WeJam is an immersive band experience for groups of up to 6 people who can play popular songs together in sync.

This is made possible by a user interface that simplifies the song score, while still triggering the full track. A bit like Guitar Hero.

I arrived at the company at a time when the experience was ready for booked sessions, but still bare bones in terms of UI and features. Here are some of the features I developed:

• Game modes: studio, quick, school sessions, accessible for special needs, accessible for visually impaired
• Stats Screen, with players' scores and metrics
• UI Redesign: from a black and white, bare bones UI, to a colourful and dynamic theme, in line with the existing branding.
• Python script that turns a MuseScore score into the images needed in the game (using Lilypond, a music engraving language)
• Animated karaoke mode (CSS Animations)
• Song list for browsing available songs and difficulties
• Video tutorials and UI
• Minimised random client disconnections
• Facilitator controls to manage client tablets remotely
• Migrated to Redux for more efficient state management (than the context providers)
• Automating the score creation process in Python, by testing different note patterns for each difficulty
• Optimising the server for faster loading and better connectivity
• Adding animations for a more dynamic UI
• Generating scores directly from code, for faster loading and real-time feedback
• Side-scroll animation

• Becoming familiar with an existing codebase
• Coding with consideration for other developers
• Reusing code and components
• Complex CSS animations managed by custom classes
• Git versioning and GitLab
• Pair programming and pair debugging
• Workflow automation with Python
• Improving server logs
• Using a project management tool
• Refactoring, evergreening, migrating to better technologies
• Designing UI in line with a brand