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August 09, 2006
PlaydoJam a finalist in the Flashforward Film Festival
PlaydoJam, a Shockwave 3D game incorporating Flash content, is a finalist in the Game category of the Flashforward Film Festival. Folks familiar with the game know why it's regarded as a great piece of content. Those not familiar with PlaydoJam should give it a look today:
It requires Shockwave and a web cam to play, but failing those there are also trailer videos which you can watch in a trio of formats.
PlaydoJam is a 3D game that utilizes a web cam image (via a SWF movie and the Flash Asset Xtra in Director/Shockwave) to allow you to shoot hoops and score points. Your live video feed is rendered within the 3D scene and your hands/head/body can be used to hit the ball! It's really quite amazing and I certainly hope it wins the Game category of the Flashforward Film Festival.
I for one have cast my vote for PlaydoJam already! It's not that I did that solely based on it being a Shockwave piece, it's because I truly think it deserves to win. The other games are all top-notch and the production values extremely high, it's just that I feel that PlaydoJam stands alone as a whole and definitely deserves top honors. We'll see how well my opinions match up with reality once all the votes are in... :)
Kudos to Andreas Rehnberg for his phenomenal effort in creating PlaydoJam, well done!
Posted by thiggins at August 9, 2006 10:13 AM