Veylund product in development

Gaming scouting & route-planning app

ESS Scout

UX/UI
Data integration
Decision workflows

Problem

EVE Online players gather scattered, often incomplete intelligence to decide whether an opportunity is worth the journey and risk.

Approach

Compare opportunities, build a route and check changing conditions in one workflow. Distinguish reported observations from estimates.

What exists today

A working application for opportunity review, route planning and operational checks. The demonstration uses fictional data; it does not establish live-feed accuracy or measured risk reduction.

Project walkthrough

Explain the journey before asking for input

The opening guide explains two scouting styles and the steps in each. It also distinguishes what a connected character can automate from what remains available without authentication.

ESS Scout opening guide showing Targeted Scout, Free Roam and connection options. — The actual first-run help screen in the isolated demonstration. It can be reopened from Help. Open full-size image (new tab)

Ask only for the scope of this operation

The targeted-scout setup starts with a staging system and the regions or systems to consider. The visible progress indicator separates choosing the operation from connecting a character and preparing information.

Targeted Scout setup with fictional staging, region and additional systems. — A real setup screen with synthetic input. This capture does not demonstrate authentication or a completed live-data session. Open full-size image (new tab)

Compare the evidence

Start with the candidate opportunities and the observations behind them. The table keeps evidence and estimates in context before a route is chosen.

ESS Scout evidence table with synthetic opportunities and reported or estimated evidence labels. — Opportunity review in the real application renderer. Synthetic data; not a live market or activity report. Open full-size image (new tab)

Build and check a route

Move selected opportunities into a route and inspect the route check in the same workflow. The plan stays connected to the evidence that prompted it.

ESS Scout route builder showing selected destinations and a completed fixture route check. — The selected opportunities become a checked demonstration route. Travel estimates are fixture values, not performance claims. Open full-size image (new tab)

Review conditions before acting

The operational view brings the relevant local and surrounding signals together. It supports a human decision about whether to continue, scout or reconsider.

ESS Scout operational review screen with synthetic local and surrounding conditions. — An operational review screen using manual location and synthetic signals. Live-feed reliability is not demonstrated here. Open full-size image (new tab)

Design rationale

Each screen supports one decision. Evidence labels expose uncertainty; a checked route does not imply a safe operation.

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