BAND HERO 2

UI ARTIST - Nintendo Wii (2009, Cancelled)

Before Activision streamlined their roster of music-rhythm games, we began work on a sequel to Band Hero for the Wii. The major gameplay innovation was a new vocal engine with real time DSP effects, but we also planned to revitalize the UI.

The project was cancelled while still in pre-production.

For Band Hero 2, I redesigned the instruments' "highways" as sleek modern note runways rather than literal guitar necks.

My thought was that from the second the game launches, the show was already happening - band on stage, crowd revved up, and a button on any controller calls up the main menu. Or you could let it play like a virtual concert.

Instead of layering large UI text on top of gameplay, I planned for us to integrate it into the world. Song Titles would be shown on the band's projection screen, as part of the gameplay intro.

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