Ramblings from the team at zinc Roe
Archive for July, 2009
Posted by Davin on July 22nd, 2009
“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.”
— A.J. Liebling
Eons ago, when the web was emerging from its grey-background Times Roman infancy, one of the aspects that drew me and many people to it…
# — Posted in Show and Tell
Posted by Vanessa on July 22nd, 2009
Sometimes you need a push to delve into things you once loved. Leaving university I needed a break from making electronic and robotic art, but maybe, just maybe its time for that break to be over.
I wanted to do…
# — Posted in Art · Show and Tell
Posted by Carlo on July 21st, 2009
With the introduction of FLARToolkit and other means of tracking user input through a webcam in flash, I recently had a chance to read up on some of the other ways we can interact with flash applications using a webcam.
Camera.activityLevel
The…
# — Posted in Experiments · Flash · Research · Show and Tell · Tutorials
Posted by Jason on July 13th, 2009
With news of the Ontario government using the lure of $250+ million in incentives to bring UbiSoft to Toronto there is talk in the air about government support for the gaming industry. Ryan at Untold summarizes things well in this…
# — Posted in Blog · business
Posted by Jason on July 9th, 2009
Finally got around to posting some walkthroughs of our Zimmer Twins iPhone games: Flying Furball, Stunt Wagon, Snack Attack. You’ll find links to all three games on the App Store on our iPhone App page.
# — Posted in Blog
Posted by Jason on July 6th, 2009
The follow-up to Arctic Shuffle is nearing completion. We have rebuilt Arctic Shuffle to take advantage of Box2d, openGL and in-app purchases. The result is a game that is faster, smoother and more extensible. We’ve also managed to add in…
# — Posted in Blog