On this week's episode, Demetruis wants to give some more time and research to talk about his experiences with burnout. Prepare for a mega-episode in the next two weeks!   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis was inspired by a Twitter thread to make a more light hearted, loosy-goosy episode which bridges UX design with good food.   Resources: The FGC needs to STOP: Eating... by IHeartJustice Long Story Short: The Only Storytelling Guide You'll Ever Need by Margot Leitman   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis rants about some experiences in Splatoon 3 that have been frustrating him throughout the week. It is definitely more of an unhinged episode about Nintendo's netplay UX, but most definitely enjoy.   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Resources: Wordle is a masterclass in product design simplicity - Chris Nielsen   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis discusses the implications of the $20 billion Figma acquisition by Adobe with the design community. He then comments on an article about how our tools are making us bad designers...perfect timing with the recent news!   Resources: Figma is making you a bad designer by Emily Schmittler   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode...Demetruis is resetting his mental because that is extremely important. We will be back again in the next two weeks! Thank you so much and be safe out there everyone!   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

Demetruis discusses a few of his favorite game mechanics and how their interactions promote a great back and forth conflict across players.   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

Demetruis talks about how frustrated users are excellect at identifying problems, but have difficulties having solutions to them just like when you go to a see a doctor.   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On the 50th episode, Demetruis talks about a story that he had in college about keeping up fundementals.   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis is back from his short break and ready to ramble about his experiences. He had some really cool experiences at the Galloping Ghost Arcade with his friends and made some observations on learning how to do the right thing when faced with a problem. How do we problem solve?   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode...Demetruis is STILL out appreciating the summer vibes. We will be back again in the next two weeks! Thank you so much and be safe out there everyone!   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode...Demetruis is out appreciating the summer vibes. We will be back again in the next two weeks! Thank you so much and be safe out there everyone!   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis rambles about a particular Reddit thread about the current state of the UX Design industry with job searching and explores ways that a fledging designer can break through the absolute numbers game of the junior job search fiesta.   Resources: The Current State of the UX Design Industry   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis explores one of his strangest fascinations to associate with user experience...bathroom design! How can we explore "bad" design and solutions to it?   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis decides to "spill the tea" on some experiences that have been frustrating him throughout the week. "You know what really grinds my gears" becoming a classic throughout the episode.   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Resources: Wordle is a masterclass in product design simplicity - Chris Nielsen   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis gets mindblown from some conversations he had over community elitism and go into some introspection about people not giving themselves more credit.   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Resources: Are They Kirby or Touhou Music Titles?   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis is taking a well deserved short break! We will be back on April 25th with another great topic to talk about! Thank you as always for listening!   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis actually stops talking about Elden Ring for a change and talks about being on the look out for red flags in many UX job postings.   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis continues to talk about the hyperbolic takes on the week launch of Elden Ring and discusses opportunities for better quality of life UX decisions while maintaining the game's design direction.   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis is in a little more of a rant mode while on an Elden Ring binge. Usually around this time, the classic Easy Mode difficulty debate comes back into the forefront, so let's give this scapegoat bit a spin. Check out the references before listening if you can!   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Resources: Accessibility Isn't easy: What 'Easy Mode' Debates Miss About Bringing Games to Everyone Why Souls Games Don't Have Difficulty Settings Pausing & Peering Into The Distance Elden Ring on PC is Terrible...   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis discusses when it is important for teams to work on a redesign, and why are users so hostile towards them?   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Resources: A Better Medium.com User Experience Honeycomb Juicero Trailer Users Love Change: Combatting a UX Myth   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis revamps the "Level Up" format into discussing about treating life as an RPG for the aspiring UX Designer.   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Resources: A 100-Year View of User Experience The Distribution of Users' Computer Skills: Worse Than You Think   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about why storytelling is important and what he plans to shift in tone for this year's episodes.   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Resources: Business Insider   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

Welcome to the first episode of 2022! I hope that you all have a wonderful upcoming year. On this week's episode, we are going to talk about a certain recent controversy with DoorDash requiring all employees to act as DoorDashers...   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Resources: Business Insider   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis wishes you all happy holidays! I await to see you all again in 2022!   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis discusses the pros and cons of this year's Spotify Wrapped design decisions as he waits for Final Fantasy's servers to stop constantly exploding.   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis looks into the strengths and weaknesses that the service design industry currently has and what future UX problems that it will attempt to solve as we continue to progress toward this post COVID-19 world.   The Salt Shaker: Arda Tugay   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about the power of the dark side....dark UX patterns! Be sure to check out the resources below to be more on guard toward these psychological driven patterns to cause you to spend more money!   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Resources: Dark Patterns How To Spot And Avoid Dark Patterns on the Web Dark patterns in UX: how designers should be responsible for their actions   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about some reflections on the podcast and as a content creator for its one year anniversary.   The Salt Shaker: Dominic   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis take a short break to continue work on episode 30's celebration. Thank you so much to everyone who has listened to an episode, shared the podcast with a friend or coworker, or supported me through Patreon! This podcast wouldn't be here without you!   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about a really interesting thread that sparked a lot of interesting conversation on the Reddit UXDesign subreddit. Are there really some imposter UX designers out there? Do you have to design things to be a UX designer? Let's dig into it.   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis talks about how many designers love to beat themselves up not knowing what they don't know. How can we use time to learn from our mistakes?   The Sideboard: The Sideboard is an exclusive weekly Bottom of the Deck segment for Patreon supporters. You can subscribe through Rio's Tip Jar for access to bonus content! Sign up at https://www.patreon.com/demetruis   Episode Sources: Red Mage Duel and Rio Complaining About Mechanics by your host   Asset Credits: Podcast Cover Art - Junel Aceres Music Theme Song - Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   Get in Touch: I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign, support me through Ko-Fi, or reach out privately through email!

