Sphero
As a startup, one may want to show its ability to make money, some want to be in the market as fast as possible. Sphero needed to show people how $130 robot was worth it. I generated a system of apps to do it. We made 14 in two years.
But when the iPhone 4s with duel cores came out….tech needed to shine. This ball was an impossible feat of engineering, so why not torture ourselves with a style of gameplay NO one - not even Disney or Sony could do….a moving trackable object for AR gaming!
If you’re making robots for kids - humor and personality are your highest commodities. I wanted Sphero’s innate zanny fun to come out. If you couldn’t come up with a story to make kids laugh, we move on to another idea. Sphero was fine with that.
Sharky The Beaver - Augmented Reality
Yes! This is the first and only augmented reality game we still know about that uses a moving marker. But of course we can't be serious - kids play with Sphero. So what better than a Beaver who wants to be a shark to scare the cupcakes out of you? That's what we made.
I was in charge of art direction, voice acting, audio and music production, all character concept and user flows, game mechanics and game play.
The Rolling Dead - AR
My second Augmented Reality game built for Sphero.
Make any environment your play ground. Don't stand still during a horde of zombies. Rolling builds up ammo, tap to shoot fireballs at as many zombies as possible. Be on the look out for power-ups.
Exile - A Retro Space Shooter
A hero finding his way home through deep space. Exile is a a modernized top-down shooter using Sphere as the controller. With a deep orchestrated and electronic soundtrack, a player is challenged to make it through 7 intense levels, collecting Energy Cores, upgrading their hero ship, and activating devastating Mega Bomb reactions with the shake of Sphero.
MY ROLE: All level design, sprite VFX, gameplay mechanics and progression, art direction, and music and sound FX production.
Chromo - Color and Reflex
It's all about color, relfexes, and beating the clock. Challenge yourself with different styles of this addictive color matching game by tilting or spinning Sphero in the correct direction. Use headphones for the cool modern arcade soundtrack and turn down the lights to enjoy the smooth rainbow smoke and FX.
MY ROLE: All FX, art direction, 3rd party management, music and audio production and design, game play mechanics and tuning, and game types using Sphero (6 modes).
Chromo had 4 modes - beautiful colored smoke as feedback to matching the correct color.
Modes included Practice, Timed, Simon, and Lock Pick.