Hempire
A partnership from early concept through to a 4.8 (and growing) app store rating (more…)
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Rovio Entertainment Ltd.
Rovio sought assistance in improving players' conversions on their mobile title Battle Bay (more…)
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Boss Fight Entertainment
Boss Fight Entertainment sought experienced professionals to round out their growing Product Management team (more…)
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EA Sports
EA Sports sought professional mobile game design consultation to secure long-term success (more…)
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SpongeBob Moves In
Nickelodeon sought expert mobile game consulting on SpongeBob Moves In (more…)
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Artix Entertainment
AC+A works with Artix Entertainment to enter the mobile free-to-play market (more…)
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Sushi Mushi
Leading Mac game publisher Aspyr Media asks AC+A to evaluate Sushi Mushi's design strategy (more…)
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Facebook Inc.
While no details of any legal actions can be shared, Facebook Inc. required key expertise from mobile/freemium game and app experts with a track record stretching back to when the app store and iPhone
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Mseed
Challenge MSeed, Thailand’s first and largest gaming accelerator, asked AC+A to speak to their teams about how to succeed in the mobile marketplace. Most critically, they required more in-depth knowledge about key topics like
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Scrabble
Situation/Challenge Electronic Arts Montreal, developers of the popular Scrabble app for Facebook and mobile, needed assistance designing, producing, and product-managing the first complete overhaul to the game in years. Scrabble had been surpassed by
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FrontierVille
Challenge FrontierVille, now known as The Pioneer Trail, is an “Invest and Express” genre game available on social networking sites such as Facebook. It was the first game developed at Zynga East, Zynga’s Baltimore
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LemonChili Games
LemonChili Games sought help improving monetization of their soft-launched game, Floyd's Sticker Jam Floyd's Sticker Jam had innovative game mechanics and compelling gameplay but failed to convert players. The team felt that the monetization
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Nanoreality Games
Nanoreality Games engaged AC+A to address issues with My Nano World Nanoreality Games' My Nano World had briefly been in soft launch, but the KPIs that they were seeing didn’t line up with the
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Ubisoft
AC+A was brought into Ubisoft on a short term contract to provide insight around social and mobile games and AEM (acquisition, engagement and monetization) techniques. We met with the lead designer, social designer and
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Microsoft Games
Seeking to re-imagine one of their successful console IPs as a social game, Microsoft brought us on to provide insight into freemium game design and the Facebook platform itself. Over the course of several
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Sons of Anarchy: The Prospect
Challenge Sons of Anarchy: The Prospect is the official multi-episode game based on the award-winning TV show. Its creators, Orpheus Interactive Inc., needed extensive high-level documentation of their game in order to secure a
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Cubis Creatures
We conducted a design audit for Freshgames’ latest entry in their hit Cubis puzzle game series, Cubis Creatures (iPhone) focusing on:
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Kings of the Realm
Digit Games, Ireland’s largest game studio, brought AC+A Lead Designer on to help refine their ambitious multiplatform free-to-play game. Kings of the Realm is the first MMO to present a single persistent world across
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FiveOneNine Games
FiveOneNine Games specializes in games that enlighten, particularly games focused on a particular topical subject matter. Lloyd Melnick, former GM of International Publishing at Playdom and now CEO of FiveOneNine Games, brought AC+A in
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Oculus Rift Oil Spill
Situation/Challenge Rethink Communications asked for AC+A’s help with their #NoTankers campaign, aimed at raising awareness of the increase in oil tanker traffic through Vancouver’s ecologically sensitive Burrard Inlet. Rethink planned to modify a pair
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Psyop
Working with the then-new studio Psyop, Adrian Crook & Associates (AC+A) coached their team on Agile/SCRUM methodologies and other key production practices while collaborating on high level game design. Areas of focus included:
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Ironkill
Playmotion approached our team to help with the development of their ambitious original IP Robot Fighting game, Ironkill. We worked with their writers to adjust the story while assisting with the core game loop.
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Snoopy’s Candy Town
We conducted a design audit for Beeline’s Snoopy’s Candy Town (iOS), focusing on:
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Swappz: Mutant Rumble
Mutant Rumble for iOS and Android is a 3D brawler, the latest entry in the smash hit Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. This title is unique in that it allows players to scan collectible
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Power Rangers Megaforce
Power Rangers Megaforce: Swappz Megabrawl for iOS and Android is a 3D brawler, the latest entry in the smash hit Power Rangers franchise. This title is unique in that it allows players to scan
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Battlestar Galactica Online (BGO)
Battlestar Galactica Online (BGO) is a major freemium online title from one of the world leaders in the space, Germany’s Bigpoint. AC+A was retained by an investor in the title to work alongside Bigpoint
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The Princess and the Frog
The Princess and the Frog is a Wii and PC game based on the Disney movie released Fall 2009. Adrian was contracted by Amaze Entertainment to author the high level design for the Nintendo
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1 vs. 100
iWin, one of the leading publishers of casual games, asked AC+A to lead the design of 1 vs. 100, based on the worldwide hit TV show, for both the PC/Mac and Facebook versions of
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Jewel Quest Mysteries
The third installment of the successful hidden object/match-3 series from iWin, Jewel Quest Mysteries: The Seventh Gate is a trial-to-purchase casual downloadable title that hit #1 on several portal charts.
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Neopets
Neopets is a virtual pet metagame with complementary mini-games acquired by Viacom in 2005. It continues to thrive today, having logged over 1 trillion page views since its creation.
