In the summer of 2011, 2Advanced came to us with the task to build the online community architecture, interaction, and layouts for the Namco/Bandai game, Ace Combat: Assault Horizon- the latest upcoming fighter pilot game in the 19-year-old Ace Combat series. Working with 2Advanced we oversaw the user experience while their team worked on the visual design and development of the site.
Distilling requirements and detailed game information from the Japanese company’s documentation, we designed and outlined interaction for gamer profiles, social interaction via Facebook and Twitter, leaderboards, achievements, and a global view of conquest within the game. The outcome is an end-to-end online experience that imports the entire game’s data from the PS3 and XBOX Live gaming networks, while adding on a new layer of web-only gameplay achievements.