Final Fantasy XIV - TTRPG Companion App
Figma
Role: UX/UI Designer
Involvement: Prototyping a character creation flow from a pen and paper medium to digital
The acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy 14 announced a tabletop roleplaying game to be released in 2024. As a fan of both tabletop games and Final Fantasy, I wanted to create a prototype of what a companion app could look like for the game, the idea of it will be to manage character sheets and make playing the game easier as players manage their character from the app. Although the handbooks aren't released, I followed character creation steps for D&D 5th Edition as a placeholder - I will definitely revisit these screens once the handbooks are available.
This is used as an exercise to merge the Final Fantasy visual style and communicating often complex character sheets that players will use. Borrowing elements from the original Final Fantasy XIV MMORPG.
Geared Towards New Players
Hurdle for New Players -
Character Creation
According to the online community, new players find character creation the most daunting. From selecting the race, the type of character, to their backstory. The most difficult is understanding how different attributes are calculated.
The journey map outlines the issues encountered and how a companion app can simplify the character creation process.
Simple Character Creation - Step by Step Walkthrough
Walking through the character creation and providing only the relevant information can help reduce the cognitive load of flipping back and forth through the pages of the player's handbook.
