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.

Final performance scores would be shown on arena jumbotrons, with superlatives coming straight from the audience via signs and banners.

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