At HBOYourimagination.com viewers can upload their own videos.

Exit5, an interactive production company based in New York called me to help develop and deploy a web site to follow exacting design specifications from BBDO NY, the advertising agency of record for HBO. Working with Illustrator/PDF files, I created an XHTML / CSS web site with jQuery and a PHP backend. With the help of a talented back-end developer, we deployed an approved system in a 6 day development cycle.

The site features an AJAX / REST framework with animated transitions and custom scrolling lists. Flash Uploader and JWPlayer widgets were leveraged to reduce the de-bug tail, and deliver reliably on the widest possible browser range.

AJAX, jQuery, JWPlayer and Flash uploader were just some of the technologies we leveraged to ship in a short window.

Spin the Reel utilizes advanced Actionscript 3.0 Animation

Spin the Reel is a daily game developed for HollywoodPlayer.com, (the guys who brought you the popular DVD based Hollywood trivia game SceneIt!).

Working directly with designers and developers  at Hollywood Player, the Spin the Reel game utilizes the following features:

• advanced trigonometry for realistic spin behaviors and accurate auditing of the reel position for award identification.
• Easing and co-efficient formulas to mimic weight and friction of the reel.
• Advanced strategies for optimizing the wheel for download speed and processor overhead.
• Motion blurs and other effects

Play the Spin the Reel game at www.hollywoodplayer.com.