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This previsualization of the settings menus is set in the same firelit cave as the main menu and shows how the simian style can be applied to buttons and sliders. The UX design was simplified so that every interaction could be accomplished by one of two button designs.
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This previsualization of the pause menu for Crisis on the Planet of the Apes dims the environment before floating the menu in a cylinder pivoted around the player. It is designed so that menu items can easily be added and removed by the game designer.
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Previsualization of the main menu for the VR title Crisis on the Planet of the Apes. The brief was "dreamscape" and the menus use simian symbols and a simian hand drawn font taken from the film in a firelit cave. The player plays as an ape so the UI is designed for clumsy ape hands.
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Calibration takes place in a cave at the start of the game, the calibration process is explained to the player using ape hieroglyphic designs developed from "Maurice Handwriting" samples used in the films together with a heavily modified brush stroke font.
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Modal windows prevent further interaction until their message is acknowledged. In this previsualization the window follows head movement with a short time delay making it feel more natural than a static window fixed to the point of view.
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This previsualization of the options menu shows how the style of the main menu can be applied to sliders and toggle buttons. The UI heavily references Battlefield One with visual enhancements including support for textures and transparency.
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Planet of the Apes Last Frontier has a Western theme with human and ape storylines. In this previsualization the menus are overlaid over a monochrome close up of horse riders in slow motion. The rider is cropped out as they might be human or ape.
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This previsualization uses the definitive graphic style from the original series of Planet of the Apes to be consistent with the franchise. This direction was dropped in favor of an art style derived from Western film titles.
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This previsualization was used as a visual guide for the cut scene director. An approximate render was imported from the game engine into After Effects and the credits were added in pseudo 3D to show how they are placed and appear in game.
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The brief for Planet of the Apes Last Frontier was to interpret the franchise as a Western. Two weights of Clarendon Serial were chosen at contrasting sizes and an eroded texture over a coloured monochrome background give a retro Western feel to the design.
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Multiplayer quick time events for Planet of the Apes Last Frontier requires players to press a button within a time limit. When a player presses in time the player's colour is flashed on the screen as part of a circle and if all players press in time the circle is completed.
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Single player quick time events for Planet of the Apes Last Frontier require the player to "button mash" the designated button as fast as they can within the time limit, if the player is successful the progress bar completes a full circle and triggers an animation.
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Previsualization of the branching narrative choices for Planet of the Apes Last Frontier in multiplayer. In multiplayer mode choices are not time limited so the game must stop and wait for all players to choose. In this video the decision is split and a tiebreak is triggered.
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Previsualization of narrative choices for Planet of the Apes Last Frontier in single player. The choices are time limited and as time counts down the horizontal rules dividing the text reduce in width until they reach zero at which point the highlighted choice is shown.
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UX designs for an online dashboard for Caparoom, a consumer facing "social commerce" service in which users share reviews. The dashboard enables resellers to cross reference sales data against page impressions and fact check user reviews.
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UI concepts and designs for the space exploration title Elite Dangerous, the background has small silhouetted ships passing slowly across the sun in the distance. The UI was designed for a pre-existing UX.
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UI and UX designs for Nexusmon, the working title for a strategy game with gameplay mechanics similar to Pokémon. The characters have elemental abilities shown in the UI and the design had to complement another pre-existing art style from another title.
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Previsualization showing the design and animation of button prompts and glyphs for Harry Potter Deathly Hallows. Prompts are text messages and glyphs are button shapes inserted amongst blocks of text. Designs are shown for each hardware platform
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Previsualization showing UI design and animation for the frontend of Harry Potter Deathly Hallows. Lightning, clouds and animated letters are used to convey a sense of drama and magic. This design was not used in the final game.
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Previsualization of the UI and UX for the frontend of Parabellum, a first person shooter that the German developer Acony wanted to change to an MMORPG. The UI is a responsive layout that adapts to multiple screen resolutions.
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One hundred player avatars designed for Parabellum, a free to play first person shooter being developed in Germany. The designs are created on a four pixel grid so they can be reduced in size by to up to 25% without loss in quality.
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Concepts, designs and illustrations for the user interfaces for Boggle, Connect 4, Sorry, Sorry Sliders, Battleships and Yahtzee. The concepts show animated Mr Potato Head family characters players can use to taunt their opponents.
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Concepts and previsualizations of the bonus pawns in Sorry Sliders, one of the board games in Hasbro Family Game Night. When the player receives a random bonus pawn they gain the special ability shown by the pawn in the UI.
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In-game video capture of progressive damage animations designed and built for the frontend menus in Burnout Dominator. As the player progresses through the game the menus gradually disintegrate in four stages, one of which is shown here.
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Crisis on the Planet of the Apes
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Planet of the Apes Last Frontier
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Caparoom
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Elite Dangerous
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Nexusmon
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Harry Potter Deathly Hallows
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Parabellum
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Hasbro Family Game Night
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Burnout Dominator