CRITBalance, not perfection
Users, Team, Business and Craft all start at 50. Hit 0 or 100 on any of them and the career ends, so even "good" answers can sink you.
UsersTeamBusinessCraft
A swipe game for UX designers
A design career, one swipe at a time.
The PM wants it by Friday. The CEO wants the logo bigger. A user just lost everything in a tunnel. Swipe right for yes, left for no, and keep Users, Team, Business and Craft alive long enough to retire a legend.
Coming soon onGoogle Play Soon iPhone version later.
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How it works Every answer moves the meters above. Empty one, or let one overflow, and your career is over. After each call you'll see what a seasoned designer would have done.
How it plays
Four meters. No right answers. Only trade-offs.
Every card is a real situation from a design job: a PM, a founder, a researcher, an actual user. Say yes or no. Every choice pushes and pulls on the four things a designer has to keep alive.
400+ real design calls
Dark patterns, redesign sagas, research budgets, AI-generated screens, layoffs. Nothing repeats in a career, and the deck cycles before anything comes back.
The Crit Review
At the end of every career you see your UX IQ and the calls you missed, with what a seasoned designer would have done and why.
9 endings to collect
Burn out, get fired, get promoted into oblivion, or survive 40 sprints and retire a legend.
Goals and promotions
Three goals per career, a real title ladder from Junior to CDO, and chained consequences that come back to haunt you sprints later.
Offline and private
No account, no ads, no tracking. Your progress lives on your phone and the game plays fine in airplane mode.
Screens
It looks like the tool you already work in.
Cards are artboards. Meters are ring gauges. Your cursor has a name tag. It's a design tool, except every decision has consequences.
Three levels
How long have you been designing?
Each level has its own deck, bigger consequences and less help reading the cards. Score high enough to unlock the next one.
Beginner
New to the craft. Learning tools, feedback and handoff.
- Starts as Junior Designer
- Arrows show which way each meter moves
- Always open
Intermediate
You own features. Research, systems, metrics and stakeholders.
- Starts as Product Designer
- Dots show how big, not which way
- Unlock: score 2,000 in Beginner
Expert
Org design, budgets, the board, and the politics of saying no.
- Starts as Principal Designer
- Every hint looks the same
- Unlock: score 2,500 in Intermediate
FAQ
Questions, answered
When can I play it?
CRIT is in testing on Android right now. Join the waitlist and you'll get one email the day it goes live on Google Play.
Is there an iPhone version?
Yes, after the Android launch. The waitlist email will cover that too.
Do I need to be a designer to play?
No. PMs, engineers, founders and students all get something out of it. If you've ever been in a design review, you'll recognise the cards.
Does it collect my data?
The game collects nothing. No account, no ads, no analytics. Your progress is saved on your phone only. The full details are in the privacy policy.
Does it need the internet?
No. Everything is on the device, so it plays anywhere, including trains in tunnels.
Your first crit is coming soon.
Get one email when CRIT: UX Edition goes live on Google Play.