew between vehicles)
   

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Visuals

• Incorporate interface elements into the game environment. Explore diegetic, meta and spatial UI.
• UI should reflect the game’s detailed attention to WWII history and should depict its pathos in approach.