10 Top Games to Test UI/UX designer skills

Let’s take a break from books, courses, Bootcamps and video tutorials!

Have some fun today with 10 Top Games to Test UI/UX designer skills. Similar to other types of expertise, as a UX or UI designer you need to constantly challenge your design skills to create impactful design.

These games could assist your understanding of design principles, methods, and more. Just you and the game - no pressure 😉

It is like doing a revision and doing homework in a happier mood!

Get your game on 🎮 😎

1: Color

How to Play:

• Press the center to get started
• You will give a few seconds to choose the right color. 
• There are 6 stages: Hue, Saturation,Complementary, Analogous,Triadic, & Tetradic

2: KernType

How to Play: 

• A letter spacing game
• You can move the alphabet using your mouse or keyboard
• Click ‘Done’ and you will be scored out of 100

3: The Boolean Game

How to Play:

• A design alignment game
• Unite, subtract, intersect, and differ basic shapes to create icons
• You can ‘Start Over’ or ‘Undo’ if you provide the wrong answer

4: Can’t Unsee

How to Play:

• Choose which design provides the best user experience
• The difficulty level will increase after the first 3 stages
• You have the option to compare the design if you’ve given a wrong answer

5: The Bézier Game

How to Play:

• Testing designer’s ability using the pen tool
• At the beginning, you will be given 3 shapes to outline using the tool (practice stage)
• Real test starts after the practice stage

6: Designercize

How to Play:

• A resource for design challenges during interviews & it is a digital version of the whiteboard challenge
• Select difficulty level: Easy, Medium & Hard
• You can change the type of design challenge by clicking on the Reload button

7: Shape Type

How to Play:

• Move the pink circle to shape the letter
• Press ALT for a quick review
• You will be given a similarity percentage score based on the original shape vs your shape

8: What the Hex

How to Play:

• Guess the color code
• You can customize the difficulty
• You will given the right code if you provide a wrong answer

9: It’s Centred That

How to Play:

• Find the center of an object
• If you get the right answer, you may proceed to the next question
• If you provide the wrong answer, you can try again or challenge a friend

10: Better Web Type 

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How to Play:

• Adjust one of the three variables to match the other two
• If you feel satisfied with your selection, you can proceed to submit
• You will be given a score out of 10 

Set some time in a week or a month for you to do self-learning. Improve your design skills from time to time. Upgrade your knowledge and skills whenever you can to be a better UX or UI designer.

You could always ask for designs feedback from our mentors! 

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