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Search Engine SmackdownClient: Pronet Advertising / ACS This light-hearted game tests player's search engine and web industry knowledge. Designed for online marketing wizards Pronet Advertising, it features caricatures of six search engine industry leaders duking it out in slapstick action goodness. Illustration provided by the talented Ali Teo. Roles:
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Sudoku HolidaysClient: Maris Hotels This game was designed to attract beginners and experts of Sudoku to the Maris Hotels site, and expose them to the Crete hotel chain's large offering. Players are encouraged to solve puzzles as quick as possible in order to be in to win one of many holiday prizes. The game features a smart backend tracking system. Roles:
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OnionSkin
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FoodAim gameClient: Life Education Trust Targetted at 6-12 year olds, this game was designed to make learning the food pyramid fun. Features illustration by Nikki Robinson. Roles:
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Guy Robinson
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QuizooClient: BBC Designed for the BBC Teens team as part of their recently relaunched site "Slink". This compelling multi-player online game lets players test their general knowledge against people all over the world or compete in private rooms just for friends. Check out the crazy cool avatars created by Marc Diamond. Roles within a team:
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Blue Peter
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Bitesize ChatClient: BBC Bitesize Chat is a place where students can discuss Maths, English and Science revision problems with other students. Roles within a team:
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TrafficWatch widgetClient: Rideshare Built with the new Yahoo! Widget Engine, this small desktop application (and accompanying site) was designed to help New Zealand commutes easily identify traffic congestion and make informed choices about their drive times. Over 2,500 people downloaded this widget in it's first week online. Roles:
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NZEdgeClient: NZEdge The redesign of the NZEdge.com site centred around creating a much more engaging and iconic homepage that embodied the NZEdge spirit. The new homepage features a randomly ordered photo slideshow, an MP3 player (featuring choice NZ tunes of course) and a dynamic international timezone map - all are updatable via a simple XML backend. Roles:
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The Apprentice Plot Predictor gameClient: BBC Fans of the UK series are encouraged to making predictions about what will happen in next week's show, those with the highest score at the end of the series get tickets to the "You're hired" grand finale. Roles:
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Investment NZ interactive mapsClient: Investment New Zealand These interactive Flash based maps were designed to quickly give access to a lot of information - and all in one place. One map displays INZ office locations on a world map and lets viewers see the contact details for each office as well as current time of day there - with adjustments for daylight savings. The other gives an overview of New Zealand's core infrastructure by visually overlaying different sets of information on a map of New Zealand. The user can then literally zoom into to see more information including detailed information on New Zealand's main cities. All maps created are customisable and editable via an XML backend. Roles within a team:
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Guess & Win! gameClient: Maris Hotels This fun competition encourages visitors to really get to know the range of hotels and facilities this Greek luxury hotel chain has to offer. By guessing the right name for each hotel and location, players get a chance to win a weeks holiday in Crete. Features a comprehensive backend tracking system. Roles:
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Breakmakers eFlyerThis mini site for up and coming UK band Breakmakers was created to promote their rock'n new single. The eFlyer features the music video of the single, tracks previews and more. It's also customisable via an XML driven backend. Roles:
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Quiz RoomsClient: BBC To help support BBC's new viewer participation orientated quiz show 'Come and Have a Go' this multiplayer game was created so viewers could hone their skills during the week in preparation for the weekend show. Roles within a team:
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Test the Nation 2004Client: BBC The UK's end of year Test the Nation television quiz show was aired on BBC on the 19th of December 2004. A cut down version of the test was used to promote the show leading up to the night. On the night the full quiz was available online so viewers at home could participate and be in with a chance of called up during the show and winning prizes. Roles within a team:
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Hard Spell gameClient: BBC This game was created for the BBC to promote the 'Hard Spell' television series with the aim of finding Britain's best young speller. Although targeted at 11-14 year olds, it allowed people of all ages to test their word skills and compete in a weekly high score table. Roles within a team:
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The Match - Celebrity Football Club gameClient: Sky One 'Instant satisfaction' could also be the name of this game created to support the hype over the new, very British, reality TV show 'The Match'. Although simple in concept, the game features some nice ball physics, collision detection, parallel scrolling and sound effects to add to the game's comic nature and appeal. Roles within a team:
