Underscore_ is a weekly talk show about IT, streamed live on Twitch from a couch with guests. It comes from Micode, a French tech YouTube channel whose creator, Michaël, wants to make cybersecurity and computer science accessible to a large part of the French IT community.
The identity had to feel modern and serious to stay credible with the tech world. We kept the Underscore_ brand and pushed its two-tone colour scheme, which instantly reminds viewers of tech.
For the live show, we designed a full stream layout built on a grid, with camera and source frames and on-screen widgets for polls, alerts and chat messages. The jingles handle the transitions between the parts of the show. They were inspired by the Microsoft Design team's visuals, made in Blender with Octane, and come in alternate versions so the video editor can mix different motions easily.
To make the producer's work easier, we also developed Gabin, an AI with his own personality that controls the cameras. Gabin changes the shape of his eyes and hands to express himself, displays tweets, polls and info, and the layout adjusts to the space his messages take. For social media, Figma templates let the team generate each episode's announcements in a few clicks.
