If you use them right, games have magical potential to teach you things.
But most designers are unaware of the games available to teach them core skills.
Here are my favourite 13 little-known online training games for designers. 🧵↓
1. Can't Unsee is a quiz that tests your graphic design knowledge by comparing designs. cantunsee.space
2. Kerntype is a letter spacing game for anyone dabbling in typography. type.method.ac
3. The Bézier Game allows you to master the slightly unintuitive Bézier curve using the pen tool. bezier.method.ac
4. Kolor is a fast-paced colour-recognition game. kolor.moro.es
5. CSS Diner is a fun game if you want to improve your basic CSS coding skills. flukeout.github.io
6. I shot the serif is a fun little game teaching designers to recognize serif and sans-serif fonts. tothepoint.co.uk/us/fun/i-shot-the-serif/
7. The Equilateral Triangle of a Perfect Paragraph teaches you CSS layout of a perfect paragraph. betterwebtype.com/triangle/
9. The Boolean Game teaches you about how union, subtract, intersect, and difference work. boolean.method.ac
10. Shape type revisits those Bézier ideas for shaping letters. shape.method.ac
11. What the Hex? is a simple web colour guessing game. yizzle.com/whatthehex/
12. The X-Rite Color Challenge and Hue Test lets you challenge your own colour deficiencies. A great game for accessibility awareness. xrite.com/hue-test
13. Hex Invaders goes full space invaders for your web colour identification skills. Careful about the loud sound. hexinvaders.com
TL;DR: 13 games that teach web and graphic designers.
1. Can't Unsee
2. Kerntype
3. The Bézier Game
4. Kolor
5. CSS Diner
6. I shot the serif
7. TETPP
8. Pixact.ly
9. The Boolean Game
10. Shape type
11. What the Hex?
12. X-Rite Colour & Hue
13. Hex Invaders
And if you want to accelerate your own career as a UX designer and games researcher and start building better games and applications, here's a great resource to get you started.
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