Designoid Games

This is Lauri Hosio’s developer portfolio. I’ve picked some highlights from the past few years here. If you’re interested in seeing more, please visit the Designoid Games main site.

I’ve listed all the technologies I’ve used in the project at the bottom of each entry.

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Angry Birds Facebook ( 2011 – 2012 ) by Rovio Entertainment Ltd.

Angry Birds Facebook is the social version of the hugely popular Angry Birds game. There’s new features like leaderboard, powerups, etc. I worked as a client side game programmer creating new features, handling security and cross-browser and cross-OS issues, user interface implementations.

Technologies:

• ActionScript 3
• JavaScript

Master of MOT ( 2011 ) by Redland Oy & Kielikone Oy

Master of MOT is a promotional game for a line of mobile language dictionaries. You’ll get a word in a random language and you have to try to hit that object with the MOT-robot.

I programmed the whole game and the backend to save and load highscores. I also helped with the game design which was mostly from the client and cross-browser testing and implementing the game on Facebook and other sites.

Technologies:

• ActionScript 3
• Flex
• box2d
• PHP
• MySQL

Petra’s Planet MMO ( 2010 – 2011 ) by Aniway Ltd & Dramaforum Ltd

Petra’s Planet is a MMO game based on the children’s book series by the same name. The players learn about new cultures and can play all kinds of games alone or together with the other players.

I worked as an contractor rewriting most(8 in total) of the multiplayer minigames from scratch and converting some of the old minigames to work with a modern Flex/AS3 codebase.

Technologies:

• ActionScript 3
• Flex

Penalty Cup Champion !!! ( 2010 – 2011 )

Penalty Cup Champion !!! is still being worked on but the first version will be released shortly. It is a spiritual successor to Ragdoll Goalkeeper but expands the original minigame idea into a Facebook based social game. Fans of the original don’t need to worry, there are going to be highscore based modes too.

Technologies:

• ActionScript 3
• Amazon SimpleDB
• Facebook API
• PHP
• JSON

Demolition Dude ( 2009 – 2010 )

Demolition Dude is a physics (box2d) based demolition game. You throw Bob – the Demolition Dude around with a sling and try to destroy the correct buildings. Later levels have more tools and tougher challenges.

It has been featured on some of the biggest and best known game sites; Addicting Games, Armor Games and Shockwave and JayIsGames Link Dump among others and currently (May 2010) has over 4 million plays. Armor Games was the primary sponsor.

Demolition also features a level editor and level sharing functionality. Some versions also have microtransactions.

This was pretty much a solo-project so all the art and programming was done by me. I also edited the sound effects but I bought the samples from various websites.

Technologies:

• ActionScript 3
• Gamersafe Level Vault & Micro-transactions APIs
• ArmorGames Level Sharing API
• PHP
• MySQL
• XML

Eco-Rangers MMO ( 2008 – 2010 ) by Monimonsu Ltd

Eco-Rangers is a big MMO game for kids. You play as one of the Eco-Rangers and help animals and the environment. There’s a lot of minigames and missions and a big world to explore.

I was a client-side (Flash) programmer on this project for almost two years. I was responsible for the programming of most of the minigames and a lot of the features in the game world itself. Includes realtime 3D characters, chat, quests, anything you can expect from a MMO!

One of the minigames I worked on, Deep Sea Expedition. In this game you collect the polluting barrels from the sea-floor and try to avoid sharks and other deep sea creatures.

A Youtube video showing off the main functionality of the game:

Technologies:

• ActionScript 3
• Flex
• Custom serverside scripting language (AS3-like)

Internal training tool / aggregator for a big sports utilities company ( 2010 – 2011 )

I developed a Flash and PHP based website for training and aggregating the results of all the employees. The site currently has 8 different languages (including Chinese and support for other languages that require special treatment). All the content is easily editable through XML without touching the code. Every country has its own localized version.

The site is used to launch all the training applications and to keep track of your progress and to compare how you’re doing against others.

Technologies:

• ActionScript 3
• Flex
• MySQL
• PHP
• XML
• JavaScript

Internal social networking site for a medium-sized company and their clients ( 2010 )

This is a full fledged social networking site meant for one company and their customers. It’s based on the excellent BuddyPress plugin for WordPress. Private messages, friends and a Facebook style activity stream all made according to the customers requirements.

Technologies:

• WordPress
• BuddyPress
• PHP
• JavaScript
• MySQL

Whiflash ( 2008 )

Whiflash was a bit too ambitious Experimental Action RPG. You play as a flail wielding golem and you have to thwart the evil creatures from overrunning your country. The game is huge but not quite as polished as I would’ve liked. Still I’m glad I got it finished and released. It won the 5th place on Mochi Medias Walk of Fame contest.

This was also a solo project so everything except a few bigger images were made by me.

Technologies:

• ActionScript 3

Ragdoll Goalkeeper ( 2009 )

Ragdoll Goalkeeper was a quick and fun highscore game to make. You throw the goalkeeper ragdoll around with your mouse and try to catch the balls for as long as you can. It also uses box2d for the physics. It has been well received and has over 5 million plays so far.

This was a solo project.

Technologies:

• ActionScript 3
• Mochi Version Control + Highscores APIs

Party Island ( 2008 ) by Digital Chocolate Ltd

Party Island is a casual virtual world that runs on Facebook. You can chat with your friends, buy new stuff and play minigames.

I was a client-side developer (Flash) on this project for about 5 months. I converted one of their mobile Java games to AS3 for a arcade inside the game and created a bunch of new features to the world.

Technologies:

• ActionScript 3