clownbox

Welcome on our new blog!

We decided to create a new name for our company, because we won't get problems with the copyright!!

Hello, now we are clownbox!!

Last week we reveived the following email:

"Hello,

I have read that you want to name your virtual company as 'Fancy Games' on your blog. However, I registered trademark 'FANCYGAMES' two years ago and we have already got couple of games on the market by this trademark.
You can see our web site www.fancygames.net and I can send you scaned certificate of registration the trademark.

While you have not made any products, please, think about changing the name of the company to avoid further misunderstandings on the market.

I am really looking forward to reading email from you as soon as possible.

Your faithfully,
FancyGames company
Dmitry Matyukhin
CEO
dmitry@fancygames.net"

We assigned one role to each of us:

Game Producer/Manager
Lena Kothgasser
...has to be in touch with the game industry and to organise time and money.
Skill set: organised, usability knowledge, has good ideas

Game Artist/Modeler
Evrim Aytemür
...is responsible for the design, look and feel of the game.
Skill set: creative, illustration and icon design, good in implementing concepts

Game Programmer/Designer
Bettina Pacher
...is liable for a simple control system and that the game really works.
Skill set: creative, programming and usability knowledge, plays different gaming consoles

Game Analyst/Tester
Christine Mayer
...has to talk with the target ausdience and to test the game.
Skill set: communicative, usability knowledge, good in finding mistakes

It is a simulation/roleplay of cooking and business. You will improve your cookery, your business acumen, your knowledge about nourishments and you will be able to use this abilities in real life.

The game will be developed for Nintendo Wii, because with its controller you could brandish wooden spoons, knead batter, cut fruits and vegetables and much more. You are able to take a photo of yourself and the Wii will convert it into an inimitable 3D-character! The point of difference? Everybody will be able to play such a game, children who like to play with food, fathers who like to improver their cooking abilities, women who like to start a business career, elders who like the simple control system.

During the last lesson, we thought about our game concept.

Working Title: The Art of Cookery

Platform: Nintendo Wii
Genre: Simulation, Strategy, Roleplay
Target Audience: All ages

General idea

The general idea is to become chef de cuisine of a gourmet restaurant.
At the beginning you have to make simple meals like hotdogs and as time goes by you will improve your art of cooking and your reputation. You are able to make own decisions, it's up to you whether you will better yourself and open up your own restaurant or whether you will fall down and have to start again at the beginning.

Learning outcomes

Basic knowledge of cookery, nourishments and business

We chose the logotype that is placed at the left hand side second from bottom, because it is dynamic, simple, fresh and reminds of somebody who plays ball.

We decided to name our virtual company FANCY GAMES, because we will produce computer games for children. Our games will appeal to childrens vivid imagination.
(other ideas: fairy games, taskforce, abc productions)

Evrim Aytemür
Lena Kothgasser
Christine Mayer
Bettina Pacher

We are studying Informationsdesign at the FH Joanneum in Graz.