NEW YORK, Sept. 30 NY-Artgig-Studio
NEW YORK, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Artgig Studio (http://www.artgig.com),
a full-service interactive agency located in Westchester, NY, in partnership
with Manhattan-based experiential design firm ESI Design
(http://www.esidesign.com), announces the launch of Miza.com
(http://www.miza.com) for Turtle Pond Publications.
Miza.com was conceived as a companion website for the children's book
Looking For Miza: The True Story of the Mountain Gorilla Family Who Rescued
One of Their Own, published by Turtle Pond Publications in conjunction with
Scholastic Corporation.
The goal of the site is to provide an interactive, jungle-inspired
environment featuring Miza, where children can learn more about Africa's
endangered mountain gorillas and encourage them to take an active role in
helping to alleviate the animals' plight.
According to Matthew Kicinski, president of Artgig, "This was our first
time working with ESI, who approached us because of our experience designing
and building online games and interactive websites. Although we were tasked
with building the entire Flash site based on design and direction provided by
ESI, the real showcase for us is the Gorilla Mountain game."
"Gorilla Mountain was a lot of fun to build," says Artgig Chief Engineer
and Programmer Steven Grosmark. "ESI provided a base set of requirements, but
we were able to run with it and create something that reflects Artgig's
approach to Flash gaming that I think kids will really enjoy."
Commenting on their collaboration with Artgig, Frank Migliorelli of ESI
said, "Artgig proved to be a solid partner on this project. ESI has developed
a specific approach to managing and producing interactive projects over the 25
years that we've been in business, and the team at Artgig were able to easily
adapt to our project flow and deliver a high-quality final product."
In addition to the Gorilla Mountain game, Miza.com includes an interactive
video maker where kids can create audio/video mash-ups of their favorite
wildlife clips, Gorilla Finder - a first person narrated slideshow from the
rangers' perspective, sing-alongs, videos, animated shorts, a Nose Matcher
game, and Jungle Jammer - a place where kids can create their own songs by
adding animated animals to several jungle scenes.
"This was the perfect project for us," said Matthew Kicinski. "Not only
did we have the opportunity to do what we do best, which is create
full-featured, interactive websites, but Miza.com is also a great cause, which
is a big bonus as far as we're concerned."
Other notable Artgig clients include Thinc Design,
http://www.thincdesign.com/, Bruce Weber, http://www.bruceweber.com/, and
Albany College of Pharmacy, http://www.acp-labrat.com/. For additional
information on the news that is the subject of this release, contact Matthew
Kicinski at Artgig Studio.
About Artgig Studio:
Artgig Studio, LLC is a full-service interactive consulting and production
company based in Pleasantville, NY. Founded in 2002, by Matthew Kicinski,
Artgig is a complete development team, with over 15 years experience in
creating custom websites, applications, games, and tools for a variety of
clients and industries.
Contact:
Matthew Kicinski, President
Artgig Studio
914-769-5080
http://www.artgig.com
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