On this week's episode, Demetruis goes into some tangents about how it is important to let your user learn how to get better at playing games on their own organically with strong in game UX, not on what controller you play. He tries to not get into a rant, but converts it into a discussion about controller use.   Podcast Cover Art: Junel Aceres   Music: Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!

This week's level up episode is a very chill and casual discussion about the importance of communication to increase your own self-confidence and the confidence of your audience who listen to you.    Podcast Cover Art: Junel Aceres   Music: Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!

Draw Two Design has Demetruis ranting about one of the most frustrating user experiences in his favorite fighting game for the year. Have you ever gotten sick of waiting around for something like communicating with a server? What are ways to explore how to make the feeling of waiting around for something less torture? We will explore ways on how good design eases the burden this week!   Further Reading: 2015 Microsoft Attention Spans Research Report Keep Users Updated During Long Load Times 7 Rules to Manage User Wait Times Turning Learning Right Side Up: Putting Education Back on Track Are you a Binger or a Drifter?   Podcast Cover Art: Junel Aceres   Music: Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22 Leopard Print Elevator by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3974-leopard-print-elevator License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!

This week, Draw Two Design is coming in hot as Demetruis talks about how design can fall into the traps of constantly adding new features or falling into false simplicity by being too simple. How can designers solve problems without adding more user interface elements and what consequences could happen to the overall design when feature creep grows?    Resources: Adding is favoured over subtracting in problem solving   Podcast Cover Art: Junel Aceres   Music: Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22 Bread (Prod. by Lukremo) Link: https://soundcloud.com/lukrembo/bread   I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!

Demetruis is taking a well earned short break, so this week's show is just a little bit different from the norm. We will be back July 19th with an interesting episode topic fresh from the oven! Thank you so much for listening!   Podcast Cover Art: Junel Aceres   Music: Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22 I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!

This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about the power of getting yourself into the flow state. Flow happens when someone is met with a task that challenges their skill level without becoming anxious through it and during this episode's Level Up mini series, we talk about what flow is at a high level.   Resources: Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience Experience Fluctuation Model   Podcast Cover Art: Junel Aceres   Music: Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22 Chill Wave by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3498-chill-wave License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!

This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about how do game motivate us to continue playing them through both intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.   Resources: XEODesign   Podcast Cover Art: Junel Aceres   Music: Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22 Pamgaea by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4193-pamgaea License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!

This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis is taking a much needed break to be refreshed for the big Episode 20 in the meantime. GAAD, Global Accessibility Awareness Day, happened on May 20th, 2021 and it is important for designers to continue to spread its awareness. Please check out all of the awesome resources concerning accessibility problems in the gaming industry!   Resources: GAAD Main Website Games industry & GAAD2021 by Ian Hamilton Designing for Disability by Mark Brown   Podcast Cover Art: Junel Aceres   Music: Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22 Odyssey by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4995-odyssey License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!

This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about an interesting Reddit thread that discusses user onboarding and what may happen when users toy around with a product that may lack enough feedback reinforcement. What happens when users become clueless when using a product?   Resources: "I met a player today in a mythic+ dungeon who..." by /u/ArtsyCats Mastering Kombat: Designing Mortal Kombat 11's Empowering Tutorial Mode by Brian Keschinger User Onboarding by UserOnboard.com   Podcast Cover Art: Junel Aceres   Music: Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22 Too Cool by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4534-too-cool License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!

This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about why polarization is important when designing new features. You may have features where different sides of your userbase may love or hate what you've implemented, but is that negativity neccessarly a bad thing?   Podcast Cover Art: Junel Aceres   Resources: 20 Years, 20 Lessons - Mark Rosewater, GDC 2016 Quantic Foundry   Music: Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!

This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about feedback loops in games and how their back and forth interactions create a dynamic user experience for its players. He discusses about everyone's favorite blue shell in a certain kart racer and more.   Podcast Cover Art: Junel Aceres   Music: Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!

This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis reflects on the past series on What Makes an Intuitive Interface. It is a good way to do some self-reflection on progress in your projects, and he goes over how to measure and value your improvements.   Podcast Cover Art: Junel Aceres   Music: Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22   I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!

This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis concludes the ongoing series by talking about the classic UI/UX meme. Heinz Ketchup. How does this interface showcase questions on what makes it intuitive? We strongly recommend to check out Part 1 in Episode 9, Part 2 in Episode 10, and Part 3 in Episode 12 before giving this a listen.   Resources: Why Do We Interface? by Ehsan Noursalehi Angry Ketchup on YouTube   Podcast Cover Art: Junel Aceres   Music: Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22 Late Night Radio by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7613-late-night-radio License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license​   I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!

This week on Draw Two Design, Demetruis talks about what grinds his gears about misconceptions the UX community. The Dribbble Effect. Simply put that these are redesigns without a clear thought process towards the design! Strong recommendations to check out the awesome resources associated with this episode.   Resources: What does "after UX" even mean? - Yichen He I disguised as an Instagram UX influencer for 4 months; this is what I learned about our community - Teisanu Tudor App Dissection - Brian Lovin The Science of Gamer Motivation - Quantic Foundry A Deep Dive Into the 12 Motivations - Nick Yee   Podcast Cover Art: Junel Aceres   Music: Theme song is created by Dominic Mucker via @Dmagic_22 ​Blippy Trance by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5759-blippy-trance License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license   I'd love your feedback or questions, so feel free to tweet at @drawtwodesign or reach out privately through email!