Gaming & Spatial Computing

Game UX & Interface Design

Menus, HUDs and onboarding that players understand on first use.

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Projects delivered
80+
Countries served
16
Global offices
4
Founded
2021

The challenge

Where teams get stuck

The problems we're most often brought in to solve.

  1. 01

    Players get lost in menus

    Shops, upgrades and settings are buried, and players never discover key features.

  2. 02

    HUD crowds the screen

    Too much information competes with gameplay, especially on small phone screens.

  3. 03

    Interface breaks on some devices

    Notches, aspect ratios and tablets cause clipped or misplaced interface elements.

Overview

Game UX & Interface Design at VulcanTech

Game UI/UX design is the design of the interfaces and player journeys through which people learn, navigate and spend within a game. VulcanTech designs HUDs, menus, shops, settings and first-time onboarding. Screens are wireframed and prototyped before they are built, validated with players, and handed to engineers as engine-ready assets with specifications for every state, so the interface works across screen sizes and input methods.

Key deliverables

  • Player journey and screen map
  • Wireframes and interactive prototypes
  • Final UI designs for every state
  • Engine-ready UI asset kit
  • UI specification for engineers

What you get

What Game UX & Interface Design includes

  • Player journey mapping

    Every screen and transition mapped so key actions take as few steps as possible.

  • Wireframes and prototypes

    Clickable Figma prototypes validated before any interface is built in the engine.

  • HUD design

    Readable HUDs that show what players need without obstructing play.

  • Onboarding design

    First-session tutorials that teach through play rather than long text screens.

  • Adaptive layouts

    Layouts that adapt to notches, aspect ratios, tablets and controller input.

  • Engine-ready UI kits

    Sliced assets, fonts and specifications for Unity UI Toolkit or Unreal UMG.

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Our process

How we deliver

A delivery process you can see into — from first workshop to production support.

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  1. 01

    Discovery

    A focused working session on your objectives, constraints and existing systems. It concludes with a scoped proposal and a clear view of value, risk and effort.

  2. 02

    Architecture & planning

    We agree the target architecture, data model and integration approach before product code is written, and secure your sign-off.

  3. 03

    Iterative delivery

    Working software reaches a staging environment on a regular cadence, giving stakeholders continuous visibility and the ability to steer priorities.

  4. 04

    Assurance & hardening

    Automated testing, accessibility and performance budgets, and a security review are completed before anything reaches production.

  5. 05

    Launch & continuity

    We manage cutover and remain engaged through an agreed support period, with a structured handover to your teams or ongoing operation by ours.

Engagement models

Work with us the way that suits you

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  • Outcome-based delivery

    A defined scope, timeline and commercial model agreed after discovery. We own delivery risk against the agreed outcomes.

    Best for: Well-defined initiatives, MVPs and first releases

  • Dedicated product teams

    A cross-functional pod — engineering, design, QA and delivery leadership — aligned to your roadmap and scaled as priorities change.

    Best for: Long-term product development and evolving roadmaps

  • Team extension

    Senior engineers embed in your organisation, work inside your processes and report to your leaders — on contracts that assign all IP to you.

    Best for: Adding specialist capability without growing headcount

Tools & technologies

The stack we build with

  • Figma
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Unity UI Toolkit
  • Unreal UMG
  • TextMeshPro

Why VulcanTech

A partner, not a vendor

Senior engineering, honest delivery, and work we can name.

  • Senior engineers own delivery

    The engineers who scope your programme in discovery are the engineers who deliver it. There is no hand-off to a junior bench after contract signature.

  • Engagement models that fit

    Outcome-based delivery, dedicated product teams, team extension or global capability centres, matched to how your organisation prefers to work.

  • A verifiable track record

    Every customer story we publish describes real production work, naming the client wherever confidentiality allows, including public-sector platforms secured through competitive tenders.

  • 80+ projects in 16 countries

    Delivered since 2021 across the public sector, real estate, healthcare, manufacturing and consumer technology, for regulated and high-growth organisations alike.

Customer stories

Proven delivery

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Can't find what you need? Ask us in the discovery session.

Game interfaces must stay readable during fast action, support controllers or touch, and match the game's art direction rather than platform conventions. They also carry the economy: shops, rewards and progression screens directly affect retention and revenue, so they warrant more player testing than a typical application screen.

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Tell us what you're building. You'll hear back from an engineer, not an inbox.

  1. 1We reply within one business day to set up a 30-minute call.
  2. 2A senior engineer — not a salesperson — walks through your problem.
  3. 3You get a scoped proposal with timeline and cost. No obligation.

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