Creative Coding: Group 8 Case Studies
By Martina Melillo, Alessandro Piredda, Alessandro Quets
Twist: The Game

Twist: The Game is a project developed by Stink Studios, a global creative network in advertising, technology and entertainment. For the launch of their new perfume, Miu Miu approached Stink Studios to create a campaign to support female empowerment.
They created a pixel art game that invites players on an adventure to become the first woman on the “muin”. The dynamic of the game is simple, the click of the mouse is the only command the player needs to go on in the game. The smooth animations, colorful graphic and rhythmic music make the whole experience appealing and satisfying to watch.
They also made a smartphone version of the game which is optimised for WeChat and mobile platforms in China, and fully integrated with e-commerce and activations across retail.
To make this web game, the creators used an interesting creation engine, PixiJS, it’s an open source rendering library that allows you to create interactive graphic experiences, cross-platform applications, and games.

Cameron’s World

This website was created by Cameron Askin, Anthony Hughes and Robin Hughes. Cameron’s World is a web-collage of text and images excavated from the buried neighborhoods of archived of GeoCities pages and, as the author defines it, “a love letter to the internet of old”.
GeoCities was a web hosting service on which people were able to select a “city” where to create their web pages. Those cities were named after by real cities and defined the content in them; for example, computer-related sites where placed in Silicon Valley. From 1994 to 2009 users were able to create their own websites and personalize them as they wanted. It was pure creativity.
This project is a beautiful representation of what internet looked like almost twenty years ago. Cameron’s World is a tribute to the lost days of unrefined self-expression on the internet. This project recalls the visual aesthetics from an era when it was expected that personal spaces would be under construction.
Personally, I believe that to bring progress and innovation to the web-related world we must know where we come from, and this beautiful website is a giant source of inspiration for all web designers in the world.

PeterOravec.com

This site is Peter Oravec’s portfolio, a self-taught web developer and graphic designer from Bratislava that works mostly with JavaScript.
This is a one page portfolio where you can move Peter’s avatar through a nice pixel world discovering his works, biography and skills. You can also enter in the buildings and interact with other characters or objects finding memos from his career. There is also a menu and a map to have a fast access to sections.
To make this website Peter Ovarec used HTML, CSS and JS using jQuery and Phaser Game Engine, a JS engine to make 2D games using sprite graphics, tile sets, physics and further gaming mechanics. It has a flexible structure and it is accessible also from different devices.

Poolside.FM

Poolside.FM is a website created by Marty Bell and Grant MacLennan. It pairs nostalgic videos from the 80s with user-submitted audio tracks. The goal is to have around 500 different tracks for people to listen to (about 25 hours worth of songs). But Poolside.FM is more than just a playlist. The idea behind Poolside.FM is to create a “kind of virtual vacation to lift the spirits.” Surfing the trend of online radio station, like lofi hip hop radio, Poolside.FM aims to create a non-stop experience. What makes it even more special is the option to create an account where you can save your favourite tracks, submit yours and write something on the guestbook.
The site exists as a digital oasis away from the day-to-day pressure of being online. The neon swimming trunks and overall 80s “good vibes” make it feel like you hopped in a time machine and transport back to 1985.

