Samantha Williams
  • UI / UX
    • WildTangent Casino
    • Spell Slingers
    • Stellar Fortune
  • Illustration
  • Animation
  • Resumé & Contact
  • UI / UX
    • WildTangent Casino
    • Spell Slingers
    • Stellar Fortune
  • Illustration
  • Animation
  • Resumé & Contact
Samantha Williams

WildTangent Casino

Design Brief

WildTangent Casino needed two shiny new slot games to draw in new players. Required: one in a Vegas 7's theme and one in a Polar Bowler (WildTangent's IP) theme.

Role

  • Slot specialist; thoroughly understood slot development pipeline from 2 years of experience in Las Vegas
  • 1 of 4 artists in the studio, but worked solo on my 2 projects
  • Iterated with feedback from my Art Director Julian Jauregui
  • Built and animated the UI in Unity with my partner developer Jacob Gulotta

Design Process: Super Sevens Slots

Design Process: Polar Bowler Slots

Polished Art

Challenges & Successes

Challenge: Working with IP
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Solution:
  • Conduct research on the IP's existing games
  • Compile important style and theme elements
  • Incorporate those elements into the new game
  • Review progress with stakeholders
  • Iterate with stakeholder feedback

Challenge: Working in a live project undergoing a lot of changes
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Solution:
  • Stay organized
  • Take detailed notes of new goals and tasks
  • Prioritize attention to detail
  • Keep old and new assets aligned with current goals
  • Ask questions and communicate to make sure I am understanding the project requirements
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