Oct 5, 2012

Interactive SMS TV Games


Interactive SMS TV games were developed to be played over TV networks by using your SMS input as a means to control your on-screen actions. These games were developed for 8TV Malaysia and ASTRO Malaysia.


This was a project that I have worked on in MYGO Solutions as an intern in 2005 and later as a game designer in 2008 after graduating from college.


These games are mainly designed with a simple mechanic where the player destroy on-screen targets to accumulate points by SMS-ing the angle that they plan to shoot at. Some of these games were designed with an overarching co-op goal and some are purely competitive.


For example, Fly n' Pick was designed with an overarching co-op goal where the players' accumulated effort will bring them up to a 'Heaven' level or descend them to a 'Hell' level if they fail to meet the co-op goal.


While for games like Moo Moo Saviour and Armageddon the overarching co-op goal serves only as a backstory about defending from an alien invasion or rain of meteors respectively.


Strike Out is a game developed mainly for competitive play where players try to accumulate the highest score possible.


These games are no longer on-air.



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