American Idol Star Experience

## Description

_American Idol Star Experience_ is based on the popular TV show _American
Idol_. The game was originally developed as a retail Windows title, but was
changed to be a free-to-play Facebook title during late development. However,
a client still had to be installed on the player’s PC to launch the game.

The game allowed players to create their own American Idol performances using
the game’s Performance Creator. Players could customize their avatar’s body
type, hair, clothes and accessories. They could also customize the
performance’s setting by choosing between different stages, adding visual
effects such as rain or fireworks, and controlling the camera angles. Players
could then record themselves singing a variety of songs and upload their
performances to Facebook. Once a performance was online, other players could
rate the it by giving it 1 to 3 stars (3 being the best) in 3 different
categories: styling, staging and singing.

The game featured around 40 songs when it released, including:

* TK Tunstall – Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
* Alicia Keys – Fallin’
* Jennifer Lopez – Ain’t It Funny
* Pat Benatar – Hit Me With Your Best Shot
* Cutting Crew – I Just Died In Your Arms Tonight

_American Idol Star Experience_ was online for only a few months before it
was retired due to a lack of popularity.