Rummy House

Rummy House

An online multiplayer card game

Rummy House is based on a friendly game of cards called Rummy. My friend, Will, and I missed playing Rummy so...we built Rummy House!

Planning process:

1) Listed out the main actions and goals involved in the card game. 2) Checked out our competitors and broke down strengths and weaknesses, especially in their UX. 3) Created a flowchart based on Rummy and what I learned in 1) and 2).

Paper prototypes:

While I was laying down the elements of the game, I focused on making the layouts feel natural. My goal was to capture much of the physical experience into 2D form.

Design decisions:

One of the most important design decisions I had to make was the card design 🃏 Although we weren't designing for mobile, I wanted to reduce the unnecessary work of maintaining different versions.

Other decisions, such as designing visual labels/cues, were often aesthetic or brand-driven. For instance, the same suit emblems are used to design the cover images.

MVP Insights:

There were three insights I missed that I realized in our MVP testing: