Senior Development Producer TV, Interactive, and Multiplatform …some selected work Legend of Dick and Dom: Questalot I pitched, developed and produced this totally gross, ludicrously disgusting, and outright hilarious webcam game experience to promote and deepen audience relationship with the Legend of Dick and Dom brand on CBBC. Built by: Fish in a Bottle Released: May 2011 Legend of Dick and Dom: Questalot Released: June 2011 An amusing, very silly, interactive webcam game experience that allows kids to form a more personal relationship with the brand and its characters by playing a series of unusual quick-play games – based on the kinds of things the Princes get up to on the TV show. In each of the games the user can use their webcam to help Dick and Dom win a particular ingredient for their potion. Each game was devised to challenge a user’s range of motor skills. Loads of different funny video clips of Dick and Dom are triggered depending on a user’s success level during game-play. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/questalot-game ple: Game Exam ’ Puss Pokin ed any puss fill Pop as m you k’s face as boils on Dic 3 can. Nice. Legend of DickExample and Games Dom: Questalot Braaaains! Pull the brain out of Dom’s head. Careful, it’s slippery. que kin’ Pla Pic ross ll the g rape a th, Sc k’s tee om Dic p stuff fr to kee u get ! and yo it. Yay Sticky Icky Stick Hold the pooey stick as steady as you can to collect the Magical flies. They love poo. 4 My Almost Famous Family I pitched, developed, co-wrote and series-produced this interactive drama based on the TV series for CBBC aimed at getting kids actively engaged with different activities around music. Built by: Plugin Media, Kerb, and CBBC In-house Released: March 2010 My Almost Famous Family Released: March 2010 The BBC’s first ever fully interactive narrative An online spin-off series full of exclusive episodes and 16 music-biz-based flash games. Users are invited to help the kids from My Almost Famous Family to win ‘Battle of the Bands’. Along the way, users become the band’s manager, stylist, songwriter, video director, band member and more, by playing a series of games that affect and personalise their unique narrative experience. Users navigate the 3D flash site building a literal roadmap as they continue their journey. http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/myalmostfamousfamily/ 6 My Almost Famous Family Example Games Band Boss Make them money, build their fan base, keep them rehearsed, and book some gigs. All in a day’s work. Songwriter Use the various music samples to write and arrange their new song the Mix Into d you and nee The b ir new find the 7 to help sound. My Almost Famous Family More Example Games Style Trial Style the band for a Party, a Music Festival, and a Movie Premiere. Make them look good! M usic Vide o Director Pick t he shots, backgr the ounds, an the sp d add ecial effe cts, then show t he band. Battle of the Bands Keep the band in time. 8 My Almost Famous Family How we told the story… Video Messages Throughout the experience - users get personalised messages from the band members and the DJ hosting Battle of the Bands competition to provide calls to action for various challenges. Episodes At key points the overall story is progressed with mini-episodes. These present various problems that the user will have to help solve later. Live Webcam Get ‘as-live’, highly personalised webcam messages from band members often asking the user for help or commenting on work they’ve done. This example above shows the user’s own poster design dynamically 9 presented in shot. The User made this poster in the previous game. The Cartoon Works I developed and produced this very silly, immersive flash game experience to house all our CBBC cartoons under one roof, promote the key brands, and allow our audience to play games and directly interact with their favourite characters on CBBC. Built by Complete Control Released: December 2008 The Cartoon Works Released: December 2008 Explore a Cartoon World The Cartoon Works is a fully interactive world where users can literally walk around and explore with their personalised cartoon avatar, prank the characters and employees, watch brand new full length cartoons, and play loads of funny games featuring favourite CBBC cartoon characters. If users increase factory productivity by scoring highly in the games then their avatars will be promoted. If user get promoted enough, they can even become the boss. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=NpI58mlEcxA http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/cart 11 oonworks/reception_desk.shtml The Cartoon Works Example Games Think Tank Keep the good ideas, and throw out the bad… literally! Colou Pu r Canno t some c n ca olour on rtoons th the e usual w by f ay… iring a ca nnon at them. Boss’s Lobby Get across the bridge without the paintings seeing you. Get seen, and get ejected. 12 The Cartoon Works More Example Games Cutting Room The cartoons are all jumbled up. Put them back together. e Machin und So sound ic and ut mus oons e to p se cart Tim on the effects Goods Out Get these cartoons boxed up and shipped out before the 13 delivery van leaves CBBC Art Studio Developed and pitched to build a series of compelling apps, and fun interactive playthings to allow users to directly and creatively engage with all major CBBC brands and content - some of which should enable, promote, and nurture high quality UGC. This innovative online space was devised specifically to power our brands and empower our users. Built by: TBC Scheduled Release: January 2012 CBBC Art Studio Scheduled Release: January 2012 Identifying a Channel Need With the demise of ‘SMART’, and ‘Adventure Rock – Creative Studios’, there was a hole appearing in CBBC’s public service output: to encourage creativity and self- expression. With the audience turning to the “Like” pages on Facebook as a place to produce, share, and discuss UGC for major brands, it was clear there was a crucial need for a place to facilitate great UGC across CBBC. Art Studio gives brand owners with a way to draw on our audience’s creativity through calls to action. Gives users their own space to collate and display all their artwork from across CBBC. Enables users to share and collaborate with friends. Enables CBBC to evolve the message boards into a vibrant social creative hub 15 CBBC Art Studio Example Games/Apps Alien Maker Use the Art Studio to respond to the CTA for Sarah Jane, e.g ‘Create an Alien’, ‘Redesign the Tardis’. Even use these illustrations in other Art Studio apps later. t App ly Pe f ead ure o D pict e ke a d us Ta t, an it ur pe ake yo to m app the dly’. ‘dea 16 CBBC Art Studio More Example Games/Apps Redecorate Redecorate any of the sets of your favourite shows, then get to see them mapped onto the actual walls of the set. 1) Pick a Room to Redecorate! 3) See your designs on the real set! And share with your friends, or even the show’s message board. 2)Get creative 17 High School Musical Interactive I devised the game, pitched it in the UK, US and Europe, wrote the script, and produced the online demo. Fo r Walt Disney Studios by MusicandBrands Relea sed: December 2007 High School Musical Example Games Scholastic Decathlon Whose locker is this? Players must use the clues provide to find the answer. Gym Class Three shots from three different places on the court. Players must judge both power and direction to score a basket. 19 High School Musical More Example Games Dance Class Use your High School Musical Knowledge to put these dance moves in the correct order. Rhythm Class An active word association game where players must think on their feet and stick to the beat. 20 High School Musical More Example Games Dress Rehearsal Use your High School Musical Knowledge to identify which one of these outfits is the correct one. Break Time How well do you know your friends? One player uses an ‘invisible highlight mechanism’ to answer various questions as they think their friend would. That friend then answers the same questions, and afterwards the players receive a friendship rating. 21 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Game I devised the game, pitched it in the UK and US, wrote the script for Kevin McNally, and produced the online demo. For Walt Disney Studios by MusicandBrands Released: December 2007 Pirates of the Caribbean: The Game Example Games Choose Your Own Adventure Each adventure takes a different route across the waves with all new content for each individual player. The Highly Interactive Cabin Plot a course, attack another ship, or choose to visit a location on the map. Each player has full control from their unique Captain’s Quarters. 23 Visit a Location Players use their remote to choose which location they wish to visit. Choose a Target Players can choose to attack another ship and slow them down. Make a Shot To make a successful shot with their canon, players must judge both power and direction accurately 24 Little Britain : The Only Game in the Village I devised and pitched the game, co-wrote the sketches with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, and produced the online demo.