INTERACTIVE PROJECTS

Urban Vermin – The Adventure

The Urban Vermin Adventure combines a scavenger hunt website under the surface of a promotional site. Kids can explore the UV site collecting clues about their favourite characters and gadgets, which they can populate their secret personalized Dossier full of fun facts. Included in this project will be an ITV game and mobile games with Flash Lite for Brew activities.

Urban Vermin –Nintendo DS – Prototype

The Urban Vermin is an interactive activity for the Nintendo DS handheld system that interfaces with a website allowing for real time multiplayer game play. This is the first ever Real Time Strategy game (RTS) ever for a handheld system. The game is supported by a website where users can come to download new and original levels for the game; become part of an active online community posting board to share secrets and learn about hidden Easter eggs in the game; the website is also a destination for multiplayer, player matching; and finally the site is a resource to learn more about the characters and back story of Urban Vermin.

This highly stylized new media consists of High Definition Stop Motion animated shorts delivered wirelessly to a network of screens within the TTC subway system; a series of wireless shorts delivered with enhanced audio to mobile phones, ringtones, wallpapers and a website that serves as a community hub and finally a television show that adapts the elements of the interactive property for broadcast. The website provides a destination for users to find out all the latest information about the characters, T.V. programming, episode guides, access to downloadables, video segments and all the mobile information they need to download the content to their cellular phone.

 

Giggle Factory is the ultimate humour site and resource center for preschoolers and their parents. This deeply immersive and interactive site is the location where kids come to produce pre-school jokes and laughs. Users start by taking a magical roller coaster ride into the factory. From there, users are invited to become a member and start to explore sections like: Amazing Al's Magic Tricks, Clyde's Funny Walls, the Upside-down Nook, the Banana-Bana Band, Harry Stand-Up and much more. The parents site features weekly editorials, a vibrant online community and an extensive database of publications and produce reviews.

 

Planet Sketch Interactive is an extensive immersive web experience with a related mobile content strategy. This convergent web property allows users to have an exciting experience with the hilarious cast of characters from the Planet Sketch television show. Targeting an audience of 7-12 year olds, this site offers a slew of innovative interactive animation tools, games, shorts and activities. Users surfing to the site via a mobile device will have access to their own mobile pages. Users with next generation phones will be treated to short mobisodes never aired on television. They will have the opportunity to download mobile wallpaper and have access to a series of mobile games.

 

Bromwell High Interactive as an exciting destination for people who want to learn more about the show or just want to have fun. The site offers comprehensive episodic information, video clips, e-cards, cool downloads (screen savers, wallpapers and audio rants), a series of 5 exciting games and an interactive forum for community building.

The Naturally Sadie interactive property has 2 components: a comprehensive website that offers fantastic multimedia learning activities for the user, a rich community experience for 8-14 year old girls and a deep resource of show related materials that will compliment the episodes.

The interactive television component of this project features a library of behind the scenes images, background information on the characters and actors, online quizzes that run concurrently with the program. It includes special features, joke reels, outtakes, and information of how the show was produced, extended episode information and behind the scenes footage.

 

"Be the Creature Interactive" is an extension of the Tele-Quebec, CBC, National Geographic documentary series "Be the Creature." Drawing upon the important themes of the television series, the related website and Interactive Television component will serve as a major portal to promote education, conservation, entertainment and adventure. The website contains a community forum, and an educational section with modules for 13 creatures as well as e-cards, downloads, adventure journal, video clips and creature-based games.

• This large website offers never before seen video outtakes from the show


• Personal diaries form Martin and Chris Kratt


• A rich educational section about the animals

A large community bulletin board for Ecological and Conservation Initiatives.

 

Blobheads Interactive features show information, character stories, episodic summaries and downloads. The lonely planet section invites the user to learn and explore. It is a one – stop guide around planet Blobovia where users can explore travel info, history and geography.

DECODE has created a Blobheads PSP 2 prototype. Users are taken on a mission where they find their way underground into Blobovia sewers, fight through the dread-army to locate the toilet and jump through its floor.

• Immersive PlayStation2 Demo Level


• Extensive Design Document


• Beautiful Animation, creative game play


• English – Playstation2 PC

 

This new interactive site provides a portal destination for all three owl brands, Chip, Chickadee and OWL. Each of the sites are geared towards learning and are filled with exciting activities, games, fun downloadables, exclusive content for the web and community building forums. Additionally, the sites contain corporate contact information, the ability to subscribe to the magazine and parent/teacher resources.

 

Radio Free Roscoe interactive website provides media rich features such as an underground radio station, exclusive show info, secret student files and virtual tours of the sets. Additionally the site contains standard contents such as episode guides, cast bios and cool downloadables.

• The official Underground Radio Station site


• Secret show info


• Secret student files


• Special audio streaming broadcasts


• Downloads, bios and show info


• Virtual tours of the sets

 

Franny's Interactive World is designed to empower our preschool viewers by giving them a forum for exploration, imagination, experience and sharing. The site gives the child a window into Franny's World.

• Animated world of Franny


• Coloring sheets and activities


• Simple word association activities

Franny's interactive World is an ambitious leap forward in preschool interactivity: In Franny's Interactive World you can build and customize your own shoe repair shop, read stories from the Franny's Friends album or even create your own stories online.

 

King Online is an immersive and interactive experience that aggregates 6 games, video clips, movies, a monster book, a glossary of King terminology, a members club called the King Club, show info and a personality quiz.

• Immersive animated world


• Re-animated adventures


• Monster Encyclopedia


• Tour of the World Under


• An original online adventure


• Never broadcast on Television


• Downloads, videos and images

 

Save Ums Interactive, targeted at kids 2-5 years old, features 5 3D web games, colouring pages, video clips and screen savers. Additionally, there is an information section about the series' educational component.

• 2 CD Rom Disks filled with Empowering pre-schooling games


• 5 3D web games to promote the series – high quality CGI animation


• Original performances from the cast


• Colorings sheets and downloads


• English: 2xCD ROM Titles

 

Girl Stuff Boy Stuff Interactive gives kids access to a multi-user avatar world, a make your own character room, play music, fun activities and more! There is a section dedicated to users where they can interact with each other in real time.

• Multi-user Avatar World – a scaled down SIMS


• Make your own character room


• Lots of activities: mix music, play games


• Interact with others in real-time online using symbol language


• Downloads


• Website: available in English

 

The Hoobs online is a truly unique interactive experience that extends the television series. The website allows children to discover, explore and learn through a huge collection of interactive activities. Children enter the website, stepping into the animated world of the Hoobs. Every lesson from the television show will be translated into an interactive activity that our preschool audience can play online. Visitors will be given their very own personalized web space called a Hoobopaedia – which serves as an encyclopedia and a support outlining all the adventures that they have explored online.

• A series of over 20 different games


• Over 100 video clips


• Dowloadables, collectibles


• Website available in: English, French and German

 

Zack Files is a breakthrough broadband site where users have access to a web-exclusive interactive episode never shown on T.V. A mystery adventure where kids are in control and they are able to choose multiple endings to Zack's adventures. Downloads, discussion boards, episode guides and character descriptions are all featured on the site.

• An additional broadband interactive episode of the outcome - a mystery adventure where you are in control of the series never broadcast on television


• Multiple endings to the adventure


• Downloads, show clips


• Community posting


• Broadband website; CD / DVDROM: available in English and German

 

Undergrads Online is an extremely popular site that houses fun activities, community building and WAP applications. These elements are found throughout a web portal filled with online activities.

• Voted Canada's most popular Website at 2002 Gemini Awards


• Animated tour through the lives of Gimpy, Nitz, Rocko and Cal


• Fake outtakes of the show


• Funny/Inappropriate e-cards


• Fake satellite website for show characters


• Large collection of games

 

When kids enter into the world of Angela Anaconda they are encouraged to explore and discover some great features, including Angela's diary, series of games, a behind the scenes video, e-cards, mobile content and the ability to purchase Angela merchandise through the website.

• One of the most successful TV convergence websites in the world.


• Winner of two dozen awards and accolades


• Animated world allow users to "Be Angela Anaconda"


• A series of games


• Community resources


• The Making Of Angela Anaconda video


• Downloads, video and screensavers