Fortnite
This episode featuring Christina Nguyen (Guilded, Twitch, Blizzard) and Jason Cashdollar (Facebook) discusses Fortnite, a multiplayer online battle royale shooter from Epic Games. We dig into how this game came to be, its development cycle, and the UI elements that stand out to us.
With co-hosts:
Christina Nguyen Twitter Website Guilded
Jason Cashdollar Twitter Website
0:00 Intros 2:00 What is Fortnite? 4:30 Difficulty and matchmaking 5:37 What is novel about Fortnite? 11:00 Game development cycle 17:29 Cross platform play 20:34 Inventory system 25:45 Input and key bindings 31:16 Damage UI 33:57 Colorblind mode 36:52 Sound effects 39:35 Replay mode 44:00 Competitive and wrap-up
Games UX is a podcast that explores games through the lens of user experience design as well as the process of designing for games.
Charlie Deets is a product designer at WhatsApp as well as an avid gamer. He also co-hosts the design podcast Bread Time. Follow him on Twitter or learn more on his website.