Published inBootcamp·May 6, 2021Case study: Crafting a Lego mobile game experienceWhen working with an iconic brand known the world over such as Lego, the principle goals & biggest wins in crafting a digital gaming experience undoubtedly go beyond neatly arranged layouts & efficient flows, or dunks on the competition & how well it monetizes. There were still countless decisions made…UX Design9 min readUX Design9 min read
May 2, 2021Championing UX & Design Thinking through EducationIn the past few years of my design career, I’ve had a number of opportunities to speak about UX Design & Design Thinking to students, design peers, and work colleagues in the gaming industry who aren’t that familiar with the principles & methods of my design specialty. …UX5 min readUX5 min read
May 2, 2021Deep Dive: UX Tools for Game DevelopmentLeveling up with better UX insight 💡 A good UX designer is versed in many tools that help make our work better informed, faster to iterate, and easier to communicate. Unfortunately, many of the kind of tools that tech & software companies use all the time didn’t really exist in practice at the game studio I worked…UX15 min readUX15 min read
Published inUX Collective·May 2, 2021Creating space for UX in game developmentUnderstanding the pipeline & UX’s place in it. — Being the first and only UX Designer at a AAA mobile game studio created some challenges in figuring out where my skillset & expertise could make the most impact in a process that has made games without a UX designer for over a decade. In a typical software development pipeline…Gaming9 min readGaming9 min read
Dec 13, 2017Letters to Myself: I can’t Google Map where my Dad wentAbout 5 months after my dad died unexpectedly of cardiac arrest, I have my first dream with him in it. In the evening before I sleep, we sit at the kitchen table with my mom and husband, as we do most weekends now, and talk about life and the world…Death8 min readDeath8 min read
Jun 7, 2017Letters to Myself: Dear Dad,I woke up too early this morning, at 5:30, and couldn’t go back to sleep, sad thoughts flooded my mind again and I couldn’t block it out just lying there trying to sleep, so I went upstairs to make a tea, leaving Colin to sleep. I see mom stayed up…9 min read9 min read
Mar 31, 2015Letters to Myself: On Turning 23My parents asked me how it feels to be turning 23, if I am happy. I said I felt I was on track to be where I want to be. They said I was in some ways more accomplished than they had been at this age, then they pondered and…Birthday4 min readBirthday4 min read
