Razum Presenter: Ziga Hajdukovic 9.6.2010 at the Nokia App Forum Slovenia event

1. Nokia App Forum
Slovenija
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2. Starting up Razum, a mobile game dev. studio - The Experience:
2 men
1 IS project
1 rented student room a.k.a. „ garage“
1 distant future (6 months) plan for one Hitachi project
1 contact to recommend us
-> Telargo -> Blackberry app developed in a weekend -> success!
-> Hong kong, New Jersey, Dubai ..
-> Hitachi, London, Japan
-> Awards (Monaco) and patented (by partners) tech development
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3. Razum today:
8 talented and experienced developers
1 Wii sports
1 Guitar Hero
1 Rock Band
1 information system platform
MANY mobile games and tech developed
LOTS of experimenting and prototyping
ALL bleeding edge high-tech projects
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4. Ž iga, Razum and Nokia
> Nokia while at Cocoasoft
> Mobile Game Development - Car Racer 2 (racing FRP), Pahtum (board game, AI)
> Mobile Apps Development
> Nokia – bleeding edge in j2me (latest APIs..)
> Nokia bike charger – nice!
> Java Mobile Edition Game Development course
at The Faculty for Computer Science, University of Ljubljana
6 lessons, 2 groups, 60 students, game dev. competition w/ awards!
Nokia N-Gage - 1st prize!
> Nokia NFC -> Oystar goes to Monaco
>>> 1st European NFC Competition 2007
>>> Grand Prize - YAY!
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5. Razum and Nokia > Oystar
Oystar Small Business Loyalty
an NFC/RFID based loyalty scheme for small businesses,
developed in co-op with Project Bureau.
Awarded at the 1st NFC conference in Monaco (WIMA)
Coming soon by the name Loyalo!
> Nokia 6131 NFC (Oystar)
> Nokia 6212 NFC (Loyalo)
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6. Razum > Enterprise Mobile Applications
Mobile Fleet Management for Blackberry
Telargo mobile Fleet Management application and
Telargo mobile Public Transit monitoring and control application
with map overview of vehicle locations,
bus on route interval and arrival delays display
Mobile SMS
Passenger Bus Arrivals Predictions via SMS for Public Transport solution
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7. iPhone Games
Rings of Saturn
developed for Moject
Patented (by our friends and partners Dave&Adie of Project Bureau)
mobile projection technology
friHockey – co-op with Matej Jan and FRI GameTeam!
air hockey for two players
Main theme: FRI :-)
More mobile games by Razum
coming soon!
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9. Mobile technology
Little Red Riding Hood
Scalable vector graphics engine and Interactive story-flow engine.
> Player decision controlled story flow engine
>“ Choose Your Own Adventure“ style interactive gameplay
> Vector graphics engine
> All graphics scalable to different screen sizes!
> J2ME download: m.razum.si
> Web demo: www.razum.si/game/
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10. Notable non-mobile Razum projects
Hitachi smart home energy monitoring
complex Flash UI with backend database of energy measurements and integration with
smart wireless devices
Telargo Fleet Management Public Transport control center
operation monitoring and controlling web portal, deployed world-wide
(Ljubljana/Slovenia, Hong Kong, New Jersey, ..)
Telargo concrete delivery planning and execution
Complex Windows .NET (WPF, WCF) UI for monitoring concrete delivery, developed for
the most demanding customers in Dubai
Nova business information system platform
easing development, maintenance and upgrade path of information systems, deployed to
various medium-sized business and public organizations
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11. Typical Game Development cycle (coding, graphics, sound)
In 3 „ easy“ steps!
1. Iterative “ gameplay testing ‹-› development” cycle
2. Iterative “ (Porting ‹) Testing › Bugfixing” cycle
adjustments and optimizations for actual devices
3. Release – woohoo!
> Tight developer coordination with graphics and audio designers!
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12. Present and Future
> folding e-paper, bendable LED screens, (built-in) pico projectors
> 3G › 4G + WiFi (Kb/s › Mb/s)
> LBA – GPS almost ubiquitous
> MMORPG
> Ads – bad and good!
> mobile payment .. ! app stores, in app purchases!
> NFC, RFID, QR codes?
> battery! .. ? Nokia E52 !
> MMS apps? Tomi Ahonen..
> implants!? Computer virus... :-)
> Google: future, trends, mobile, game, development ..
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13. Mobile Game development - Shoot first, ask questions later!
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ziga.hajdukovic@razum.si
www.razum.si
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