Gaia Interactive (gaiaonline.com): Project Listing

Avatar Outfits

Contributions: UI Designs & Wireframing, UI Specifications

A new feature allowing users to save & equip entire sets of clothes/items at once. The design was particularly well-received in user feedback.

Project Details | View Project Screenshots (4)

Avatar Suggested Items

Contributions: UI Designs, UI Specifications, Visual Design, Visual Design Specifications

A way for users to try on items from Gaia Stores without ever leaving the Avatar Dressup page, and be directed to the appropriate store to purchase those items.

Project Details | View Project Screenshots (2)

Gaia Shops Redesign

Contributions: Product Concepts, Information Architecture, UI Designs & Wireframing, UI Specifications

A redesign of Gaia Shops, where users buy all of their items & clothes. The redesign was to address user confusion about what types of items were in each shop and how shops were organized and navigated.

Project Details | View Project Screenshots (6)

Gaia Achievements

Contributions: Product Concepts, Information Architecture, UI Designs & Wireframing, UI Specifications

A new feature built to give new Gaia users goals to accomplish immediately after joining Gaia in order to reduce confusion regarding the multitude of paths to take and activities to do.

Project Details | View project screenshots (7)

Gaia Aquarium

Contributions: Product Concepts, Information Architecture, UI Designs & Wireframing, UI Specifications, Visual Design (on Aquarium forum signatures), Visual Design Specifications

The beginnings of a “pet system” on Gaia, starting with an aquarium where users could take care of pet fish and earn gold by doing so. The hope was to create more pets on Gaia in the long run.

Project Details | View Project Screenshots (6)

Like/Dislike (And Forums Redesign)

Contributions: Product Concepts, Information Architecture, UI Designs & Wireframing, UI Specifications

A new feature allowing users to “Like” or “Dislike” forums threads, our intention being to use this data to surface better content at a later time. We created “Popular” & “Heated” labels in order to make the numbers more meaningful to users, as well as updated the visual design for Threads while we’re at it.

Project Details | View Project Screenshots (3)

Gaia Event Calendar

Contributions: Visual Design, Visual Design Specifications

A new module on the home page listing upcoming events on Gaia for users to participate in.

Project Details | View Project Screenshot

Gaia Instant Messenging (GIM)

Contributions: Product Concepts, Information Architecture, UI Designs & Wireframing, UI Specifications

A fully-integrated instant messenging system within Gaia to provide an outlet for meeting our goal of furthering the communication and social aspects of the site.

Project Details | View Project Screenshots (6)

Avatar Contextual Menus

Contributions: UI Designs & Wireframing, UI Specifications

A contextual menu, appearing anywhere that an avatar appears, that allows users to take such actions as “View Profile”, “Send Message”, etc.

Project Details | View more project screenshots (2)