I was tasked with creating an Enhanced version of the broadcast of immensely popular Dungeons and Dragons live stream, Critical Role. Legendary wanted it to air in real time on their new O&O SVOD, Alpha, while maintaining the regular version on Twitch. This was a unique challenge, to stream two separate offerings simultaneously. I worked with Matt Mercer to identify what he wanted in an enhanced overlay, and also considered that it provided value to the audience, worthy of their subscription fee.

Instead of typical graphic overlays, I commissioned Support Class to develop a cloud based animation engine utilizing node.cg that could in real time generate graphics that displayed Hit Points, combat animations, status effects, and other info so that viewers could track the gameplay mechanics easier. Roughly ⅓ of the existing Critical Role viewership seemed to like it, as we saw a week one migration of viewership to the broadcast on Alpha, and Critical Roles existing growth rate on Twitch maintained for the entirety of Alpha’s existence.