🍽️ RPG UI/UX System Design – Delicious in Dungeon (WIP)

Cover image illustration by yukinnn

Work in Progress (WIP): This is an ongoing UI/UX case study inspired by Delicious in Dungeon. Layouts, visual consistency, system rules, and interaction details are currently being refined and aligned.

Delicious in Dungeon: A culinary Journey, its a roguelike concept where combat, cooking, and progression are interconnected:

• Explore dungeon floors

• Collect monster ingredients

• Cook dishes that impact survival and strategy

• Build a shared combat deck

Goal: Design a cohesive, controller-first interface that makes layered systems readable and strategically meaningful.

📗 Game Design Document (GDD)

Full system breakdown and mechanics documentation (updating)

1. Gourmet Guide (WIP)

Recipe planning & discovery:

• Flavor-based browsing

• Technique + Element as tags

• Clear missing ingredient states

• List + detail layout for controller readability

(The Gourmet Guide supports planning and understanding, not direct crafting)

2. Deck Builder (WIP)

Combat loadout management:

• Dishes = Buff cards

• Ingredient/Monster = Debuff cards

• Grid + Focus panel for clarity

• Clear “Owned” vs “In Deck” states

3. Cooking Interaction (WIP)

Skill-based execution:

• Visible minimum & maximum time

• Doneness meter

• Technique difficulty indicator

• Simple contextual prompts (Stir / Lid / Stop)

(Cooking is not cosmetic, it directly feeds combat performance)

4. Visual System (Draft)

Visual System exploring palette structure, type hierarchy, and icon refinement across the project.

5. Gameplay Loop (Draft)

Explore → Battle → Cook → Progress

6. Player Journey + Emotional Curve (Draft)

Key phases + UI touchpoints + pain points I’m designing around.

Helps validate pacing (tension → relief → reward) and where UI must stay minimal vs informative.

7. Navigation Structure (Draft)

8. Wireframes (Low-fidelity)

Some early exploration wireframes:

This project represents a system-driven UI/UX exploration, connecting interaction design, information architecture, and gameplay structure. While still a work in progress, intends to demonstrate a cohesive approach to designing layered game systems that remain readable, intuitive, and thematically grounded.

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