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Monkey Quest
We were approached by Nickelodeon to conduct a game design audit for their browser-based free-to-play kids’ MMO, Monkey Quest. We focused our analysis on improving:
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Smurf Life
Smurf Life is the freemium sequel to the iOS smash hit Smurfs’ Village, so needless to say when Beeline Interactive asked us to go over their design, we were thrilled. Our audit focused on:
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Ghostbusters
Ghostbusters for iPad and iPhone is a freemium action-RPG, and the latest addition to this classic IP. As part of our ongoing relationship with Beeline Interactive, AC+A conducted a game mechanics-focused design audit, consisting
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Monster Hospital
Monster Hospital by Beeline Interactive and Capcom is a mobile time-management game featuring a cast of wacky characters. AC+A provided an audit for the game, focusing on:
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TradeSports
TradeSports by Binary Event Network (BEN) is a native mobile and HTML5 Facebook app that allows players to trade binary contracts based on the outcome of sporting events, in real time. Read more detail
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Flavor Monsters
Flavor Monsters was released on iPad, iPhone, and Android, and built in Unity. Developed as part of AC+A’s relationship with Arnold Worldwide, one of America’s largest advertising agencies, it’s an action game inspired by
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Kiwi
Kiwi are industry vets, having worked on some huge Top 5 Facebook and iOS games in the past, so we were thrilled when they asked us to do narrative design for one of their
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Hardware
AC&A has been a part of Hard|Ware since it was an idea sharing a garage with the founder’s car. The developer, Blackbird Interactive, was founded by Rob Cunningham, former Art Director of Relic Entertainment
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Iron Wars
Iron Wars is a free-to-play, online competitive shooter on mobile and PC/Mac. Players compete against each other in various game modes and can purchase additional weapons through micro-transactions.
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CounterStory Online
AC+A continues to offer our services to this exciting, free-to-play, browser-based MMORPG geared towards 11-14 year olds. Particularly innovative is CounterStory’s focus on affecting positive change among its users through the use of a
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Arnold Worldwide
One of the top advertising agencies in the world, Arnold Worldwide is the agency of record for clients such as Volkswagen, Progressive, Truth, Dell, the Boston Bruins, Amtrak, and many others. Increasingly, ad agencies
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DHX Media
Formerly Decode Entertainment, Toronto’s DHX Media is a leader in the production of kids and family TV programs such as Rastamouse, The Blobheads, Be the Creature, Animal Mechanicals and Martha Speaks. Adrian delivered the
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Glu Mobile
Glu Mobile is one of the largest developers of mobile games. For this unannounced iOS project that we worked on for them, we delivered a comprehensive game design document, including the following elements:
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The World of Infinite Curiosity
A joint Canadian/Australian co-production led by Dan Fill of Chocolate Liberation Front, The World of Infinite Curiosity is a multiplatform project for television family audiences, which is currently in development as a triple-A videogame
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Panasonic Jungle
AC&A was involved with the Jungle portable gaming product for nearly two years. An initiative of Panasonic’s Palo Alto research group, the goal was to develop a portable MMO gaming machine. AC&A delivered the
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RevenueWire
RevenueWire is an end-to-end e-commerce platform designed to grow affiliates’ online business by offering key services and tools that optimize every phase of the transaction life-cycle. AC&A provided a one-day on-site presentation and workshop
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OMDC
AC&A has enjoyed a years-long relationship with the OMDC, Ontario’s multi-sector media development agency that provides funding to everything from digital media projects to TV, film and the arts. One of the services the
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Aloft a Go Go
Aloft is a line of uniquely designed hotels by the Starwood group. Shift Control Media, AC+A’s client, had the task of creating a Facebook game/showcase experience, Aloft a Go Go, to demonstrate the advantages
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Driver Seat
Liberty Mutual, the third largest insurance company in the United States, came to Shift Control Media (AC&A’s client) with the request for a game that illustrated the hazards of senior driving to those of
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League of Super Evil
Nerd Corps, the successful Vancouver-based TV production company, came to AC+A for help getting a game made based on their League of Super Evil animated TV show. Geared toward boys ages 8-11, the show
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Rachel’s Retreat
A trial-to-purchase casual downloadable game in the time management genre, Rachel’s Retreat reached #1 on several portal charts when it launched. AC&A was brought on to close out the production of Rachel’s Retreat, finishing
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Arookoo
Derived from “aruku,” the Japanese verb for “to walk,” comes Vivity Lab’s iOS app for the gamification of walking. Launched with a companion Facebook game called Arookoo: World Explorers. AC&A was brought on to
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Triviado
Triviado is an in-browser trivia game for the German market, with a variety of topics to choose from and over 100,000 questions. AC&A was asked to provide an analysis and recommendations covering multiple facets
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Toy Village
Glu Mobile, a leading freemium iOS and Android developer/publisher, created Toy Village in 2011. Toy Village is an iso city builder game akin to Smurf’s Village. Glu retained AC&A to provide the following services:
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iRok2
iRok2 is a Facebook and online game that provides a Guitar Hero-like experience for any music video hosted on YouTube. The game features avatars, unlockable difficulty levels, power gyms, an asynchronous versus mode, live
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Cashsquare
Cashsquare is an innovative location-based game for iOS that leverages FourSquare. We initially conducted an across the board design audit for the product, looking at:
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Pokemon TCG Online
The Pokemon Company Asked AC+A to Improve Usability and Onboarding Pokemon TCG Online needed improvements to their onboarding flow and long-term retention. The ultimate goal of Pokemon TCG Online is to introduce more players
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Blocksworld
Linden Labs engaged AC+A to help with monetization & retention for Blocksworld
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5th Planet Games, Inc.
5th Planet Games sought Assistance Training Data Analysts 5th Planet Games had recently hired on a data analyst to assist in the day-to-day reporting of key metrics, but did not have the expertise on
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REDspace Inc.
REDspace Needed Quick Feedback on Game Concepts for an upcoming Publisher Pitch REDspace was working hard toward an upcoming pitch with a large game publisher, planning to be armed with several new concepts that
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