A Flash game having Santa flying in a plane over different destinations. The user has to keep the plane on air as long as possible having a limited number of clicks. Along the way, Santa flies over Blue Air destination cities (like: Berlin, Barcelona, London, Paris).

Client

Kondiment, Romania

Challenges

We received only a psd with the graphics. We had to develop all the animations (from the existing vector graphics).

Had to develop the persistance module with no access to the production server. It turned out that production  server ran php 4 and lots of functions had to be rewritten. Difficult problems with confirmation emails arriving into junk folder.

Solution

Created a demo environment at http://blueair.demo.edea.ro. Created wrapper PHP functions to work alternatively on php 4 and php 5. Used htmlMimeMail to send confirmation emails to users. To resolve the junk folder issue, we had to create a user account on the mail server and use the smtp protocol with authentication. “mail -f” did not work well. Flash development went on quite smoothly.

Timeframe

November – December  2009

Create and implement a game to enhance Kinder brand recognition of the new product Kinder Milk Slice. The game needed to be integrated into the product website.

Client

Greater Ad, Romania

Challenges

We had to develop our own specifications for the game. Additionally, we had to make game design, asset implementation, programming and training for game deployment.

Solution

We assembled a product team, that brainstormed for the game scenario, and implementation plan. The accepted proposal was a labyrinth. For easier game balancing, we developed also a ‘map editor’ tool.

The game is online here.

Timeframe

April-May, 2009

Create and manage a promotional campaign website for a tobacco company. The website allowed users to register, play a game and gather points that would give them a chance to win cars. Besides the visible part, made with Flash animations, the website had to support an extensive database with classification systems and statistical management.

Client

Ogilvy Interactive, Romania

Challenges

• Late asset delivery from the client
• incomplete or very generic specs
• lots of major changes “on the go”
• very short time for asset integration
• heavy load due to extensive promotion (there were codes inside the cigarette packs)

Solution

The frontend was created in Flash + AS3. Backend was developed using Php + Zend Framework + MySql. Although it took us several nights at the office, the website and the data base were stable and the project ended successfully.

Timeframe

September-December, 2008