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Grand National Racing Game
Client:
Virgin mediaBrief:
Grand National Racing Game for the Virgin media electric ezine. The game challenges the user to a retro key bashing style endurance race against the other riders. Realism is created by use of dynamic drop shadows and synchronized animation.
Click and Drag Race
Client:
Virgin mediaBrief:
Click and Drag Race game for the virgin electric! eDition based ezine. The game tests the players knowledge of motorbike construction. Drag and drop the parts to build the motorbike against the clock!
Cryptic Music Quiz
Client:
Virgin mediaBrief:
Cryptic Music Quiz game for the virgin electric! eDition based ezine. The game tests the users knowledge of popular music artists. If a question is answered correctly the text box changes colour. If the user is stuck they can press the "Tell me" button. At the end of the quiz the number of correct and revealed answers is totted up and the verdict given.
A flash cookie stores the state of play for returning players.
Rowing game - Virgin electric!
Client:
Virgin mediaBrief:
Rowing game for the virgin electric! Ceros based ezine. The game featured simple one key controls, the user had to press the space bar in the correct rhythm to ensure an effective stroke in order to beat the computer competitor!
Android Apps feature - Virgin Electric
Client:
Virgin mediaBrief:
An interactive feature for the Virgin electric! ezine promoting various applications for use with the android phone operating system.
The content was presented in a fun and interactive way.
Ford Smax E-magazine
Client:
FordBrief:
Design and program an interactive e-magazine using the Ceros media platform. The emag was to showcase a range of extreme snow sports for promoting and creating a lifestyle around the Ford Smax brand.
Triumph - Louise Loves - handbag
Client:
TriumphBrief:
Design and build an interactive microsite to demonstrate the Triumph underwear range. Users should be able to select their own body shape which will trigger a selection of products suitable for their particular figure.
Android App - Marine GPS Navigator
Client:
hypermodernismBrief:
An experiment in Android Application development. This App allows the user to check their position, speed and distance traveled while at sea. It also allows the user to store waypoints for the purpose of navigation.
This application is still in the Beta development phase and is not to be used for navigation purposes.
La Redoute Ceros Ezine
Client:
La RedouteBrief:
The La Redoute Ceros based Ezine for contract publisher Redwood features deep links to the latest hot fashions and products on offer from the companies main e-commerce website. Inspiring videos advise on how to achieve various looks.
I was responsible for programming all of the actionscript on the both the pitch and first issues of this ezine.
Boots health and beauty Ceros ezine
Client:
BootsBrief:
Boots health and Beauty Ezine. Featuring some innovative pages including a nail colour chooser where the user chooses and paints the colour onto virtual toes. An interactive suntan lotion selector tailored to your skin tone, type and age. Various products are deep linked to the Boots site, and informative and entertaining videos.
Bizarre Magazine website and social networking
Client:
Dennis PublishingBrief:
Bizarre Magazine the UK's leading alternative lifestyle mag.
Design graphics and usability walkthroughs for each page of the site. Mobile downloads of videos and ecommerce functionality for subscriptions to the user generated content on the site. And the development of Ultra vixens and savage hearts Social networking microsites.
Crafts Magazine - E-commerce online subscriptions
Client:
Crafts CouncilBrief:
Crafts is the only British magazine to cover all craft forms, from studio work to public commissions, from modern experimental work to traditional and historic designs.
Design and development of an E-commerce facility using world pay to take payments for yearly subscriptions to Crafts magazine. The form uses Javascript validation and a callback from worldpay, processed by a ASP script which enables email conformations to be automatically sent to shoppers.
Crafts Council - Website
Client:
Crafts CouncilBrief:
The Crafts Council is the UK’s national organisation for the promotion of contemporary crafts.
Design and creation of the original site featuring a simple, fully accessible and visually engaging web presence for a public service organisation.
A new template was designed using HTML and CSS.
The site was praised in Webactive magazine where it received 4/5 star rating.
'Web Active' magazine, issue 43
Estee Lauder iMatch
Client:
Estée LauderBrief:
Estee Lauder iMatch, on handbag.com, cosmopolitan.co.uk and allaboutyou.co.uk
Design and build a creative advertorial page to promote the iMatch foundation cosmetics service. The advertorial featured video and interactivity to inform the user about how service iMatch works.
There were variations on the design to reflect the different audience requirements of the three websites and traffic driving media was also produced following the brands strong design cues.
Christmas cryptic quiz
Client:
Virgin mediaBrief:
A fun cryptic quiz of television program titles. Both flash cookies and a database collect the users email and position in the game allowing them to return at a later time and continue from where they left. Data captured can also be used for future marketing purposes where the user has agreed via the tick box.
