A study of the Material Design for mobile game UI/UX

Abstract

The popularity of smartphones as a multi-purpose communication device has led to the development of a robust mobile game industry. The development of mobile games has become much easier than years ago, and developers can create mobile games through existing game engines, which also allows players to choose from a wide range of mobile games. In order to make the mobile games developed by themselves the choice of players among many games, a good gaming experience will be one of the most influential elements. There are few studies on User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) from the subject of mobile games, and UI and UX play an important role in the game experience. In 2022 the Material Design (MD) design specification for smartphone applications UI and UX provides guidelines for mobile application developers to follow in UI and UX design. As a smartphone application for entertainment purposes, mobile games still have shortcomings in UI and UX design following the MD specification.This study will focus on the application of MD to cell phone game UI and UX, aiming to provide mobile game developers with a reference UI and UX optimization design guide.