I’m often amazed by how fast the design industry evolves. Sometimes, the pressure to keep pace with new tools and techniques can feel overwhelming and stifle my creativity. I do my best design work when I approach problems with a childlike spirit, which is why I enjoy these games so much: They allow me to learn and practice while maintaining a sense of play and wonder.

Whether you’re looking to reskill, upskill, or learn a new UI/UX technique, online design games can help you test and grow your artistic and technical chops. As Pablo Picasso once said, “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it.”

*PLAY Puzzle Bobble

Enhance Your Sense of Alignment

Alignment is a fundamental design principle that guides visual composition and supports usability and readability.

It’s Centred That is great for training your sense of alignment and helping you catch spacing mistakes quickly. The objective is to determine whether a dot is centered inside a shape. It’s a simple concept, but the game is challenging because the dots are often placed agonizingly close to center. The game builds compositional awareness by forcing you to consider geometry and find reference points in overlapping and adjacent shapes.

PLAY Online snake game