Designing games that get attention and players love to explore

I'm a product / UX designer and digital strategist with a background in graphic narrative, illustration, interaction design, and animation. I love creating immersive, delightful experiences for games across PC, console, and mobile: whether it's designing UI for inventory management or prototyping animations that make the world feel alive. 😎

Product Design
UX Design
Narrative Design
Interaction Design
Game UI
Concept Art
Animation
UX Design
Digital Strategy
research
Visual design
interaction design
Branding
Marketing

My experience

I bring 9 years of experience building scalable visual systems, branded assets, and product design, alongside 5 years of end-to-end UX design and digital marketing strategy. My background includes work with organizations like The PBS Foundation, UC Colleges, state travel bureaus, nationally touring bands, and multiple arts nonprofits: as well as independent game development projects. Highlights include co-creating a game in just one day that is now featured on the arcade machines at Oakland MADE (Museum of Art & Digital Entertainment), and helping design and polish a game that placed in the top 100 out of 9,000 entries for Enjoyment at the GMTK 2025 Game Jam.

Mindy Kilgore Design
Product / UX Designer & Digital Strategist
June 2016 — Present
BVK
UX Architect / Strategist
March 2023 — March 2025
Millennial Assistants
UX / Visual Designer
July 2021 - Jan 2022
Havana Media
UX / Visual Designer
June 2020 — July 2021

Services & Capabilities

I combine creativity, strategy, and systems thinking to deliver engaging gameplay experiences. My services span end-to-end UX design, game UI, animation, storyboarding, and art direction, with a focus on experience-driven design, prototyping, and pixel-perfect design and interaction systems.

I thrive in collaborative studio environments where cross-disciplinary teamwork is key, but I’m equally comfortable driving a feature from concept to polished handoff independently.

Product Design

  • UX Design
  • Game UI
  • User Research
  • Player Journeys / Flows
  • Wireframes
  • Prototyping
  • Playtesting
  • Design Systems
  • Information Architecture
  • Accessibility
  • Responsive Design
  • Front-end development

Visual / Interaction Design

  • Illustration
  • Animation
  • Narrative Design
  • Storyboarding
  • Motion Graphics
  • Graphic Narrative
  • Branding
  • Gamification Principles
  • 2D / 3D Modeling
  • Visual Storytelling

Want to get in touch?
Drop me a line!

Or send me an email at:

mindykilgore@mkilgoredesign.com

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