QUEST IN A NUTSHELL

Wumpus was made by the good people of Discord, and originated from an early game.

HANDS FREE GAMING

Discord is a popular voice and text chat app used by 87 million gamers around the world. Beating out competitors such as Skype, TeamSpeak, and Ventrilo, Discord has easily become the digital home to gaming communities around the world. As a side project, I performed a guerilla usability study on Discord, synthesized my findings and translated them into design solutions.

Read my full case study on it here

Note: Although I would love to work for them, this is my personal work. I do not have any affiliation with Discord.

Role

Researcher, Designer, Prototyper

Party Size

Solo

Quest Duration

2 weeks

Help Wumpus increase the efficiency and clarity of using Discord for every day gamers.

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OVERVIEW

To start off the study, I interviewed 7 Discord users and gathered insights on their behaviors, habits, and contexts of usage. To respect my time constraints, I narrowed down my redesign to a handful of features with a goal of helping users perform actions more quickly and without confusion.