Title: "The Newlywed Game"
Client: Endless Games / Freemantle Media
Production Company: Giant Interactive
Role: Concept, Script, Produce, Edit, Direct
It was an honor and a challenge to adapt one of the iconic game shows in tv history to the interactive medium. Figuring out how to bring the tv experience to the home was difficult; so was knowing we could never show Bob Eubank's face.
We decided to let home couples actually play along with a couple from a classic Episode. The game records the score, and players get to answer all the questions you would have seen on TV in 1977. Plaid suits and beehives are optional but encouraged.
Title: "Match Game"
Client: Endless Games / Freemantle Media
Production Company: Giant Interactive
Role: Concept, Script, Produce, Edit, Direct
Another blast from the past. One of the ugliest shows in TV history was a bigger challenge to dvd-ify - we weren't allowed to show any celebrities (thanks for nothin' Richard Dawson)... and all that orange and aqua!
No fear - we ended up going with a heavily graphic approach and relying on the audio from the shows, which is really quite amusing. I learned coding, programming, compression and flowcharting to make these games - so I got that going for me.
Title: "Password"
Client: Endless Games / Freemantle Media
Production Company: Giant Interactive
Role: Concept, Script, Produce, Edit, Direct
The challenge in making a dvd game from Password came not in the game play, but in the creation of "special 3d glasses" that enabled one viewer to see a word on the screen while the rest of the room could not (just like the board game version).
We succeeded, and the game plays much like the Password of your childhood. Instead of begging Allen Ludden's widow to use his image we developed a virtual host to guide the action - Charmin' Chuck Harmon. All of these games are in stores now...
Title: 42 Demo DVD
Client: 42 Productions
Production Company: direct
Role: Concept, Script, Produce
42 Productions is a production and post facility in Boulder, CO. They were completing a major expansion of their facility and wanted a dvd to showcase their many capabilities - something slick, high-end, and user-navigable.
We incorporated an elegant interface and seamless transitions to drive the user to more than 15 separate demos and video pieces. The dvd style matched 42's high-end production focus and all were pleased.
