From the outset we knew we wanted our Stella and Sam Apps to fully support English and French and be built in such a way that we could accommodate additional languages in the future. Colin promptly dug into Apple’s docs on how to support localization and did a survey to see how other app developers [...]
This weekend Stella & Sam Online launches on Playhousedisney.ca to coincide with the premiere of the television series. At the heart of the micro site is a series of Online Adventures that seamlessly marry animated narratives with simple online activities. The idea is that pre-schoolers join nine-year old Stella, her four-year old brother Sam and [...]
When the zinc Roe team launched Total Drama Online (www.TotalDramaOnline.com) in July we quickly realized the limitations of traditional SEO. Total Drama Online is a gaming and fan companion site to the popular animated television series now in its third season on Teletoon in Canada and the Cartoon Network in the United States. In compliance [...]
Today marks the launch of Tickle Tap Toddler Pack Two. While we do have a few tweaks and updates planned this is the last app in the Tickle Tap Apps series. Tickle Tap Apps kicked off with a pitch written back in early 2009. At the time zinc Roe had produced only a couple of [...]
Zinc Roe & TVO has just launched Globequest, a game that lets children (and adults) learn more about different places and cultures around the world! This is probably one of the bigger projects I had the opportunity to work on here at Zinc Roe, and I must say, it was an awesome experience. Not only [...]
This is a little story about a storybuilder and a project that came and went and came back again. Way back when the universe was young and zinc Roe was operating out of a bachelor apartment we created this thing called flashcan. It was a simple tool that let users drag and drop artwork onto [...]
Yesterday we released a Lite version of Arctic Shuffle – our fun new game for the iPhone and iPod touch. The lite version includes 20 of the 72 levels and is a great way to get a taste of the game play. So grab a copy today and let us know what you think!
Our team has just finished work on Arctic Shuffle – our first game for iPhone and iPod touch. Big thanks for Brian McBrearty for the tasty music and Trevor Van Meter for the lovely visuals. The game is in review but in the mean time here is a sneak peak! Arctic Shuffle Sneak Peak from [...]
We’re very excited about our early experiments with iPhone development. Today we are submitting our very first app to the App Store. Timecoder is a super-simple time code calculator, an idea that came to us from our super-talented video editor Kyle Sim. There is much more to come, but we are excited to make it this [...]
My quick walkthrough of the Zimmer Twins. Loads of articles, ideas and videos from Dust or Magic is available on the Dust or Magic Wiki.