Derek Sakamoto
Lead User Interface Designer
Derek Sakamoto is the lead user interface designer for Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft and has been on the project since its inception. He has spent the last 13 years at Blizzard designing user interfaces for World of Warcraft, The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, and Hearthstone. He also was the art side of The Creeps!, a mobile tower defense game in the early days of the iPhone App Store.
Events featuring Derek Sakamoto
Hearthstone: How to Create an Immersive User Interface
Blizzard's Derek Sakamoto discusses the organization, vision, and process used to create an immersive user interface for the popular card collecting game, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. Time permitting, team culture and cross-platform development will also be explored.
GameHearthstone: How to Create an Immersive User Interface
Blizzard's Derek Sakamoto discusses the organization, vision, and process used to create an immersive user interface for the popular card collecting game, Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. Time permitting, team culture and cross-platform development will also be explored.
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