Demola Trainee Programme: The Awesome Three

Triple Town is a strategic puzzle game in which the player builds a city by matching three or more game-pieces to turn them into one higher-value item. Initially developed for the Kindle eReader platform, it has been released on Facebook in October 2011. The team’s task is to create a game prototype closely inspired by Triple Town with improved game mechanics and features to make it more suitable for a social platform.

The main focus should be set to enhance the game’s viral channels by enabling interactions between players. The team should also think of ways to motivate players to return to the game every day and thereby increasing the game’s „sticky factor“. An important aspect in engaging users to a game is to appeal to their emotions and provide them with a delightful gameplay experience.

About Wooga

Founded in 2009 in Europe´s technology hub, Berlin, Wooga is the third largest social game developer in the world. Wooga creates high quality games for Facebook and iOS, with a specific focus on emotional character development, usability, and superb localization in seven languages. 

Wooga is committed to creating innovative and original game titles for players of all ages, bringing millions of users around the world together through a world of gaming. Wooga´s free-to-play Facebook games are enjoyed by over 34 million active players per month - 70% of which are women. Wooga´s games generate revenue by selling interactive goods: Monster World players, for example, have bought more than twenty-eight million magic wands so far - making Wooga the biggest supplier of interactive magic equipment in the world. Wooga is also a world leader in the development of cutting-edge technologies, enabling millions of users to compete with their friends.

Task: 

- Create a game concept that significantly enhances the game’s social character

- Implement a fun (!) prototype of this concept

- Create highly emotional game assets (concept and graphic)

- Technology is either Flash/AS3 in the Facebook environment or iOS with use of Facebook connect

Required Team Members: 

- 2D artist (Game assets, including characters and UI)

- Flash programmer(s) with an eye for game design

- Game designer / producer

- Sound Engineer (as a plus, but not mandatory)

The project should be a fun experience – for your users and for yourself! Be creative and think of ways to include a subtle touch of humor and heart to your product. The more you love your game, the better it will turn out in the end.

Bonus Level: Visit Wooga!

In addition to normal Demola project mentoring, all selected team members will get a free two-day trip to our offices here in Berlin! During these two days the project team will pitch their project results directly to Wooga's product team and founders, get exclusive presentations from the cutting edge of social game development, and of course party hard! Outstanding performance during the project can even result in a job offer from Wooga!

DISCLAIMER:

Note that Demola Trainee model is NOT the same as Demola  Academy model even though Demola Trainee program is organised in parallel timeline. Demola Trainee model is a part-time job that requires at least 20h / week commitment from all selected team members.