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7. Affordance

Last edited 603 days ago by Matthieu Jeunet.

Help players identify the function of an element based on its form.


This will help everybody.
This section is still work in progress, but you can reference to the example below to better grasp its meaning aka “the form should follow the function”.
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A screenshot of the mobile game Brawl Stars, highlighting the left controls (the movement stick) to illustrate the usability heuristic: the form should follow the function.
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In many games with 360° deplacement, the left control illustrates perfectly the usability heuristic: the form should follow the function.

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