RAVEN SOFTWARE / ACTIVISION [2020] • Associate UIUX Designer
FPS multiplayer, Campaign, & Zombies
Black Ops Cold War, the direct sequel to Call of Duty®: Black Ops, will drop fans into the depths of the Cold War’s volatile geopolitical battle of the early 1980s.
tl;dr
uiux design • diegetic ui design
black ops cold war was my first deep dive into diegetic ui, with features including the evidence board, personnel profile, and computer screens moving from small ui prototypes to full scale, aaa features. this project, and the diegetic work we did on it, remains the work i am most proud of to this day, particularly because all of the diegetics came from a place of love and passion for the craft, rather than from any kind of checklist development.
while call of duty development includes a massive team, the campaign team is a much smaller subset of designers. for the cold war campaign, only myself and one additional uiux tech designer were on the project, meaning that i architected the uiux design for all campaign surface areas, working closely with a lovely and talented tech designer who handled all implementation in parallel.
key areas of my work on this project can be outlined by the following:
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Personnel Profile
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Evidence Board
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Front End Campaign Menus
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In-Game Maps
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In-Game hud UI
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System Architecture
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Side Mission, Puzzle, & Evidence UI
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Dialog System UI
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Pause Menu
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Hint / Onboarding UI
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Camera & Reticle Overlay UI
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Computer Screen UI
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Lockpicking & Additional Special Interaction UI
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Additional UIUX & Information Architecture Support As-Needed
the following pieces demonstrate a cross-section smattering of the work we did together to bring cold war's campaign to life. please reach out to me directly if there are any features not showcased below that you'd like to learn more about or see design samples of.
evidence board
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computer ui
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personnel profile
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front end menus
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branching dialog system
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general hud
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contextual interaction hud ui
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RAVEN SOFTWARE / ACTIVISION [2020] • Associate UIUX Designer















































































