Zi'en Chen, Yuan Yin

Yuan Yin

June, 2025

Role-playing game, Gold Rush, Interaction design, Cultural communication.

In the context of the intelligent information era, the popularization of mobile networks and smartphones has accelerated the global dissemination of culture. As a game genre deeply loved by players, role-playing games (RPGs) have long been limited by traditional UI frameworks in their interface design, making it difficult to achieve a balance between cultural depth and interactive innovation. Taking the American Gold Rush in the 19th century as the background, this paper proposes a cultural theme UI innovation design method based on the situational experience theory, and designs the interface and interaction of the RPG mobile game "Gold Panning". Through the modern translation of cultural symbols, the construction of a dynamic interaction mechanism, and the multi-dimensional implantation of educational value, it breaks through the limitations of traditional UIs in cultural communication and demonstrates the unique potential of historical-themed games in cross-cultural communication.

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