Fantasy Tribes – Mobile UI/UX Design
Leonel Duran
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Fantasy Tribes – Mobile UI/UX Case Study
Role: Lead Product Designer
Platform: iOS
Project Type: Fantasy Gaming App
Timeline: 1.5 Months
Client: Josh Taubenslag
Leonel was always professional, personable and he delivered a wonderful design for our app! We were very happy with the finished product and the process that went into it!
Overview
Fantasy Tribes is a mobile fantasy gaming app designed for Survivor superfans. The platform turns passive viewership into an interactive competition, allowing users to draft castaways, make predictions, trade picks, place bets, and battle for leaderboard supremacy with their friends.
The Challenge
Survivor fans are highly engaged with the show but lack an official, interactive, and strategic way to compete with each other beyond casual forums or spreadsheets.
Most fantasy apps (like Bracketology) offer broad, lightweight engagement across reality shows, but lack depth and aren’t Survivor-specific. The goal was to build a highly strategic, community-driven, and visually fun app that mirrored the emotional highs and tactical twists of Survivor itself.
Onboarding
Goals
Design a mobile-first experience with deep gameplay mechanics that still feels intuitive
Build community through leagues, trades, and weekly competition
Create an onboarding flow that simplifies a complex rule set
Emphasize fun, bold visuals that balance strategy and entertainment
Guide users through weekly lineups, bets, predictions, and scoring
Tribal Survival Feature
Key Features Designed
Persistent Leagues: Private hubs for recurring competition with the same group
Advanced Scoring System: Based on real in-game actions, not surface-level predictions
Weekly Betting: Optional high-stakes predictions for extra points
Edgic & Finale Picks: Strategic mid-season and finale predictions
Trade Center: MVP ↔ Pick conversion logic and active trade proposals
End-of-Season Recaps: Shareable results and tiebreaker resolution
Userflow
Results
A full clickable prototype ready for development
Intuitive UX around complex logic
Design system that can scale to future seasons
Clear league-based user flow that encourages long-term engagement
Fantasy Tribe Screens
Visual Styles
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What the client had to say
Leonel was always professional, personable and he delivered a wonderful design for our app! We were very happy with the finished product and the process that went into it!
Josh Taubenslag, Fantasy Tribes LLC
Aug 4, 2025, Client
Posted Aug 5, 2025
Designed the Fantasy Tribes app UI/UX, turning complex Survivor gameplay into a fun, intuitive mobile experience with drafts, bets, and weekly strategy.
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Timeline
Jun 2, 2025 - Jul 31, 2025
Clients
Fantasy Tribes LLC
