Brisbane man combines gaming and live music Brisbane man Hans van Vliet has created a smartphone app called 7Bit Hero which combines gaming with live music performances. With smartphone apps being developed and introduced on a daily basis, it takes a particular type of creative expert to capture the attention of our technologically driven society. However, Brisbane man Hans van Vliet has done just that with an inspired idea to team live band performances with gaming via his music group's 7Bit Hero band app. "I want to flip the table around and celebrate the crowd, not the band," Hans said of his project launched at the beginning of the year. His gig-gaming concept involves the audience playing a game whilst Hans and his band, 7Bit Hero, play its soundtrack. The audience, or gamers, try to beat game, which is provided by the band and shown on a screen behind the musicians, and whoever wins is sung a song titled The Winner. "The song is updated to reflect each individual winner," Hans said. Hans writes all the mini games and accompanying songs. And the concept, which Hans developed with his partners at IV Motions, has generated a popular response from the gaming community. He recently performed with his band at Australia's largest gaming festival. Held in Melbourne two weeks ago, the PAX Gaming Festival attracts 20,000 people every day over three days. Hans said 7Bit Hero was honoured to perform at the event. "It's basically the gaming version of Comic-Con," he said. Reinforcing the demand for his creative expertise in technology, Hans was recently hired by the Queensland University of Technology's robotics department. Brisbane's music or gaming enthusiasts can experience Hans' new form of entertainment at QUT's Robotronica event on August 18. 7Bit Hero will perform two all-age shows. "The audience can download our app 7BitHero and then at the show we give you further instructions" Hans said.