This document presents a fictional, production-oriented UX Design & UX Writing specification created as a portfolio-grade example for a systemic open-world RPG.

Ashes of Dominion — UX Design & UX Writing Specification (PDF)

Production-oriented UX design / UX writing handoff for a fictional open-world RPG. This is a designer-facing artefact, not a tutorial.

This document is a production-ready UX Design & UX Writing specification built around a fictional dark-fantasy open-world RPG concept (Ashes of Dominion). It is written as a handoff artefact that can be implemented by a UI/UX designer without relying on implicit context.

The goal is not “better usability” in a generic sense. The goal is to design friction, asymmetry, and ideological pressure as intentional UX outcomes, aligned with authority collapse, faction conflict, and persistent consequences.

What this is

• A structured UX design spec with explicit intent, rules, constraints, and anti-goals
• System-level UX writing (microcopy, failure states, biased faction voice)
• Production-minded framing: trade-offs, risks, and implementation notes

What this is not

• Not a tutorial or beginner UX guide
• Not motivational or marketing content
• Not a “universal best practices” piece
• Not a full internal game design document

Who it is for

• Game designers, UX/UI designers, and developers working on systemic narrative experiences
• People evaluating production-level thinking, not surface-level principles

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Download the full UX Design & UX Writing specification (PDF)

Fictional project — portfolio-grade demonstration of production-oriented UX thinking.

This work is not tied to an active commercial project and is intended to demonstrate design thinking, constraints, and decision-making at a production level.