Chancellor Gardiner
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a UX designer with a passion for creating engaging games+experiences, thoughtful
interfaces, and stunning visuals
To celebrate the legacy of Forza Motorsport, the 20th anniversary tour released with 7 fresh tours, the return of Fujimi Kaido, and 7 new races.
I recreated previous Forza Motorsport box art in-game, capturing each era's original style within the modern engine.
Previously, we designed motion graphics in After Effects and rebuilt them in XAML. RIVE allowed us to create motion graphics powered by data, which we had to rigorously test rendering in-engine.
RIVE provided motion designers the tools to independently work on dynamic UI animations, test them in engine, and update them without the assistance of UI developers.
This pipeline cut motion graphic labor by 50%, streamlining the work load for our artists and developers.
This dramatically improved our ability to ship motion heavy designs, without touching any code on the developer side.
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As a UI/UX designer, I worked across UX design, UI implementation, and brand systems. I designed player facing features, built production ready widgets in Unreal Engine 4(Blueprints and UMG), and developed seasonal brand assets for montentization and live content updates.
My design work created a seamless experience across PC and Console platforms.
Assets were made photographing models in-engine, drawing vector icons, and combining them in photoshop.
Each season was treated as it's own brand system within the rogue company experience.
I worked on designing UI feedback for the rogue's Glimpse, Juke, and ViVi.
I designed the UI in figma and built it in Unreal Engine with blueprint logic.
To inform the player without overwhelming them, I separate the active info from the passive info.
The active stealth state and alerts sit around the crosshair so you can see it while aiming. The passive resource bar mirrors the player character at the edge of your focus, marking the minimun amount needed to use.
ViVi has a straight forward kit that uses UI feedback, VFX overlays, and gameplay logic to clearly communicate character states.
Completing them provides experience and rewards to players who commit their time.
These contracts provided a quick reward for players, but content was hidden behind screen pop ups due to UI limitations.
The carousel rotates through each contract type available to the player. It passively rotates, but will stop if the player selects the widget. Players can tab through the sections to quickly check contract status.
It provided game designers unique ways to spin up content with low cost, gave license content new ways to reach fans, and gave players qol updates to provide a smoother interface experience.
After the update, we saw our core players logging in more frequently and new players sticking to the game longer.
By putting myself in the shoes of the player: I was able to take an existing system, redesign it's user flow, and hook players in with meaningful progress and rewards.
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It gave me a deeper understanding of the tools I use and how to properly support it when i design interfaces.
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the navigation bars create a window into the world of 108 and allows each page to stand on it's own.
When the reader is viewing the world through an outside perspective, everything is black and white. When the reader is experience the view of a character, the world erupts in color.
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Designing content and graphics to keep people engaged. proving ideas with interactive prototypes and concept walkthroughs.
Testing through development and assuring quality. I set the north star and lead the team towards success.
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