[casual_games] download avatars into casual games?

[Sean Ryan]

Those are good questions - let me answer them a bit, and then feel free
to contact me directly if you would like.  A meez is an actual 3D
character - the skeleton has 42 bones, it accepts animated commands, it
has about 1500 polygons, and all of the objects are built in 3DSMax -
it's a light-weight object which I think is tailor made for certain
casual games where you want to offer a user a truly personalized
experience.  

We are just beginning the discussion right now, so there are no existing
games that are Meez-compatible, but the goal is to
create/license/partner for a couple of them, and we're also creating an
API to allow developers to build it into the game, but we're still early
in that process.  

Thanks for the feedback, 

Sean

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From: casual_games-bounces at igda.org
[mailto:casual_games-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf Of Lennard Feddersen
Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 11:00 AM
To: IGDA Casual Games SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [casual_games] download avatars into casual games?

Spiffy website Sean! Is there an example of a game that they work with 
already? Wearing my engineer hat I don't get how they are going to 
interface with all kinds of different software - I expect a working 
example would clear things up in a hurry. Does the 3rd party software 
have to be modified or will Meez overlay on anything?

Lennard Feddersen
CEO, Rusty Axe Games, Inc.
www.RustyAxe.com

Lennard at RustyAxe.com
P. 250-635-7623 F. 1-309-422-2466
3521 Dogwood, Terrace, BC, Canada, V8G-4Y7



Sean Ryan wrote:

> Our first product at Donnerwood was the casual puzzle game Tringo, but

> our core product launched last week, which is a new avatar service 
> called Meez. It's still in beta and there are a lot of 
> improvements/bug fixes coming, but one of our goals is to enable users

> to download their 3D Meez into their favorite casual games, where a 
> human-like participant is appropriate for the gameplay (e.g. poker, 
> tennis, miniature golf, etc), as well as use them in casual game 
> communities and profiles. Has anyone on the list seen this 
> functionality in other casual games?
>
> Thanks
>
> Sean
>
> Sean Ryan
>
> CEO, Meez
>
> sean at corp.meez.com <mailto:sean at corp.meez.com>
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