Wheel
of Fortune Slots the ultimate collection is a mobile social casino game for IOS
and Android devices. The core loop of the game uses virtual currency to play
slot machine mini-games, increasing your player level, that in turn, unlock additional mini-games.
WHEEL OF FORTUNE SLOTS THE ULTIMATE COLLETION
Wheel
of Fortune Slots the ultimate collection is a mobile social casino game for IOS
and Android devices.
3D CASINO LOBBY
As
the Art Manger, I lead a team of 3D artists to create a Wheel of Fortune themed
3D casino environment, slot machines and mini-games.
I
guided the visual design as game development progressed. This
creative endeavor was done in collaboration with the Sony’s design and brand
teams for the Wheel of Fortune TV show.
(Maya, Photoshop, Unity)
3D CASINO LOBBY
Throughout
this entire process, I worked very closely with the product owner, UX lead,
and game designer to ensure the 3D visuals my team were creating were aligned
with the PRD and game design documents.
The environment is divided into a
wheel section, the letter board section, the progressive jackpot section, and
the real-world prizes section.
(Maya, Photoshop, Unity)
3D WHEEL OF FORTUNE WHEEL
The Wheel of fortune wheel is an iconic element from the TV show. We wanted to introduce an additional "Boost Tag" element to the wheel for meta-gameplay.
Interactive "Boost Tag" wedges are a gameplay element that
allows users to augment their spins with stickers that could be placed anywhere on the wheel. (These tags were used for virtual currency multipliers and
rewards.)
This multiplier would be used to increase a user’s chances at landing
on a favorable outcome for their wheel spins.
3D SLOT MACHINES
Upon installation, new users would start the game with 4 slot machines. Additional 3D slot machines would be unlocked via level progression of the player. Selecting a slot machine would launch a separate game scene. Playing these mini-games earned XP for level progression.
(Maya, Photoshop, Unity)
3D REAL WORLD PRIZES SECTION
The game also included a section for real world prizes. A player could play these specific games to be rewarded real world prizes like cash, and gift cards.
(Maya, Photoshop, Unity)
3D PROGRESSIVE JACKPOT
The progressive jackpot element is
a meta-game feature that displays the current winners high scores who are in
the active player community.
There was an additional wheel mechanic that allowed users to collect additional in-game currency, and XP.
(Maya, Photoshop, Unity)
VANNA WHITE VIDEO SHOOT
The concept was to have Vanna White
have multiple branching performances that she could give the user based on when
they entered the app, or when they achieved certain goals in the game.
The team flew out to Sony Studios to film Vanna White and Pat Sajak for character performances in the game. My team was responsible for all of the video capture, editing, compression and compositing of the actors into Unity.
(Maya, After Effect, Final Cut Pro. Photoshop, Unity)
VANNA WHITE VIDEO SHOOT
I worked closely with UX, game design, and Sony marketing to create final branching script, and shot list for Vanna White. We did multiple test runs of the process before the actual shoot day.
The actual capture day was very successful, and all of the pre-planning played a key role in it’s success. We used a broadcast professional camera setup to capture Pro-Res 4K video clips.
We also had to experiment with various bitrates to optimize file size for mobile devices.
(Maya, After Effect, Final Cut Pro. Photoshop, Unity)