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Inland RevenueClient: Inland Revenue (New Zealand) The redesign of Inland Revenue's site needed to be approachable and intuitive to a very broad user base, and promote the use of the increasing number of online tools. Through a process of user testing and design iteration we able to come up with design that would feel intuitive while also raising awareness of the site's powerful functionality. The site has already scooped awards for 'Best Government or Community Website' and the 'People’s Choice' award in the 2006 NetGuide Awards, as well as being a finalist in the 2005 TUANZ Award's 'Information' category. Roles within a team:
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BT Broadband AggregationClient: BT (British Telecom) This audio-visual e-learning course was designed to be used internally to upskill staff on changes to the way BT interfaces with the public sector. The XML driven, Flash based course featured a knowledge test that integrated into BT's existing Learning Management System. Roles within a team:
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Herta frankfurtersClient: Nestlé UK A fun and energetic promotional site for Nestle's 'Herta' range of frankfurters. Roles within a team:
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Beyondtravel - interactive magazineClient: The AirMiles Travel Company This content-packed Flash based CD Rom was mailed out to over one million households and featured audio & visual travel guides utilising the latest technology from the Macromedia Flash development platform. The CD was awarded a special commendation at the 2004 BIMA Awards. Roles within a team:
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Rare Corporate DesignClient: Rare Corporate Design This highly innovative site uses a creative approach to navigation to help showcase this company's work. Roles within a team:
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Chicken Rescue game prototypeInspired by the 'Snake' game play model, Chicken Rescue sets a scenario where a rooster (the player) must rescue young chickens from battery farms within a given time limit. The game also introduces new game play factors such as power-ups (and downs) affecting player speed, and extra lives. Roles:
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Snake game prototypeThis personal project was created purely to practice some simple game development techniques. Intended to be a graphically enhanced version of the classic mobile phone game, it introduces some new game play factors such as multiple 'lives'. Roles:
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BT.com functionality demosClient: BT (British Telecom) A series of three interactive Flash-based demos which highlighted the functionality and benefits of using BT's new online services for corporate and public sector customers. Roles:
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Lostpixel.comPrevious personal project. Features flash-based motion-interaction experiments or "art biscuits". Also features a unique navigation system allowing three forms of input (including a numeric menu system inspired by Nokia phones). Roles:
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Scribble v1.0Previous personal project. An open canvas to create and share drawings. Roles:
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CubesPrevious personal project. An isometric platform to view and build objects. Roles:
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Shift Christmas
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Shift ShowreelClient: Shift Flash-based promotional showreel for internet communications company. Roles within a team:
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America's Cup 2002 Interactive MapClient: Tourism New Zealand The America's Cup is a prestigious international sailing event. This interactive map enabled event goers to find out more about the venue location and nearby attractions. Integration into the site's Cold Fusion based CMS meant that elements of the map could be linked to directly by individual racing syndicates. Roles:
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travel.newzealand.comClient: Tourism New Zealand Multi award-winning consumer travel destination site. Included design and template development expanding Tourism New Zealand's already large scale CMS to support multiple foreign languages (i.e. Chinese, Japanese, Korean and German). While I was at Shift the site was awarded 'Best Travel Site' at the 2003 NetGuide Awards, 'Bronze' in the 2002 I.D. Interactive Media Design Review (USA), and 'Information Reference Winner' at the 2001 TUANZ Interactive Awards. Roles within a team:
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Tourism New Zealand Trade ResourcesClient: Tourism New Zealand This site was targeted at travel sellers from all over the globe. The solution was a fully content managed site integrating a range of previously disparate resources and training materials into one point of call, while servicing both point-of-sale staff and bulk tourism product buyers. Roles:
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Victoria University Events CalendarClient: Victoria University of Wellington Database driven online events calendar. Roles within a team:
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Victoria University Accommodation FinderClient: Victoria University of Wellington Database driven online accommodation listings for students. Roles within a team:
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The Almost GalleryThis CD Rom was created in my final year of Art School and allows the viewer to roam a virtual gallery space. Playing with a murder mystery plot and distortions of space and time, the artwork questions the legitimisation of Fine Art by prestigious galleries and the wider 'Art world'. Roles:
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Contact InformationGrant RobinsonE-mail: grantrobinson at gmail dot com |
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