Mobile multi-player game prototype made for Nokia N97 touch interface. It was created during the Rapid Mobile Prototyping workshop at the Media Lab Helsinki. The prototype was made with Python for S60.

The goal of the game is to win a snowfight against the other player. You move the character by tilting the phone. You create a snowball by rubbing the right side of the screen and throw it by swiping the screen with your left thumb. The phones are connected via wi-fi and a server, so it’s a bit tricky to distribute the proto. Anyway it was a nice experiment in the world of mobile multi-player games.

The team: Juha Törönen and me.

End result of IXI workshop at Media Lab Helsinki. We trickered a ping pong table with some sensors and a web camera and changed the sounds of the game. Original idea was also to add visuals on top of the ball, but we ran out of time. Anyway it was fun to play!

The team: Lauri Kainulainen, Matti Luhtala and me.

Powderlove is a social online service for active downhill skiers and snowboarders. I came up with the original idea and then we made the service with a small team. The idea is to provide a place for snow enthusiasts to keep track of snowdays and to exchange experiences and stories with others. The site was launched in October 2009.

The first season was a quite nice success, but there is still things to improve. The team received a small fund from AVEK (The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture) for developing the service. We are coming out with a new and polished Powderlove for the winter 2010/2011. We will also launch the service internationally (it’s only in Finnish at the moment).

The team: Juha Vaaraniemi, Anssi Väisänen and me. Credits also for Linda Söderholm for great character design.

http://www.powderlove.com

This concept generation was a part of “Mobile User Experience Workshop” at Media Lab Helsinki which was organized collaboration with Nokia. Our team researched and conceptualized an idea for a possible game scenario using mobile projectors.

The team: Gokce Taskan, Ramyah Gowrishankar and me.