Support the little guys this season
It’s that time of year where our family and friends, not sure what we’re into these days, generously shower us with iTunes gift cards and XBox Live points cards. If this sounds familiar, make sure you use those cards to help support the little guys in and around Philadelphia. Here are some great options:
iTunes App Store
Paker + Jake’s Brainarang: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/brainarang/id381818986?mt=8
Dave Matorana’s Mailroom: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/mailroom-gmail-google-apps/id355023563?mt=8
XBox Live:
Space Whale Studio’s Return All Robots:
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/Product/Return-All-Robots/66acd000-77fe-1000-9115-d8025855073c
Any other suggestions are welcome in the comments!
Summer 2010 Wrap-up
I hate starting posts with, “It’s been a while since I’ve last posted.” But it has been a while, and rightly so. I’ve been fortunate to have an incredibly busy summer, both in life and with my new self-employed status.
To start the summer, I worked with Area Code on an upcoming Facebook title for one of their clients. While I can’t say much about the title since it has yet to launch, I will say that their team is everything you’ve heard and more. Because of their set-up, I was able to work closely with them while sitting 200 miles away. I left the project with a blueprint on how to work remotely with NYC teams and I hope…
ScapeNation Games
Here’s a few examples of games on which I’ve acted as Game Designer or Game Developer. These examples were all built for ScapeNation and satisfy a unique game dimension within each title. Puzzle, shooters, levelers, fighters, a range to cater to the wide array of gamers on the site. Note that Game Designer is a much different roll than Game Artist and involves working through game play mechanics, structure, and overseeing the game’s creation.
Cheerleader Challenge
Gladiator
Skyline Catacombs
Skyline Standoff
Boulder Bash
RainBarrel Philly
My first app has launched in the iTunes App Store!
RainBarrel Philly
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/rainbarrel-philly/id357687427?mt=8
RainBarrel shows you the likelihood of precipitation in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania region based on historical weather data collected over the past 100 years. The app was built using the private beta of Adobe Flash CS5. A big thanks to Aditya Bansod, Mike Chambers and the rest of the Adobe team, Rob Hall, and Monica Gursky for the lovely icon.
Read more about it on the product page.
5 Things on Papervison3D
A few weeks back, I had the awesome opportunity to present at FlashCamp Philly on the topic of Papervision3D and the process we used to create a piece for the Pennsylvania Film Office. The talk focused on the techniques we discovered to speed PV3D development and coordinate between myself in Adobe Flash and the designer, Jon Elison, in Adobe Photoshop.
A few days after, Joe Rinaldi of Aquent fame asked if I would do a recording of the presentation. So here it is, 5 Things on Papervision3D, in its full glory.
To all those visiting my site for the first time from the presentation, check out my RSS feed and be sure to follow me on Twitter.
IgnitePhilly 4 Video
Here’s the video from my presentation at IgnitePhilly 4 on October 13, 2009. Overall I think I came across pretty well. Some of my slides were hard to see, which I equate to Power Point’s unyielding quest to screw me. But people still laughed when expected, and there were even some nice audience interjections at certain points.
Big thanks to @radiocolin for the videos. I’m so happy my slides are overlaid in the video because half the jokes are tied to the visuals.
Please take a moment and check out some of the other presentations from IgnitePhilly 4. Shmitten Kitten, The Free Library, Snake-o-phobia, and Mike Worth with VGIPhilly all rocked it. Overall it was a pretty…
Speaking @IgnitePhilly
I’m happy to announce that I’ll be presenting at next week’s Ignite Philly. The event is composed of a handful of rapid-fire presentations, each only 5 minutes long with each slide limited to 15 seconds. The speakers I’m presenting with are a bit intimidating, especially with this as my first Ignite presentation. But we’re working on a really funny topic and a site to support it, so it should be a great time. I’m hoping to be a little bit of laughter in between so truly important causes.
More info on the event can be found at Ignite Philly’s website.
New to this series is the availability of 150 tickets. In the past, this event has “sold-out”, meaning…
Scapenation Mini-Games
Over the next few days and weeks, I’m going to post about my experiences working on ScapeNation.com, the tween-based social virtual network @RedTettemer built alongside a variety of partners, most notably Alpha51, for Tween Brands, Inc. Documenting this 16 month project, from RFP to post-launch updates is long overdue.
It’s overwhelming the sophistication and detail we all were involved in over the course of the project, which is what makes it so difficult to sit down and write about it. We managed relationships with vendors on 5 different continents representing an even greater number of timezones. I’ll start by detailing each of the mini-games we built for the virtual world. Then…
Film In PA launches
Little behind on posting this, but @RedTettemer launched FilmInPA.com, a site featuring the great state of Pennsylvania’s tax credits for filmmakers. Based on WordPress, the site features a flash homepage using Papervision3D to highlight the state’s diverse locations. Check out the site and let me know what you think.
30th Birthday Party
In just a few days I’ll be turning 30. There’s a ton of stuff going on right now, but I only turn 30 once, so Monica and I have set up a shindig at Dark Horse Tavern on South 2nd Street between Pine and South. Should be a good time with lots of friends. Party is on Saturday, June 27th, 2009 and kicks off at 9pm.
If you’re around, stop in and say hi. We’re asking that everyone RSVP so that we can tell the staff at Dark Horse what to expect.
Check out the site to RSVP
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