Archive for the 'mod7 Studio Life' Category

The mod7 studio is officially closed for Christmas and New Years starting December 23, 2008 through January 2, 2009. The office will reopen on January 5, 2009. Happy holidays from everyone at mod7!

We are thrilled to announce that three mod7 projects have won four awards in the 2008 Applied Arts Interactive Awards:

• Business-to-Business: Shift Control
• Self-Promotion: Shift Control
• Entertainment, Arts & Tourism: Jetstream Online
• Education/Reference: BCDF Calcium Calculator

An article written by Tyler Egeto, studio resident and flash developer extraordinaire, is published in Flash & Flex Developers Magazine.Fundamentals of Display and Interaction is an introduction to working with display objects and adding interaction to an ActionScript 3.0 application. Way to go, Tyler!

July 23-25 2008

It’s 3am in Seattle. I have just returned from a day and night out meeting the ’movers and shakers’ at Seattle’s Casual Connect Games Conference. Attended this year by over 3000 professionals, a whole lot of busy people from such companies as Sandlot games; Play First; Microsoft Casual Games; EA’s Pogo ; Iwin and Big Fish Games (to name a few companies) have converged on Benaroya Hall to discuss the future of casual gaming. And how does the future look? According to the Casual Games Association, the industry which was reported to have represented 2 billion dollars in revenue in 2007 looks not just bright, but optimistically stellar! In fact, projected earnings alone have been estimated this year to represent an overall increase of 20% from 2007!Furthermore, it was noted that innovations in platforms and gameplay including the hugely popular Nintendo WII, mobile, Nintendo DS as well as new experiences represented by games such as “Guitar Hero” and “Rock Band” have brought “casual” games to a whole new audience hungry for fun and engaging experiences! And that means of course that ‘casual’ games are becoming more and more ubiquitous with each passing year.

The Casual Connect Conference began with a good start expounding new ways of thinking in a field ready to pounce on innovative approaches. In this hodge-podge of emerging talent and business models, new deals that will revolution game play as we know it are as I’ve come to witness, already in the works!

We’re happy to announce that mod7 picked up numerous awards this year at the 2008 Communicator Awards:

1. The IEC Small Business Site, Award of Excellence, Structure and Navigation category and Award of Distinction, Non-Profit and Education categories.
2. Israel: Packed with Experience, Award of Excellence, Rich Media Business to Consumer category and Award of Distinction, Email and Viral Marketing categories.
3. The Shift Control Media Site, Award of Distinction, Corporate Communications, Games, and Professional categories.
4. The Vidfest 2007 website, Award of Distinction, Visual Appeal category.
5. The Jerde Partnership Site, Award of Distinction, Professional Services category.
6. The mod7 Demo Reel 2005, Award of Distinction, Self-Promotion and Music categories.